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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Jesse James Leija, also known as “The Texas Tornado”, is an American former professional boxer who has competed in featherweight, super featherweight, lightweight, and light welterweight divisions. He has previously held the WBC super featherweight title and has challenged twice each for the world titles at lightweight and light welterweight. Leija was born in San Antonio, Texas, and during his... read full bio
Jermain Taylor, also known as “Bad Intentions”, is an American former professional boxer who has competed in middleweight and super middleweight divisions. He is the most recent undisputed middleweight champion after winning the WBA (undisputed), WBC, IBF WBO, Ring magazine, and lineal titles after defeating Bernard Hopkins. His accomplishment made Taylor the first, and only boxer to date, to claim... read full bio
James Toney, also known as “Lights Out” or “The Dark Emperor”, is an American former professional boxer who has held multiple world championships in three weight classes, which include the IBF and lineal middleweight titles, the IBF super middleweight title, and the IBF cruiserweight title. Toney has competed in the middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions over... 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
James Walter “Buddy” McGirt is an American former professional boxer and boxing trainer from Brentwood, New York. McGirt was a world champion in two weight classes, he held the IBF junior welterweight title as well as the WBC and lineal welterweight titles and competed in light welterweight, welterweight and light middleweight divisions. As a boxing trainer, McGirt has worked with... read full bio
Holly Holm is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Holm has previously been a UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion as well as a former boxer and kickboxer. During her time as a boxer, Holm was a multiple-time world champion and she defended her title 18 times in three weight classes. She was featured twice in... read full bio
Hector Camacho Jr., also known as “Machito”, is a Puerto Rican professional boxer from San Juan, Puerto Rico, who is known for fighting in the southpaw stance. Camacho Jr. is the son of Hector Camacho, who was also a professional boxer. He always looked up to his father and pursued boxing as a career as well because of him. During... read full bio
Hasim Rahman, also known as “The Rock”, is an American retired professional boxer who competed in heavyweight division. Rahman gained fame after having a knockout victory against Lennox Lewis, which earned him the unified heavyweight championship. Rahman went on to be a two-time world heavyweight champion, holding the unified WBC, IBF, IBO and lineal titles and then the WBC title... read full bio
Frank Bruno, also known as “True Brit”, is a British former professional boxer who has competed in the heavyweight division. During his career, he had won the WBC heavyweight title from Oliver McCall at Wembley Stadium. Other notable fights over the years included his two fights with Mike Tyson, both of which he lost, and a fight with Lennox Lewis,... read full bio
Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr. (born Floyd Sinclair on February 24, 1977), is an American professional boxer. Mayweather has won nine world boxing championships in five different boxing weight classes; he is the former WBC welterweight champion, a title he vacated upon his retirement. He was named Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year in 1998 and 2007. Mayweather is undefeated with... read full bio
Fernando Vargas, also known as “El Feroz”, “The Aztec Warrior” or “Ferocious”, is a Mexican-American former professional boxer who was a two-time light middleweight world champion that competed in light middleweight and super middleweight divisions. He previously held the IBF title and the WBA title and after earning the IBF title win, he was the youngest boxer in history to... read full bio
Felix Trinidad, also known as “Tito”, is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer who has competed in welterweight, light middleweight and middleweight divisions. Trinidad has held multiple world championships in three weight classes and has been known as one of the best boxers in Puerto Rican history. He has previously won the WBC and the lineal welterweight titles, the WBA... read full bio
Evander Holyfield grew up in poverty in Atmore, Alabama. There was always food on the table and while his older siblings worked to help support the family, Evander spent every waking non-school hour playing football, racking up both offensive and defensive MVP trophies despite his small size. Evander had discovered boxing at the age of eight, and didn’t lose a... read full bio
