Will Smith and Michael Bentt in Ali (2001)
"The Greatest"
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Poll: Movie Sports-Hero Nicknames
From this list of movie characters, fictional or based on a real sports figure, which one has the coolest nickname?
Make Your Choice
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Mark Wahlberg in The Fighter (2010)
"Irish" -
Tim Robbins in Bull Durham (1988)
"Nuke" -
Charlie Sheen and Corbin Bernsen in Major League (1989)
"Wild Thing" -
Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler (2008)
"The Ram" -
Denzel Washington stars as Rubin Carter
"The Hurricane" -
Robert De Niro in Raging Bull (1980)
"The Raging Bull" -
Morgan Freeman in Million Dollar Baby (2004)
"Scrap-Iron" -
Clint Eastwood and Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby (2004)
“Mo cuishle" -
Quinton Aaron in The Blind Side (2009)
"The Terminator" -
Russell Crowe in Cinderella Man (2005)
"Cinderella Man" and "Bulldog of Bergen" -
Sylvester Stallone in Rocky III (1982)
"The Italian Stallion" -
Gary Cooper in The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
"The Iron Horse" -
Gary Cooper and Babe Ruth in The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
"The Babe" -
Errol Flynn, Jack Carson, and William Frawley in Gentleman Jim (1942)
"Gentleman Jim" -
Richard Gant and Tommy Morrison in Rocky V (1990)
"Machine Gunn" -
Jerry O'Connell, Mike Tyson, and Ashley Tisdale in Scary Movie V (2013)
"Iron Mike" -
Ray Liotta in Field of Dreams (1989)
"Shoeless Joe" -
Ronald Reagan in "Knute Rockne - All American" 1940 Warner Bros.
"The Gipper" -
The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend (1991)
"The Pistol" -
Devin Harjes in Boardwalk Empire (2010)
"The Manassa Mauler" -
Joe and Max (2002)
"The Brown Bomber" -
Francis X. Bushman Jr. and Harold 'Red' Grange in The Galloping Ghost (1931)
The Galloping Ghost -
Carl Weathers, Tony Burton, and Hank Rolike in Rocky II (1979)
"The Dancing Destroyer" ... "The King of Sting" ... "The Count of Monte Fisto"... "The Prince of Punch" ... "The Master of Disaster" ... "The One and Only"
