Boxing
Boxers and the bouts that shaped the sport.
People in Boxing
46 profiles
AthleteMike Tyson
Becoming the youngest heavyweight boxing champion at twenty.
AthleteManny Pacquiao
Winning boxing world titles across eight weight divisions.
AthleteMary Kom
Winning six world boxing titles and an Olympic bronze medal.
AthleteSugar Ray Robinson
Setting a lasting benchmark for all-round boxing excellence.
AthleteJoe Louis
Holding the world heavyweight boxing title from 1937 to 1949.
AthleteJoe Frazier
Beating Muhammad Ali in their first heavyweight championship fight.
AthleteGeorge Foreman
Regaining a world heavyweight title at forty-five.
AthleteFloyd Mayweather Jr.
Winning world boxing titles across five weight divisions.
AthleteRoberto Durán
Winning boxing world titles from lightweight to middleweight.
AthleteJulio César Chávez
Becoming a major Mexican boxing champion through sustained pressure and body punching.
AthleteCanelo Álvarez
Becoming the first undisputed super-middleweight champion in the four-belt era.
AthleteKatie Taylor
Winning Olympic boxing gold and undisputed professional titles.
AthleteClaressa Shields
Winning consecutive Olympic boxing golds and professional championships.
AthleteLaila Ali
Building an undefeated professional boxing career.
AthleteJack Johnson
Becoming the first Black world heavyweight boxing champion in 1908.
AthleteCecilia Brækhus
Becoming the first woman to hold boxing’s four major world titles at once.
AthleteRocky Marciano
Retiring as heavyweight boxing champion with a 49–0 professional record.
AthleteAmanda Serrano
Winning boxing world titles in seven weight divisions.
AthleteLennox Lewis
The Olympic gold medallist who became undisputed heavyweight boxing champion.
AthleteNicola Adams
Becoming the first woman to win an Olympic boxing gold medal.
AthleteOleksandr Usyk
Becoming undisputed world champion at both cruiserweight and heavyweight.
AthleteSugar Ray Leonard
Winning world boxing titles in five weight divisions and defining a celebrated era of rivalries.
AthleteMarvin Hagler
Dominating the middleweight division and defeating Thomas Hearns in a celebrated three-round fight.
AthleteJuan Manuel Márquez
Winning world boxing titles in four weight divisions.
AthleteYoung Barney Aaron
Winning the American lightweight title in bare-knuckle boxing.
PromoterArthur Frederick Bettinson
Co-founding Britain’s National Sporting Club.
AthleteBarney Aaron
Becoming a leading English bare-knuckle lightweight.
AthleteBarry McGuigan
Winning the world featherweight boxing title.
AthleteJeff Fenech
Winning world boxing titles across multiple weight divisions.
AthleteBarbados Joe Walcott
Becoming the first Black world welterweight boxing champion.
AthleteJosé Nápoles
Holding the world welterweight championship in two reigns.
AthleteErik Morales
Winning world boxing titles in four weight divisions.
AthletePanama Al Brown
Becoming Latin America’s first world boxing champion.
AthleteSugar Ramos
Winning the world featherweight boxing championship.
AthleteKid Chocolate
Becoming Cuba’s first world boxing champion.
AthleteJack Randall
Competing as the bare-knuckle boxer nicknamed The Nonpareil.
AthleteTed "Kid" Lewis
Twice holding the world welterweight boxing title.
AthleteNigel Benn
World titles at middleweight and super-middleweight
AthleteLarry Holmes
A long heavyweight championship reign built around an exceptional jab.
AthleteJack Kid Berg
A fast, attacking light-welterweight boxing style.
AthleteVirgil Hill
World championships at light heavyweight and cruiserweight.
AthleteCarlos Monzón
Holding the world middleweight championship through fourteen successful defences.
AthleteLupe Pintor
Winning world titles at bantamweight and super bantamweight.
AthleteJoe Gans
Holding the world lightweight boxing title from 1902 to 1908.
AthleteKid Norfolk
Competing against leading light-heavyweights and heavyweights in the early twentieth century.
AthleteLou Ambers
Two reigns as world lightweight boxing champion.