- Don King
Donald "Don" King (born December 6 1931), is a successful American boxing promoter particularly known for his hairstyle and flamboyant personality. - Randy Couture
Randy Duane Couture (born June 22, 1963) is a Greco-Roman wrestler, folkstyle wrestler, and professional mixed martial arts fighter. He is the current UFC Heavyweight Champion and a member of the UFC Hall of Fame. He is the only athlete to have held championship titles in both the heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, as well as the only five-time champion in UFC history, earning him the nicknames "The Natural" and, … - Bob Arum
Robert "Bob" Arum is a Harvard-educated lawyer who helped the White House during President John F. Kennedy's time there. He also worked for the US Attorneys Office for the southern district of New York, in the Tax division. Arum used his education and business savvy to become a boxing promoter, and during the 1980s became a driving force behind the sport, rivalling Don King. Arum put together superfights like Marvin Hagler vs. Roberto Durán and Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns. - Frank Warren
Frank Warren (born in Islington, London on 28 February, 1952) is an English boxing manager and promoter. Warren's first licensed show was held at the Bloomsbury Crest Hotel, in London in 1980 and he soon became a leading figure in British boxing. On 30 November, 1989 Frank Warren was shot outside the Broadway Theatre in Barking by an assailant who has never been brought to justice. A .22 bullet from a Luger pistol missed his heart by an inch. - Freddie Roach
Freddie Roach (born March 5, 1960 in Dedham, MA) is a boxing trainer and a former boxer. He is the owner of the Wildcard Boxing Club in Los Angeles, and is currently one of the most popular trainers in boxing. Some of the boxers he has trained include Manny Pacquiao, James Toney,Steve Collins, Israel Vasquez, Rey Bautista, Juan Lazcano, Peter Manfredo Jr., Vanes Martirosyan, Marlon Starling, Lucia Rijker, Bernard Hopkins, and Mike Tyson. - Lyoto MacHida
Lyoto Carvalho Machida (born May 30 1978 in Salvador, Brazil) is a Japanese-Brazilian professional mixed martial arts fighter. Son of a Japanese-Brazilian Shotokan karate master Yoshizo Machida, Lyoto is considered by many to be a rising star in MMA, having secured victories over former UFC Middleweight champion Rich Franklin, former UFC Welterweight champion B.J. Penn, and Light Heavyweight runner-up of the UFC's "The Ultimate Fighter 1," Stephan Bonnar. - Billy Blanks
Billy Blanks (b. September 1, 1955) is a fitness guru, martial artist, actor, and the inventor of Tae Bo. Blanks was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, the fourth of fifteen children. As a child he suffered from undiagnosed dyslexia. Blanks began his study of the martial arts at the age of fourteen. He quickly excelled, winning several local, state, and national championships. He emerged as a seven-time world Karate champion, and holds a seventh-degree black belt in tae kwon do. - Bobby Jones
Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr. (March 17, 1902 - December 18, 1971), born in Atlanta, Georgia, was one of the greatest golfers to compete on a national and international level. He participated only as an amateur, primarily on a part-time basis, and chose to retire from competition at age 28. Jones was a child prodigy who won his first children's tournament at the age of six and made the third round of the U.S. Amateur Championship at 14. - Joe Pesci
Joseph Francesco DeLores Eliot Pesci (born February 9, 1943), commonly known as Joe Pesci, is an American Academy Award-winning actor, comedian and singer who is often typecast as a violent mobster, mafia thug, or a grouchy funnyman. - Steve Bunce
Steve Bunce is a freelance television and radio sport pundit and newspaper columnist, primarily for boxing, although he has appeared discussing many other sports. - David Ross
Sifu David A Ross is the director and founder of New York San Da in Manhattan. He is also a founding member of San Da Training Systems, an organization that promotes combat sports training including San Da, Mixed martial Arts, Thai boxing, Jiu Jitsu, etc Ross has been involved in the martial arts most of his life. He began training in Western boxing at the age of 8. A few years later, he began his study of Korean Taekwondo and Hapkido, … - Michael Buffer
Michael Buffer (born November 2, 1944 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a professional ring announcer for boxing and professional wrestling matches. With his tuxedo and famous catchphrase "Let's get ready to rumble!", the six-foot tall Philadelphia native has become one of the most recognized faces in the world of sports entertainment thanks to his 20 plus years of announcing many of the biggest championship boxing events. - Al Michaels
Alan Richard Michaels (born November 12, 1944) is an American television sportscaster. Currently employed by NBC Sports after nearly three decades (1977 - 2006) with ABC Sports, Michaels is one of the most prominent and respected members of his profession. He is perhaps best known for his broadcast of the Miracle on Ice, which culminated in his widely quoted catchphrase, "Do you believe in miracles? Yes!" Michaels has won numerous awards during his career, … - Frank Maloney
Frank Maloney is a boxing manager and promoter and United Kingdom Independence Party politician. He stood in the London mayoral election, 2004, coming fourth with 6.19% of the vote. He was born in Peckham, to Irish parents. He began boxing at school. In his youth he wanted to become a Catholic priest, however he did not enjoy his time at a seminary. After failing in attempts to become a jockey and a professional footballer, he became a chef. - York Hall
The York Hall is a health and lesiure centre and Britain best known boxing venues. The venue is situated on Old Ford Road in Bethnal Green, London, England. The hall stages boxing fights as well as prioviding a gymnasium and swimming pool. The hall is owned by Tower Hamlets Council and in 2004 the Hall was threatened with closure. - Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson , born in Ireland, studied to be a teacher before turning to acting. He received an Academy Award nomination for his work in Schindlers List , a Golden Globe nomination for Michael Collins , and a Tony Award nomination for Anna Christie . He has starred in numerous films including Star Wars: Episode 1The Phantom Menace; Nell; and Husbands and Wives . - Alessio Sakara
Alessio "Legionarius" Sakara (born September 2, 1981 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian mixed martial arts fighter, currently competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship's (UFC) Light Heavyweight division. - Elvis Sinosic
Born in Canberra, Australia on February 13, 1971, Elvis Sinosic now resides in Sydney where he continues his martial arts training. Having trained in various arts for the last 20 years, the "King of Rock N Rumble" has been exposed to a myriad of art forms including: - Freestyle Wrestling - Tae Kwon Do - Boxing - Jun Fan (Kali, Silat, … - Roy Scheider
Roy Richard Scheider (born November 10, 1932 in Orange, New Jersey) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-nominated American actor. - Ed Parker
Edmund Kealoha Parker was an American martial artist and teacher. He is perhaps most famous as the founder of American Kenpo. Parker was born in Hawaii and raised a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He began his training in the martial arts at a young age in judo and later boxing. Some time in the 1940s, Ed Parker was first introduced to Kenpo by Frank Chow. After some time Frank Chow introduced Ed Parker to William K. S. Chow. Mr. - Roger Williams
Roger Williams (born October 1, 1924) is one of the most popular pianists in American popular music history. As of 2004, he has released 116 albums. He was born Louis Weertz, the son of a Lutheran minister (Rev. Frederick J. Weertz) and a music teacher (Dorothea Bang Weertz), in Omaha, Nebraska, but before his first birthday moved to Des Moines, Iowa. He first played the piano at age three, but in high school became interested in boxing, … - Robert E. Howard
Robert Ervin Howard (January 22 1906 - June 11 1936) was a classic American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. - Ryoto MacHida
Ryoto "LYOTO" Machida (May 30 1978-) is a Japanese-Brazilian professional mixed martial arts fighter. Son of Japanese-Brazilian Shotokan karate master Yoshizo Machida, Ryoto is considered a rising star in MMA, having secured victories over former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin, former UFC Welterweight Champion B.J. Penn, and light heavyweight runner-up of the UFC's "The Ultimate Fighter" Season 1, Stephan Bonnar. - Rahul Bose
Rahul Bose, an Indian actor, a social activist and rugby player, was born on July 27 1967 to Rupen and Kumud Bose. His elder sister Anuradha is married to Tarique Ansari, owner and director of "Mid-Day Multimedia", a multiple media conglomerate in Mumbai, India. Rahul Bose spent his childhood in Kolkata, West Bengal then moved to Mumbai with his family. He is an alumnus of the Cathedral and John Connon School in Mumbai, and graduated from Sydenham College. - Geoff Thompson
Geoff Thompson is a writer, teacher and self-defence expert. He was born in Coventry, England in 1960. Geoff has received acclaim for writing dozens of books on self-defence, martial arts, fear control, and his most popular book, "Watch My Back", an autobiography about his early years and how he came to be a nightclub doorman working in his hometown of Coventry. Like many others in the field of self-protection, … - Enson Inoue
Enson "Yamato Damashii" Inoue is a Japanese American mixed martial arts fighter. He has a professional MMA record of 11-8-0 as of April 16, 2004. He is the brother of Egan Inoue. He is credited with developing "Inoue Grappling", a hybrid martial art taught at Grappling Unlimited in Aiea, Hawaii. It is based largely on Brazilian jiu-jitsu with elements from boxing, wrestling and other martial arts integrated into the techniques. He has a notable win over Randy Couture. - John Garfield
John Garfield was an American actor. Garfield was especially adept at playing brooding, rebellious, working-class character roles, and was twice nominated for an Academy Award (see below). Born Jacob Julius Garfinkle in New York City to Jewish immigrants David and Hannah Garfinkle, he was raised in Sea Gate, Brooklyn until sent to a school for problem children in the Bronx after the death of his mother when he was seven years old. - Ian Eagle
Ian Eagle is an American sports announcer calling National Football League (NFL) games on CBS, New Jersey Nets games on the YES Network and hosts "Full Court Press", a basketball talk show with former player Kenny Smith on Sirius Satellite Radio. Other announcing experience include NCAA men's basketball, tennis, the Army-Navy football games, the Army-Navy basketball games, boxing, and NCAA track and field for CBS. He is a graduate of Syracuse University. - Dino Duva
Dino Duva (born August 28, 1958) is a well known boxing promoter and current President & CEO of Duva Boxing, as well as the former President of the powerful Main Events. He is also the son of legendary trainer/manager Lou Duva, and younger brother of the late Dan Duva. The Duvas have been given the title of "the first family of boxing". In 1999 Dino was inducted into the New Jersey Boxing Hall Of Fame. - Kevin Rooney
Kevin Rooney born on May 4, 1956 in Catskill, NY and is a boxing trainer and former boxer. - Al Bernstein
Al Bernstein is an American writer, stage performer, recording artist, radio host, and boxing analyst. In the early 1970s, Bernstein wrote for Ring Magazine and Boxing Illustrated, providing feature articles and coverage of major fights. He got his big break in professional sports journalism through his friendship with Nat Fleischer and Dan Daniel, Jewish Americans who promote Jewish American writers and commentators in the American boxing scene, including: Howard Cosell, … - Jackie Kallen
Jackie Kallen , California USA As co-star of the NBC reality show, "The Contender," Jackie Kallen does what she loves best-interact with boxers. After 26 years in the boxing world as publicist and then manager, Kallen has been dubbed "The First Lady of Boxing. Having managed four champions, she was twice nominated as Manager of the Year. Her life story inspired the Paramount film "Against the Ropes" starring Meg Ryan. - Joyce Brothers
Joyce Brothers, PhD (maiden name Joyce Diane Bauer, born October 20, 1928) is a psychologist and advice columnist, publishing a daily syndicated newspaper column since 1960. She gained fame in 1955 by winning "The $64,000 Question" game show, on which she appeared as an expert in the subject area of boxing. It should be noted that the game was rigged against her favor, and her win was part of a major court case of the 50s. Dr. - Dave Clark
Dave Clark is a television presenter for British television station Sky Sports. Clark was a presenter on Capital Gold radio's football, Olympics and Wimbledon tennis coverage from 1990. He also presented a nightly football phone-in "Capital Gold Sportstime" and "The Dave Clark Show". He left Capital in 1998 to join Sky Sports News upon its launch. Alongside his presentation on the rolling sports news channel, … - Dave Johnson
David ("Dave") Allen Johnson (born April 7, 1963 in North Dakota) is a former decathlete from the United States, who grew up in Missoula, Montana. As a child he attended C. S. Porter Elementary School and later attended Sentinel and Big Sky high schools. Dave's family moved to Corvallis, Oregon in 1980 and he attended Crescent Valley High School, graduating in 1981. Dave was involved in a series of petty thefts as a teenager, … - Erik Paulson
Erik Paulson (born 1966) is a mixed martial artist raised in Minnesota and currently residing in California. He is the first American to win the World Shooto Title in Japan - a title he defended for 5 years. Starting with Judo in 1974, Paulson has trained in many disciplines including Tae Kwon Do, Boxing, Jeet Kune Do, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, studying first with Rorion Gracie in his garage in 1989. He has studied with 40 different teachers over his 30 years of training. - Barry Hearn
Barry Hearn(born 1949, Dagenham, Essex) is an English sports entrepreneur, the founder and chairman of promotions company Matchroom Sport. A qualified accountant who made his first fortune by buying and selling a chain of snooker halls, he began his promotional career in 1974 working with little remembered players Geoff Foulds (Neal's father) and Vic Harris before becoming manager of six times world champion Steve Davis from 1976, … - Kimo Leopoldo
Kimo Leopoldo (born January 4,1964) is a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, often billed as simply Kimo, who was born in Munich, Germany and fights out of Hawaii, U.S.A. He made his MMA debut at "UFC 3" in 1994, and continues to fight today. Kimo's fighting style is best described as freestyle, with a mixture of boxing and grappling techniques. - Harold Lederman
Harold Lederman is a celebrated boxing judge and analyst. Born in The Bronx, New York, he began his career as a boxing judge in 1967 and joined the cast of HBO World Championship Boxing in 1986, where he has been ever since. - George Kennedy
George Washington Kendall (aka George Kennedy) (December 29, 1881 - October 19, 1921) was a Canadian sports promoter best known as the owner of the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team from 1910 to 1921. An Anglo-Quebecer, George W. Kendall was born in Montreal, the son of Jane McClosky, an Irish Roman Catholic and George Hiram Kendall, a Scots-Quebecer and a prominent Baptist who owned a successful manufacturing business.
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