Noms De Guerre?

John Ruiz, who defeated Evander Holyfield on March 3 to claim the WBA's slice of the heavyweight title, is known as The Quiet Man. The nickname (based on Ruiz's soft-spoken nature, not on the fact that he was once rendered catatonic in 19 seconds by David Tua) harks back to the 1952 John Wayne movie of the same name and certainly ranks as one of the less ferocious of ring sobriquets. Here are a few more—and we are not even including 19th-century bare-knuckle champion Henry Pearce, proudly known as The Game Chicken. See if you can match the heavyweight champion with his nickname.

1. James J. Corbett
2. Bob Fitzsimmons
3. Jack Johnson
4. Jess Willard
5. Jack Sharkey
6. Primo Carnera
7. Max Baer
8. James J. Braddock

a. The Cinderella Man
b. The Ambling Alp
c. The Livermore Larruper
d. The Boston Gob
e. Gentleman Jim
f. Ruby Robert
g. L'il Arthur
h. The Pottawatomie Giant

Answers 1-e, 2-f, 3-g, 4-h, 5-d, 6-b, 7-c, 8-a