Boxers from Brooklyn

The list Boxers from Brooklyn includes Mike Tyson, Rocky Graziano, Floyd Patterson, Daniel Jacobs and Zab Judah. The list consists of 58 members.

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Mike Tyson

American, Boxing

Overview: Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005, and is scheduled to compete once again in 2024. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his ...

Date of birth: 30 June 1966

Age: 58

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Muslims from New York (state) 95T

Muslims from Nevada 3T

Bailando por un Sueño (Argentine TV series) participants 93T
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Rocky Graziano

American boxer (1919–1990)

Overview: Thomas Rocco Barbella (January 1, 1919 – May 22, 1990), better known as Rocky Graziano, was an American professional boxer who held the World Middleweight title. Graziano is considered one of the greatest ...

Date of birth: 1 January 1919

Date of death: 22 May 1990

Age: 71 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Burials at Locust Valley Cemetery 18T

Boxers from New York City 142T

American male boxers 1,978T
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Floyd Patterson

Boxer

Overview: Floyd Patterson (January 4, 1935 – May 11, 2006) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1952 to 1972, and twice reigned as the world heavyweight champion between 1956 and 1962. At the age ...

Date of birth: 4 January 1935

Date of death: 11 May 2006

Age: 71 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Deaths from dementia in New York (state) 68T

20th-century African-American sportspeople 4,255T

Neurological disease deaths in New York (state) 205T
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Daniel Jacobs

American boxer

Overview: Daniel Jacobs (born February 3, 1987) is an American professional boxer. He is a two-time middleweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 2018 to 2019 and the WBA (Regular) title from 2014 ...

Date of birth: 3 February 1987

Age: 38

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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21st-century African-American sportspeople 3,108T

Boxers from New York City 144T

People from Brownsville, Brooklyn 84T
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Zab Judah

American boxer

Overview: Zabdiel Judah (born October 27, 1977) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1996 and 2019. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, having held the IBF and WBO ...

Date of birth: 27 October 1977

Age: 47

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Boxers from New York City 138T

Judah family 5T

Black Hebrew Israelite people 13T
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Mark Breland

American boxer (born 1963)

Overview: Mark Anthony Breland (born May 11, 1963) is an American retired world champion boxer who won five New York Golden Gloves titles and a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics, was awarded the 1982 Boxer of the ...

Date of birth: 11 May 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Boxers from New York City 138T

AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists 560T

Olympic gold medalists for the United States in boxing 48T
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Shannon Briggs

American boxer

Overview: Shannon Briggs (born December 4, 1971) is an American professional boxer. A veteran of the sport since 1992, he has held a world heavyweight championship twice, including the lineal title from 1997 to ...

Date of birth: 4 December 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

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Boxers from New York City 138T

Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games 570T

Pan American Games medalists in boxing 433T
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Heather Hardy

American boxer

Overview: Heather Hardy (born January 25, 1982) is an American professional boxer and mixed martial artist. In boxing, she held the WBO featherweight title from 2018 to 2019. She is also a trainer, living and working ...

Date of birth: 25 January 1982

Age: 43

Nationality: American

Occupation: Martial Arts

Gender: Female

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Boxers from New York City 138T

American female mixed martial artists 152T

Super-bantamweight boxers 286T
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Joey Giardello

American boxer

Overview: Carmine Orlando Tilelli (July 16, 1930 – September 4, 2008) was an American boxer who was the world middleweight champion from 1963 to 1965, and was better known by his professional pseudonym of Joey Giardello ...

Date of birth: 16 July 1930

Date of death: 4 September 2008

Age: 78 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

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Boxers from Philadelphia 80T

Boxers from New York City 138T

United States Army personnel of World War II 4,472T
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Paulie Malignaggi

boxer

Overview: Paul "Paulie" Malignaggi (mali-NAH-zhi; born November 23, 1980) is an American retired professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2017 and has since worked as a boxing commentator and analyst. He held ...

Date of birth: 23 November 1980

Age: 44

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Sportspeople from Syracuse, Sicily 23T

American bare-knuckle boxers 98T

Boxers from New York City 155T
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Joe Gray

American actor and stuntman

Overview: Joe Gray (May 5, 1912 – March 15, 1971) was an American boxer, actor, and stuntman.

Date of birth: 5 May 1912

Date of death: 15 March 1971

Age: 58 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Boxers from New York City 138T

Male actors from New York City 1,913T

20th-century American male actors 8,672T
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Riddick Bowe

Boxer

Overview: Riddick Lamont Bowe (born August 10, 1967) is a retired American professional boxer who competed between 1989 and 2008. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion in 1992, and as an amateur ...

Date of birth: 10 August 1967

Age: 57

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 5" (196 cm)

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Boxers from New York City 140T

Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games 546T

People from Brownsville, Brooklyn 82T
13.

Edgar Berlanga

American boxer

Overview: Edgar Luis Berlanga Jr. (born May 18, 1997) is an American professional boxer of Puerto Rican descent.

Date of birth: 18 May 1997

Age: 27

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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Boxers from New York City 155T

Puerto Rican male boxers 200T

American male boxers 2,092T
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Danielle Perkins

American boxer (born 1982)

Overview: Danielle Perkins (born August 30, 1982) is an American professional boxer. As an amateur she won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Championships and gold the following year.

Date of birth: 30 August 1982

Age: 42

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Female

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Boxers from New York City 138T

AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships medalists 89T

World heavyweight boxing champions 94T
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Sadam Ali

American boxer

Overview: Sadam Ali (born September 26, 1988) is an American professional boxer who held the WBO junior middleweight title from 2017 to 2018.

Date of birth: 26 September 1988

Age: 36

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

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Boxers from New York City 138T

Yemeni male boxers 7T

American male boxers 1,913T
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Teófimo López

American boxer (born 1997)

Overview: Teófimo Andrés López Rivera (born July 30, 1997) is an American professional boxer. He is the current unified lightweight world champion, having held the IBF title since 2019 and the WBA (Super), WBO ...

Date of birth: 30 July 1997

Age: 27

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Boxers from New York City 140T

Honduran male boxers 5T

Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics 285T
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Ernest Mateen

Boxer

Overview: Ernest Mateen (June 3, 1966 – November 6, 2012, in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York), nicknamed 'M-16', was a United States and IBU Cruiserweight (boxing) champion. He was shot to death by his wife ...

Date of birth: 3 June 1966

Date of death: 6 November 2012

Age: 46 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

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Boxers from New York City 138T

American male boxers 1,913T

Cruiserweight boxers 300T
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Shemuel Pagan

Boxer

Overview: Shemuel Pagan (born April 23, 1988) is an American professional boxer in the lightweight division. He is trained by his father, Robert Pagan. He is currently training at Sadam Ali's gym in Bay Ridge, ...

Date of birth: 23 April 1988

Age: 37

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Boxers from New York City 138T

Jewish American boxers 73T

American sportspeople of Puerto Rican descent 117T
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Artie Levine

Boxer

Overview: Artie Levine (January 26, 1925 – January 13, 2012) was an American boxer in the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions in the 1940s during which time he gained top ten ratings in both weight classes ...

Date of birth: 26 January 1925

Date of death: 13 January 2012

Age: 86 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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Jewish American boxers 73T

American male boxers 1,913T

Middleweight boxers 1,206T
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Daniel Judah

American boxer

Overview: Daniel Harvey Judah (born August 8, 1977) is an American professional boxer. He is the brother of Zab Judah and Josiah Judah, who are also professional boxers.

Date of birth: 8 August 1977

Age: 47

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

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Boxers from New York City 138T

Judah family 5T

Black Hebrew Israelite people 13T