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Manny Pacquiao
Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao Sr. is a Filipino professional boxer and former politician. Nicknamed "PacMan", he is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional boxers of all time, becoming the only eight-division world champion in boxing history. He also served as a senator of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. is an American professional boxer and boxing promoter. He is undefeated at 50–0. Mayweather won 15 major world championships spanning five weight classes from super featherweight to light middleweight. This includes the Ring magazine title in three weight classes. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal in the featherweight division at the 1996 Olympics, three U.S. Golden Gloves championships, and the U.S. national championship at featherweight. After retiring from professional boxing in August 2017, he transitioned to exhibition boxing.
Oscar De La Hoya
American boxing promoter and former professional boxer
Vasyl Lomachenko
Ukrainian boxer
Henry Armstrong
American boxer (1912–1988)
Roberto Durán
Panamanian boxer
Katie Taylor
Irish association footballer and boxer
Julio César Chávez
Professional Mexican boxer
Shane Mosley
American boxer
Alexis Argüello
Nicaraguan boxer (1952-2009)
Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez
Mexican boxer
Terence Crawford
Terence Allan "Bud" Crawford is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2008 to 2025. He retired with an undefeated record and won 18 different major world championships in five weight classes from lightweight to super middleweight, including the undisputed championships at light welterweight, welterweight, and super middleweight. He is the first male boxer in history to become a three-weight undisputed world champion. In the four-belt era, Crawford became the first male boxer to capture the undisputed championship in two and three divisions, and the first to achieve undisputed status at both light welterweight and welterweight.
Pernell Whitaker
American boxer (1964–2019)
Gervonta Davis
Gervonta Bryant Davis, also known by his nickname "Tank", is an American professional boxer. He has held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) super featherweight title in 2017, the World Boxing Association (WBA) super featherweight title twice between 2018 and 2020, the WBA super lightweight title in 2021, the WBA lightweight title from 2023 to 2026, and regular version from 2019 to 2023.
Héctor Camacho
Puerto Rican boxer (1962–2012)
Diego Corrales
American professional boxer (1977–2007)
Giovanni Parisi
boxer (1967-2009)
Andy Cruz Gómez
Cuban boxer
Edwin Valero
Venezuelan boxer (1981-2010)
Shakur Stevenson
Ash-Shakur Nafi-Shahid Stevenson is an American professional boxer. He has won world championships in four weight classes, from featherweight to junior welterweight. He has held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and Ring magazine junior welterweight titles since 2026. As an amateur, he represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning the bantamweight silver medal.
Denys Berinchyk
Amateur World Championship runner-up, Ukrainian Boxer
Beatriz Ferreira
Brazilian boxer
Leonard Doroftei
boxer
Miguel Angel Garcia
American boxer
Joel Casamayor
boxer
Ray Mancini
American boxer
Benny Leonard
American boxer (1896-1947)
Artur Grigorian
Armenian boxer
Keyshawn Davis
American boxer
Devin Haney
American boxer
Teófimo López
American boxer
Barney Ross
United States Marine (1909–1967)
Adrien Broner
American boxer
Jorge Linares
Venezuelan boxer
Ken Buchanan
Scottish boxer (1945–2023)
Lakva Sim
Mongolian boxer
Dejan Zlatičanin
Montenegrin boxer
José Luis Castillo
Mexican boxer
Battling Nelson
Danish-American boxer (1882-1954)
Amanda Serrano
Puerto Rican boxer and mixed martial artist
Tony Canzoneri
American boxer (1908-1959)
David Díaz
American boxer
Miguel Ángel González
Mexican boxer
Sammy Angott
American boxer (1915-1980)
Brandon Ríos
American boxer
Adolph Wolgast
American boxer (1888-1955)
Pedro Carrasco
Spanish boxer (1943–2001)
Jimmy Carter
American boxer (1923–1994)
George Kambosos Jr.
Australian boxer
Darley Pérez
Colombian boxer
Ricky Burns
Scottish boxer
Orzubek Nazarov
Kyrgyzstani boxer
Frank Erne
Swiss boxer (1875-1954)
Edwin Rosario
Puerto Rican boxer (1963–1997)
Esteban de Jesús
Puerto Rican boxer (1951-1989)
Dingaan Thobela
South African boxer (1966-2024)
Terry Flanagan
British boxer
Antonio DeMarco
Mexican boxer
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Ike Williams
American boxer