Famous Boxers

The list Famous Boxers includes Floyd Mayweather Jr., Wladimir Klitschko, Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali and Laila Ali. The list consists of 11,509 members.

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Floyd Mayweather Jr.

American Olympic and professional boxer

Overview: Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (born Floyd Joy Sinclair; February 24, 1977) is an American professional boxing promoter and former professional boxer. He competed between 1996 and 2015, and made a one-fight ...

Date of birth: 24 February 1977

Age: 47

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Sportspeople convicted of crimes 126T

Undefeated world boxing champions 22T

Sportspeople from New Brunswick, New Jersey 50T
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Wladimir Klitschko

Ukrainian boxer (born 1976)

Overview: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukrainian: Володимир Володимирович Кличко, Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Klychko, born 25 March 1976) is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2017. He held the ...

Date of birth: 25 March 1976

Age: 48

Nationality: Ukrainian

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 6" (198 cm)

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Sportspeople from Semey 13T

People of the Russian invasion of Ukraine 24T

Web Summit Speaker 67T
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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

Boxers from Brooklyn 56T
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Muhammad Ali

American boxer and activist (1942–2016)

Overview: Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer, activist, entertainer, poet, and philanthropist. Nicknamed The Greatest, he is widely ...

Date of birth: 17 January 1942

Date of death: 3 June 2016

Age: 74 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Sportspeople from Cherry Hill, New Jersey 40T

Sportspeople with dyslexia 54T

Boxers from Louisville, Kentucky 10T
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Laila Ali

Boxer

Overview: Laila Amaria Ali (born December 30, 1977) is an American television personality and retired professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2007. She is the daughter of Muhammad Ali and is the eighth of her ...

Date of birth: 30 December 1977

Age: 46

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Curtis Conway (Married)

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The Masked Singer (American TV series) contestants 55T

Women's International Boxing Association champions 4T

Alexander Hamilton High School (Los Angeles) alumni 37T
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Oscar De La Hoya

Boxer

Overview: Oscar De La Hoya (born February 4, 1973), is an American former professional boxer who, in 2002, also became a boxing promoter and, in 2018, a mixed martial arts (MMA) promoter. As a boxer, he competed ...

Date of birth: 4 February 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Houston Dynamo FC owners 2T

Goodwill Games medalists in boxing 16T

Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games 351T
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Anthony Joshua

English boxer

Overview: Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua OBE (born 15 October 1989) is an English professional boxer. He is a two-time former unified world heavyweight champion, having held the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO ...

Date of birth: 15 October 1989

Age: 34

Nationality: British

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 6" (198 cm)

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Black British sportsmen 1,633T

English sportspeople of Nigerian descent 324T

Mayflower School alumni 11T
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Tim Weatherspoon

American, Boxing

Date of birth: 7 January 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Kevin Ross

American kickboxer

Overview: Kevin "The Soul Assassin" Ross (born July 27, 1980) is an American Muay Thai fighter and former mixed martial artist (with one pro fight). He is the current Bellator Kickboxing Featherweight champion ...

Date of birth: 27 July 1980

Age: 44

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Gina Carano (Long-Term)

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Mixed martial artists utilizing Muay Thai 508T

American male mixed martial artists 1,266T

American male kickboxers 167T
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Manny Pacquiao

Filipino boxer and politician (born 1978)

Overview: Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao Sr., CLH (born December17, 1978) is a Filipino politician and former professional boxer. Nicknamed "PacMan", he is regarded as one of the greatest professional boxers of all ...

Date of birth: 17 December 1978

Age: 45

Nationality: Filipino

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Jinkee Pacquiao (Married)

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Candidates in the 2022 Philippine presidential election 9T

21st-century Filipino male singers 169T

Terrafirma Dyip draft picks 13T
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Lucia Rijker

Dutch boxer (born 1967)

Overview: Lucia Frederica Rijker (born December 6, 1967) is a Dutch professional female boxer, kickboxer, and actress.

Date of birth: 7 December 1967

Age: 56

Nationality: Dutch

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Boxers from Amsterdam 24T

LGBT fencers 5T

LGBT kickboxers 3T
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Regina Halmich

German, Boxing

Overview: Regina Halmich (born 22 November 1976) is a German former professional boxer. She is among the most successful female boxers of all time and helped popularise female boxing in Europe.

Date of birth: 22 November 1976

Age: 47

Nationality: German

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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Sportspeople from Karlsruhe 119T

German women boxers 19T

Recipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg 289T
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George Foreman

American boxer (born 1949)

Overview: George Edward Foreman (born January 10, 1949) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1969 and 1997. Nicknamed "Big George", he is a two-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic ...

Date of birth: 10 January 1949

Age: 75

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

Partner: Mary Joan Martelly (Married)

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20th-century African-American sportspeople 4,018T

21st-century African-American people 4,754T

Lineal boxing champions 35T
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Jack Dempsey

American boxer

Overview: William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983), nicknamed Kid Blackie, and The Manassa Mauler, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927, and reigned as the world ...

Date of birth: 24 June 1895

Date of death: 31 May 1983

Age: 87 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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American people who self-identify as being of Cherokee descent 200T

United States Coast Guard reservists 30T

New York National Guard personnel 93T
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Lennox Lewis

British-Canadian boxer (born 1965)

Overview: Lennox Claudius Lewis CM CBE (born 2 September 1965) is a former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2003. He is a three-time world heavyweight champion, a two-time lineal champion, and remains ...

Date of birth: 2 September 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: British

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 5" (196 cm)

Partner: Violet Chang (Married)

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Sportspeople from West Ham 29T

Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games 504T

Black British sportsmen 662T
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Roy Jones Jr.

American boxer

Overview: Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American former professional boxer, boxing commentator, boxing trainer, rapper, and actor who holds dual American and Russian citizenship. He competed ...

Date of birth: 16 January 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Goodwill Games medalists in boxing 16T

Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games 300T

Russian people of African-American descent 9T
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Joe Louis

American boxer

Overview: Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951. Nicknamed the Brown Bomber, Louis is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most ...

Date of birth: 13 May 1914

Date of death: 12 April 1981

Age: 66 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Joe Louis 2T

African-American male professional wrestlers 137T

United States Army personnel of World War II 4,472T
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Christine Theiss

German kickboxer

Overview: Christine Anna Maria Theiss, maiden name Hennig, born February 22, 1980 in Greiz, Germany, is a German female kickboxer. Since 2007, she is the world champion in professional full contact kickboxing ...

Date of birth: 22 February 1980

Age: 44

Nationality: German

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Hans Theiss (Married)

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German female kickboxers 11T

People from Greiz (district) 24T

Sportspeople from Thuringia 401T
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J'Leon Love

Boxer

Overview: J'Leon Love (born September 25, 1987) is an American professional boxer in the Super Middleweight division.

Date of birth: 25 September 1987

Age: 37

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

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People from Inkster, Michigan 22T

American male boxers 1,913T

African-American boxers 322T
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Badr Hari

Dutch martial aritst

Overview: Badr Hari (born 8 December 1984) is a Dutch-born Moroccan kickboxer. He is a former K-1 Heavyweight World Champion (2007–2008), It's Showtime Heavyweight World Champion (2009–2010) and K-1 World Grand ...

Date of birth: 8 December 1984

Age: 39

Nationality: Moroccan

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 6" (198 cm)

Partner: Daphne Romani (Married)

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Doping cases in kickboxing 20T

Moroccan male mixed martial artists 3T

Moroccan male kickboxers 23T