Christy was the lone girl on her town's Little League baseball team and participated in a variety of sports as a child. She went to Mullens High School and earned a bachelor's degree in education from Concord College in Athens, West Virginia. On a whim, Christy entered a Toughman Contest and won a professional boxing match. She had never entered... read full bio
Chad Dawson is an American professional boxer from Hartsville, South Carolina. Over the years he has held multiple light heavyweight world championships and has also competed in super middleweight and middleweight divisions. Dawson rose to fame after defeating Tomasz Adamek to be the WBC light heavyweight champion and after that, he defeated Antonio Tarver to win the IBF and IBO... read full bio
James “Bonecrusher” Smith is an American former professional boxer from Magnolia, North Carolina who previously held the WBA heavyweight title. Smith has previously served in the U.S. military and worked as a prison guard before beginning his career as a boxer. During his amateur career, Smith held a record of 35-4 before turning professional. During his professional career, Smith competed... read full bio
Bobby Czyz, also known as “Matinee Idol” or “Chappie”, is a retired American boxer and commentator who competed in middleweight, light heavyweight, cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. Czyz was born in Orange, New Jersey, and grew up in Wanaque, New Jersey. During his amateur career, he was one of the few boxers that survived the LOT Flight 7 crash by staying... read full bio
Barry McGuigan, also known as “The Clones Cyclone”, is an Irish retired professional boxer and current boxing promoter. He has previously been the WBA and lineal featherweight world champion and since retiring, he has been inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame as well as the World Boxing Hall of Fame. McGuigan is also the founder and current president... read full bio
Azumah Nelson is a Ghanaian former professional boxer who is known to be one of the greatest African boxers of all time and is the 31st greatest pound for pound boxer of all time in Boxrec. He has also held the WBC featherweight title once and has held the WBC super featherweight title twice. Nelson has also been called “The... read full bio
Audley Harrison is a British former professional boxer who competed in the heavyweight division. During his amateur career, Harrison represented England in the Commonwealth Games where he took home gold for the super-heavyweight division. He later represented Great Britain in the Olympics where he won a gold medal in the super-heavyweight division, making him the first-ever British boxer to win... read full bio
Arthur “Art” Jimmerson is a retired boxer and mixed martial artist from Los Angeles, California, who competed at super middleweight, light heavyweight and cruiserweight. During Jimmerson’s amateur career, he was the National Golden Gloves Middleweight champion. During his career, Jimmerson fought in his first match with one glove, which is when he earned the nickname One Glove. Later on, Jimmerson... read full bio
Bernard Hopkins also known as “The Executioner”, “B-Hop”, or “The Alien”, is an American former professional boxer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who is one of the most successful boxers of the past three decades. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes including the undisputed middleweight title as well as the lineal light heavyweight title. Early in his life,... read full bio
Joachim Low is a German football coach and former professional player who is currently the head coach of the Germany national team which he has helped lead a win at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil as well as the FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. Low began his career playing with SC Freiburg. Over the course of his professional career... read full bio
Ryan Garcia, also known as The Flash, or KingRy, is an American professional boxer who has competed in super featherweight and lightweight divisions. Garcia has held the WBC Silver lightweight title and has been featured in The Ring magazine as the world’s fifth best active lightweight and has been ranked seventh by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and tenth by... read full bio
Heath Pearce is an American former professional soccer player who has played as a center back, full back, and defender for several teams in Europe and North America. Pearce was born in Modesto, California, and he began his career playing soccer in high school before going on to play college soccer at the University of Portland. After college, Pearce went... read full bio
Gregg Berhalter is an American soccer coach and former player who is currently the head coach of the U.S. men’s national soccer team. Berhalter was born in Englewood, New Jersey, and he began his career playing college soccer at the University of North Carolina. During the off season, Berhalter would also play for the Raleigh Flyers of the USISL and... read full bio
Giuseppe Rossi is a professional footballer who has played as forward most recently for Real Salt Lake in the MLS. Rossi was born in Teaneck, New Jersey, and was born to Italian immigrant parents. Rossi began his career playing for the youth team Clifton Stallions and then played for Parma before playing for Manchester United. Rossi then turned professional with... read full bio
Freddie Ljungberg is a Swedish former professional footballer and a former model who was best known for being a Calvin Klein underwear model. Ljungberg was born in Vittsjo, Sweden, and he began his youth career in football playing with Halmstad where he played under Olle Eriksson. After several years, Ljungberg turned professional with Halmstad where he played for a few... read full bio
Freddy Adu is an American soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder and as forward or winger. Early on in his career, Adu was labeled “the next Pele” and was supposed to have a huge future in the United States soccer league. He made headlines at 14 years old, being the youngest athlete to ever sign a professional contract... read full bio
Frankie Hejduk is an American former soccer player who played as a wingback and midfielder for several teams. Hejduk was born in La Mesa, California, and he began his soccer career playing for the boys soccer team at San Dieguito High School. During this time he also was a member of the La Jolla Nomads Soccer Club, which won several... read full bio
Fabian Johnson is an American professional soccer player who has played as a fullback and as a wide midfielder. Although he is American, Johnson was born in Munich, Germany, and has lived in Germany most of his life. Johnson began his career in soccer playing at the local Sportfreunde Munchen. From there, he was moved up to play for 1860... read full bio
Ethan White is a former American soccer player who has played as defender. White was born in Kensington, Maryland, and began his soccer career in high school. During his time in high school, he was a four-year starter and he led his team to the Maryland 3A State Championship where they won. White has previously been named NCAA Freshman of... read full bio
Rio Ferdinand is an English former professional footballer who played as centre-back for several various teams as well as for England’s national team. Ferdinand was born in Camberwell, England, and he began his career playing for West Ham United’s youth club before turning professional with them. Over the course of his career, Ferdinand went on to play for Bournemouth on... read full bio
