Joe Calzaghe, also known as “The Pride of Wales”, “The Italian Dragon” or “Super Joe”, is a Welsh former professional boxer who has competed in super-middleweight and light-heavyweight divisions. Calzaghe has previously held world championships in two weight classes as well as the unified WBA (super), WBC, IBF, WBO, Ring magazine and lineal super-middleweight titles, and the Ring light-heavyweight title.... read full bio
John Ruiz, also known as “The Quietman”, is an American former professional boxer who has competed in the heavyweight division. Ruiz has previously held the WBA heavyweight title and has been the first Latino boxer to win a world heavyweight title. Ruiz was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and during his amateur career he competed in the World Championships as well... read full bio
Joshua Clottey, also known as “Grand Master” and “The Hitter”, is a Ghanaian former professional boxer who has competed in light welterweight, welterweight and light middleweight divisions. Clottey was born in Accra, Ghana, and he began his career playing football before setting his sights to boxing. Clottey rose to fame after winning his first 20 fights, 14 of which were... read full bio
Juan Diaz, also known as “Baby Bull”, is a Mexican-American professional boxer who has competed in the lightweight and light welterweight divisions. Diaz was born in Houston, Texas, and he has previously held the unified WBA (Super), IBF and WBO lightweight championships and the IBO lightweight championship. Diaz began his career as an amateur boxer where he won 13 National... read full bio
Juan Manuel Marquez, also known as “Dinamita”, is a Mexican former professional boxer who is the third Mexican boxer to become a world champion in four weight classes, he has held nine world championships including the WBA (super), IBF and WBO featherweight titles; the WBC super featherweight title; the WBA (Super), WBO, Ring magazine and lineal lightweight titles and the... read full bio
Former Mexican boxer, Julio Cesar Chavez is a six-time world champion in three weight divisions, and for several years he was considered the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. In a career that spanned over 25 years, Chavez won the WBC Super Featherweight in 1984, WBA Lightweight in 1987, WBC Lightweight in 1988, WBC Light Welterweight in 1989, IBF Light... read full bio
Kelly Pavlik, also known as “The Ghost” or “The Express”, is an American former professional boxer who has competed in middleweight and super middleweight divisions. Pavlik was born in Youngstown, Ohio, and he has previously won the unified WBC, WBO, Ring magazine and lineal middleweight titles after defeating Jermain Taylor and held that title for three challenges before losing them.... read full bio
Kostya Tszyu, also known as “Thunder from Down Under”, is a Soviet-born Australian former professional boxer who has competed in light-welterweight divisions. Tszyu has held multiple light-welterweight world championships, including the undisputed and lineal titles and is known for being an all-around boxer-puncher and carries formidable punching power being known as one of the hardest-punching light-welterweights in the division’s history.... read full bio
Lamont Peterson is an American former professional boxer who has competed in light welterweight and welterweight divisions. He has previously held world championships in two weight classes, the IBF light welterweight as well as the WBA (regular) welterweight. Peterson was born in Washington, D.C. and Lamont and his brother, Anthony, were left without parents at a young age. They were... read full bio
Larry Holmes is a former professional boxer who is most known for his powerful left jab. Being the fourth of twelve children, Holmes had to drop out of school to help support his family. Holmes began to box at the age of 19. His boxing career began with an amateur record of 19-3. Holmes finally turned professional in 1973. He... read full bio
Lennox Lewis is a retired boxer and the most recent Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion. As an amateur he won gold representing Canada at the 1988 Olympic Games after defeating future World Heavyweight Champion Riddick Bowe in the final. Professionally, Lewis rose through the rankings and knocked out Donovan Ruddock to take over the number one position in the World Boxing... read full bio
Leon Spinks, also known as “Neon”, is an American former professional boxer who has competed in cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. Spinks has previously won the undisputed heavyweight championship after defeating Muhammad Ali. Spinks was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and during his amateur career, Spinks was a three-time National AAU light heavyweight champion. Spinks represented the United States in the... read full bio
Manny Pacquiao is a Filipino professional boxer and politician who is currently the Senator of the Philippines. He is known for being one of the greatest professional boxer of all time and is the only eight-division world champion in the history of boxing. Pacquiao has won 12 major world titles and has been the first boxer to win the lineal... read full bio
Marlen was raised in a household that was passionate about boxing and was born in Houston, Texas. She first got into the ring when she began watching her younger brother while he worked out at the neighborhood gym. Marlen was soon pleading with her dad and the trainer at the gym to allow her to give the sport a go.... read full bio
Mia St. John, also known as “The Knockout”, is an American-Mexican professional boxer and former World Boxing Council champion in the super welterweight division. Mia has competed in welterweight, light welterweight, lightweight, super featherweight and featherweight divisions over the years. She is an IBA and IFBA lightweight champion and apart from her boxing career she is also a businesswoman, model,... read full bio
Michael Moorer is an American former professional boxer who has competed in light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. He has been a multiple-time world champion in two weight classes, he has held the WBO light heavyweight title, the WBO heavyweight title, the unified WBA, IBF and lineal heavyweight titles, and the IBF heavyweight title again. He has also been the world’s... read full bio
Michael Spinks, also known as “Jinx”, is an American former professional boxer who has competed in light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. Spinks has held world championships in two weight classes, the undisputed light heavyweight title and the lineal heavyweight title. During his amateur career, Spinks won the Golden Gloves Light Middleweight Championship, earned a silver medal in the National AAU... read full bio
Miguel Cotto is an American-born Puerto Rican former professional boxer who competed in the light welterweight, welterweight, light middleweight and middleweight divisions. Cotto has been a multiple-time world champion and was the first Puerto Rican boxer to win world titles in four weight classes. Cotto has won the WBO light welterweight title, the WBA welterweight title, the WBO welterweight title,... read full bio
Mikaela Mayer is an American professional boxer who has competed in light welterweight, lightweight, and junior lightweight divisions. Mayer was born in Los Angeles, California, and she began her career as an amateur competing internationally as part of Team USA at the Rio Summer Olympics where she defeated Jennifer Chieng but was then eliminated by Anastasia Belyakova. During her amateur... read full bio
Mike Lee is an American professional boxer who has competed in the super middleweight and light heavyweight divisions. Lee was born in Downers Grove, Illinois, and he has earned a degree in finance from University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. He began his boxing career when he was 16 years old and as an amateur, he won the... read full bio
