- Manny Pacquiao
Emmanuel Dapigran Pacquiao, (born December 17, 1978 in Kibawe, Bukidnon, Mindanao, Philippines) is a Filipino professional boxer and reigning WBC International Super Featherweight champion. He is a former world champion at IBF Super Bantamweight, and WBC Flyweight divisions. Pacquiao has a record of 44 wins, 3 losses, and 2 draws, with 35 wins coming by way of knockout. His brother, Bobby Pacquiao is also a Super Featherweight boxer. - Wladimir Klitschko
Dr. Wladimir Wladimirowitsch Klitschko ("Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Klychko"); born March 25 1976 in Solnechnoe, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan) is a Ukrainian heavyweight boxer, former WBO and the current IBF and IBO World Heavyweight Champion. Though a major celebrity in his former adopted home of Germany, in 2004 he moved with his older brother, former heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, to Beverly Hills. - Ricky Hatton
Richard "Ricky" Hatton MBE (born October 6 1978, in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England) is an English boxer. Hatton is a two-time IBF and IBO Light Welterweight Champion, having relinquished the IBF belt, only to step back down to the weight class and beat Juan Urango. He was the WBA Welterweight Champion, but relinquished this title on 31 August 2006. Hatton is also the former WBU, WBA Light Welterweight Champion. - Chris Byrd
Chris Cornelius Byrd (born August 15, 1970) is a 6 ft. / 182.9 cm. tall southpaw boxer, who was nicknamed "Rapid Fire". He is the former WBO and IBF heavyweight champion. - Joe Calzaghe
Joseph "Joe" Calzaghe (born 23 March, 1972 in Hammersmith, London, England) is a Welsh boxer of Italian origin, particularly from Sardinian and Welsh descent. He currently lives in Cwmbran, Wales, and is one of the pound for pound top 10 boxers in the world according to the Ring Magazine. He is sometimes referred to as the "Italian Dragon" in reference to his mixed heritage (the dragon being both a Welsh emblem and a Sardinian myth), or the "Pride of Wales". - Erik Morales
Erik Isaac Morales Elvira (born September 1, 1976 in Tijuana, Mexico) is a Mexican professional boxer, WBC, IBF and WBO division champion. He is a former world champion at WBC / WBO Super Bantamweight (122 lb), WBC Featherweight (126 lb), WBC Super Featherweight, WBC International Super Featherweight (130 lb), and most recently the IBF Junior Lightweight (130 lb) divisions. Already a legend in the boxing ring and in Mexico, … - Vitali Klitschko
Dr. Vitali Vladimirovich Klitschko born July 19, 1971). known as "Dr. Iron Fist", is a professional boxer since 1996. In 2005 he retired, but in January 2007 he announced his comeback. He was the WBC heavyweight boxing champion of the world in 2004 and 2005. He is 6' 8" (2.02m) tall, and was born in Belovodsk, Kyrgyzstan, in the former Soviet Union. Vitali has the highest knock out percentage (92%) of any heavyweight champion. - Vic Darchinyan
Vic Darchinyan (born January 7, 1976 in Vanadzor, Armenia) is the former IBF and IBO champion of the flyweight division. He is a southpaw boxer, who currently trains under Billy Hussein, brother of boxers Nedal and Hussein Hussein. Previously, he was trained by former 3-division world champion, Jeff Fenech in Sydney, Australia. Darchinyan's amateur career was 158-18 record with 105 knockouts, all but twenty of them were in Armenia, … - Sultan Ibragimov
Sultan Ibragimov (born March 8 1975, Kaspiysk, Dagestan) is a Russian heavyweight boxer of Dagestani descent. Ibragimov, real name Sultanahmed Ibzagimov is currently the WBO Heavyweight Champion, and as of April 23, 2006 he is ranked #5 in the IBF and #9 in the WBA. He is trained by Jeff Mayweather. - Arthur Abraham
Arthur Abraham (born Avetik Abrahamyan in Yerevan, Armenia) is a professional boxer and the current IBF champion of the middleweight division. He won the vacant title on December 10, 2005, in Leipzig, Germany, beating Kingsley Ikeke, via 5-round knock-out. On September 23, 2006, Abraham won a decision against Edison Miranda despite having his jaw broken in two places. - Cory Spinks
Cory Spinks (born February 20, 1978 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA) is a professional boxer and the current International Boxing Federation (IBF) Junior Middleweight Champion of the World. He's the son of former heavyweight champion of the world Leon Spinks. Cory was born five days after his dad defeated Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight world title in 1978. Cory is the nephew of former light heavyweight and heavyweight world champion Michael Spinks. - Clinton Woods
Clinton Woods (born May 1, 1972) is a boxer from Sheffield, England. Growing up in tough surroundings he was involved in a life of drugs and crime before taking up boxing as an escape. He is a big Sheffield Wednesday fan, and has paraded his belts at home games in recent years. He trains on the tough Gleadless Valley estate and is managed by Dennis Hobson another avid Wednesday fan. - Glen Johnson
Glengoffe Donovan Johnson (born January 2, 1969 in Clarendon, Jamaica) is a professional boxer, nicknamed "Gentleman". He stands at 180cm, around 5'11" tall. Johnson has fought in the middleweight, super-middleweight, and light-heavyweight divisions and has held the IBF and Ring Magazine championships at light heavyweight. - Steve Molitor
Steve Molitor (born April 4, 1980 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a Canadian professional boxer. He is currently the International Boxing Federation(IBF) super-bantamweight champion. He has a record of 24-0 (with 10 wins by KO). On April 21, 2004 Molitor defeated Hugo Dianzo for the vacated NABA North American title, by an unanimous decision. On November 10, 2006 he knocked out Michael Hunter in the fifth round for the vacated IBF super-bantamweight championship title. - Paul Williams
Paul Williams (born July 27, 1981 in Aiken, South Carolina) is an American boxer. Nicknamed The Punisher, Paul is a notable boxing prospect and has been featured on ShoBox, a boxing prospect show on Showtime, several times. He is ranked 7th by the World Boxing Association, 4th by the International Boxing Federation and 1st by the WBO in the welterweight division. At 6'2, Paul is considered extremely tall for a welterweight, … - Amir Khan
Amir Kahn (born December 8, 1986) is a British boxer from Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. He is the IBF inter-continental light welterweight champion, the current Commonwealth lightweight champion, and is ranked #10 in the WBO world lightweight rankings. He went to Devonshire Road Primary School, Smithills High School and Bolton Community College in Bolton. He was a hyperactive child and "a born fighter", according to his father, … - Sven Ottke
Sven Ottke (born June 3, 1967 in Berlin/Tempelhof) was a German professional boxer from 1997 until 2004. Sven Ottke served two apprenticeships as a plasterer and industrial clerk. He became a member of the boxing club "Spandauer BC 26 Berlin" at the age of 14. In his own words, he began boxing because he always came second in other sports. He rebutted his critics, which had complained that he had started too late, … - Pernell Whitaker
Pernell Whitaker (born January 2, 1964), nicknamed "Sweet Pea", is a retired professional boxer, among the greatest of all-time. A native of Norfolk, Virginia, Whitaker was the lightweight silver medalist at the 1982 World Championships, followed by the gold medal at the 1983 Pan American Games and the 1984 Olympics, and then embarked on a pro career in which he became world champion in four different weight divisions. - Kassim Ouma
Kassim Ouma (born December 12, 1978) is a Ugandan boxer. Born into poverty, at the age of six he was kidnapped and forced to join the national resistance army and consequently did not see his family for five years. Ouma is the 7th of 13 children, which include 7 brothers and 5 sisters. Only 4 brothers are still alive. Upon leaving the army, Ouma started boxing and amassed an amateur record of 62 wins and 3 losses. - Paul Spadafora
Paul Spadafora (born September 5, 1975) is a native of Pittsburgh who is a professional boxer. Spadafora was the IBF's world Lightweight champion. - Robert Guerrero
Robert Joseph Guerrero (born March 27, 1983 in Gilroy, California) is a professional boxer and is the current and two time IBF Featherweight Champion of the World. Nicknamed The Ghost, Guerrero's current record is 20 wins 2 losses, 1 draw, with 12 of his wins by coming way of knockout. After an impressive amateur career at a very young age, Guerrero turned professional, at the age of 18, on May 22, 2001 with a four round decision win to Alejandro Cruz. - O'Neil Bell
O'Neil Bell (born December 29, 1974) is the former unified (WBA/WBC) cruiserweight champion. - Buddy McGirt
James "Buddy" McGirt (born January 17, 1964) is a boxing trainer and former boxer. He was born in Brentwood, New York. - Juan Urango
Juan Urango, is a professional boxer in the junior welterweight (140 lb) division. His record is 17-1-1 (13 KOs). He is a former IBF world light welterweight champion. On June 30 2006, he defeated Australian boxer Naoufel Ben Rabah by a controversial points win. Urango lost the title in his first defence to English boxer Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas on January 20 2007 via a 12 round unanimous decision. - Sam Soliman
Sam Soliman (born November 13, 1973) is an Australian boxer of Coptic Egyptian descent. Soliman began his boxing career after studying multiple forms of martial arts, such as Tae Kwon Do, Karate, and Kick-Boxing. - Muhammad Rachman
Mohammad Rachman Sawaluddin bin Suhaimat (born 23 December, 1971 in Merauke, Papua, Indonesia), is a professional boxer. - Roman Karmazin
Roman Alexandrovich Karmazin (born 2 January, 1973 in Kuznetsk) is the former IBF Light Middleweight champion of the world. He is a Russian boxer who has credible wins over Keith Holmes and Kassim Ouma. He suffered his first loss in 2002, a controversial 12 round decision against Javier Castillejo of Spain in Castiliejo's hometown. Karmazin currently has 34 wins, 21 by way of knockout, with two losses. - Ulises Solis
Jose Ulises Solis (born August 28, 1981 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) is a Mexican professional boxer. He is currently the International Boxing Federation(IBF) light-flyweight champion. He has a record of 22-1-2 (with 16 wins by KO). On January 7, 2006 Solis defeated Will Grigsby for the IBF world championship title, by an unanimous decision(118-110, 117-111, 116-112). - Paul Malignaggi
Paulie Malignaggi (pronounced Mal-in-ya-gee) aka "The Magic Man", was born November 23, 1980 and is a professional boxer from Brooklyn, New York. He is in the 140 lb light welterweight division and recently became the IBF World Light Welterweight champion after defeating Lovemore N'dou. - Lovemore N'Dou
Lovemore N'dou (born 16th August, 1971 in Transvaal, South Africa) is a Sydney based Australian boxer. He was the IBF World Light Welterweight champion, before losing a 12 round decision to Paul Malignaggi. After a successful amateur career of 68 fights with 66 wins and 2 losses, where Ndou was a four-time South African champion in four consecutive years, N'dou made his professional debut in 1993 against Enoch Khuzwayo in Johannesburg, … - Sakio Bika
Sakio Bika (born April 18, 1979 in Douala, Cameroon), is a professional boxer in the Super Middleweight (168lb) division. As an amateur, Bika was a member of the 2000 Cameroonian Olympic Team as a Light middleweight. He lost to Scott MacIntosh of Canada. Known as "The Scorpion", Bika turned pro in 2000 and in 2006 challenged Markus Beyer for the WBC Super middleweight title. - Tony Tucker
Tony Craig Tucker (born December 27, 1958) was a professional heavyweight boxer during the 1980s and 1990s. Nicknamed "TNT" he won a gold medal at the 1979 Pan American Games, and was briefly a world heavyweight champion as a professional. In addition to being a heavyweight champion, Tucker also holds the distinction of twice being the 'mandatory challenger' of a sanctioning body when the reigning champion, refusing to meet Tucker in the ring, … - Francois Botha
Francois Botha, also known as Frans Botha (born September 9, 1968) is a South African boxer, nicknamed the "White Buffalo". Botha has had a relatively distinguished career as a heavyweight boxer, having fought several World Heavyweight Champions including Mike Tyson, Shannon Briggs, Axel Schulz, Michael Moorer, Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko. Botha suffered a fifth round knock out to Mike Tyson, who he had been beating handily up until that point. - Tim Austin
Timothy ("Tim") Austin (born April 14, 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a professional boxer from the United States, who won a Flyweight Bronze Medal at the 1992 Olympic Games, and turned pro in the following year. Austin had an outstanding amateur career, compiling a record of 113-9. Known as "Cincinnati Kid", Austin was an exciting Bantamweight fighter, and successfully defended his IBF Bantamweight title ten times after defeating Mbulelo Botile in 1997. - Gairy St. Clair
Gairy St. Clair (born February 2, 1975 in Georgetown, Guyana) is a professional boxer in the junior lightweight (130 lb) division. He lost the IBF world junior-lightweight title to Malcolm Klassen on 4 Nov 2006. He now fights out of Australia and is currently trained by Johnny Lewis. - Juan Carlos Gomez
Juan Carlos Gomez (born July 26, 1973 in Havana, Cuba) is a professional boxer. Gomez, a former Cuban amateur star, has boxed professionally out of both Germany and Miami, Florida. On February 21, 1998, in Mar Del Plata, Argentina, Gomez wrested the WBC Cruiserweight crown from reigning champion, Marcelo Fabian Dominguez via a unanimous decision. Nicknamed "Black Panther", Gomez ruled the cruiserweight division from 1998-2001, … - Henry Maske
Henry Maske (born January 6, 1964 in Treuenbrietzen) is a German boxer, who was one of the most popular German sports figures, not mainly because of his success but mostly because of his mannerism and public appearances. - Leavander Johnson
Leavander Johnson (December 24 1969 - September 22 2005) was an American lightweight boxer. He once held the International Boxing Federation version of the world title. He won the title on June 17 2005 against the Italian fighter Stefano Zoff, winning after the referee stopped the fight in the seventh round. Johnson made his debut as a professional boxer in 1989 following a successful amateur career, during which he fought in over 130 contests. - Raul Marquez
Raul Marquez (born August 28, 1971 in Reynosa, Tamaulipas) is a Mexican boxer, who represented the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the light middleweight division (71 kg) by Holland's Orhan Delibas. Marquez began his professional career after the Barcelona Games in 1992, and got off to an impressive start, … - Mzonke Fana
Mzonke Fana (born October 29, 1973 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a professional boxer in the junior lightweight (130 lb) division. Known as "The Rose of Khayelitsha", he was a virtual unknown in the boxing world until he challenged and defeated Malcolm Klassen for the IBF world junior-lightweight title in 2007. Prior to the victory, he was knocked out on April 9th, 2005 by Marco Antonio Barrera in the second round for the WBC championship.
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