(September 14, 2020) - Former World Boxing Federation (WBF) World Super Middleweight Champion Marco Antonio “El Veneno” Rubio can look back at a very good career, where he fought some of the best...

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(August 10, 2020) - Tamas “Tomi Kid” Kovacs, from Galanta in Slovakia where he was born in June of 1977, is the son of Pavol Kovacs, a former national amateur champion of what was then known as Czechoslovakia...

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(July 7, 2020) - Germany´s former World Boxing Federation (WBF) Womens World Featherweight Champion Goda Dailydaite was born in Lithuania on August 19, 1985. A graduate of the Duisburg-Essen...

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(June 11, 2020) - When an already twenty-six year old Richard Williams lost his third professional bout to Michael Alexander (13-22), on points in September of 1997, one would be hard pressed to find many who...

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(May 6, 2020) - Born on July 28, 1967 in Hartford, Connecticut, former World Boxing Federation (WBF) Intercontinental Super Middleweight Champion “Iceman” John Scully started boxing in 1982...

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(April 8, 2020) - There is no question that Azumah Nelson is the greatest boxer to ever come out of Ghana. But behind him is a long list of his countrymen who also reached the top inside the squared circle, among...

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(March 4, 2020) - Jennifer “The Bolivian Queen” Salinas, the former World Boxing Federation (WBF) Womens World Super Bantamweight Champion, was born to a Bolivian father and a North American mother...

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(February 5, 2020) - Former World Boxing Federation (WBF) Intercontinental Light Heavyweight Champion Sven “The Hammer” Hamer from England was a fighter through and through. He boxed at a good level as...

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(January 7, 2020) - While it would be a few years still before he took on the ring-name, Rob Calloway decided in 1992 to become the “All-American Prizefighter”, after forty amateur bouts and winning the...

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(December 5, 2019) - Australia´s former World Boxing Federation (WBF) World Featherweight Champion Nedal “Skinny” Hussein was born on December 1, 1977. Based in Sydney, of Lebanese descent, he...

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(November 4, 2019) - Former WBF Womens World Flyweight Champion Irma “La Guerita” Sanchez from Guadalajara in Mexico turned professional in August of 2006, fighting as a Super Featherweight...

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(October 4, 2019) - Moses Opute James was born in Nigeria during the summer of 1968. As a child he excelled at football (soccer), but at some point he fell in love with boxing, and eventually chose to focus on...

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(September 10, 2019) - Surviving meningitis at the age of nine, former World Boxing Federation (WBF) World Middleweight Champion Cornelius Carr was a fighter from early on. Real name John Thomas Carr, he was...

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(August 5, 2019) - Despite never reaching the absolute top as an amateur, with bronze in the 1999 All-Africa games perhaps his biggest accomplishment, Zolani Marali turned professional at twenty-three in February...

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(July 4, 2019) - It was with little fanfare that former WBF Intercontinental Super Bantamweight Champion Nicky Bentz from Mexico turned professional in 1990, somewhere in his home-country...

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(June 5, 2019) - Former World Boxing Federation (WBF) World Welterweight Champion James Hare was nineteen when he turned professional, beating Brian Coleman (7-34-4) on points over six rounds on the...

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(May 12, 2019) - Former World Boxing Federation (WBF) Womens World Welterweight and Super Welterweight Champion Anne Sophie Mathis from France didn't have a very good start to her...

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(April 4, 2019) - Earl Butler, full name Junior Earl Butler, also known as just JEB, was the epitome of a true fighter. From Super Middleweight, where he won the World Boxing Federation (WBF) world title in 1997, to...

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(March 5, 2019) - Looking at his almost one-hundred tattoos, shaven head and black mustache, and the fact that large groups of his fans often acted rowdy at his fights, it would be easy to describe former World Box...

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(February 5, 2019) - Tony “The Warrior” Dodson, from the Garston district in Liverpool in England, first saw the light of day on July 2, 1980, and went on to become a well-known, accomplished and respected name on the...

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(January 10, 2019) - Former World Boxing Federation (WBF) World Featherweight Champion Pete Taliaferro didn't get his upbringing in one of the many “boxing hot spots” across America, such as New York, Phila...

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(December 11, 2018) - With Italian ancestry, former World Boxing Federation (WBF) World Super Middleweight Champion Fredrik Alvarez was born in Koping, Sweden in April of 1975...

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(November 7, 2018) - Former WBF Intercontinental Light Welterweight Champion Ajose “The Gun” Olusegun never really wanted to become a boxer. Despite his father being a former fighter and a trainer...

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(October 8, 2018) - Chevelle “Fist of Steel” Hallback, born in Plant City, Florida, USA on September 3 in 1971, was what many would call a real old school fighter. In a pro career spanning seventeen years...

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(September 5, 2018) - Sometimes its just too comprehensive to go into too much detail about a fighters career. This is the case with one of the best of all time, the legendary former World Boxing...

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(August 9, 2018) - Former World Boxing Federation (WBF) World Super Flyweight Champion Peter Culshaw was born in Liverpool, England on March 15, 1973. After an accomplished amateur career, he turned pro...

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(July 5, 2018) - Rolando Toyogon started off as a prospect, then turned into what many would call a trial-horse, before turning his career around to win the World Boxing Federation (WBF) World Light Flyweight title...

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(June 6, 2018) - Former World Boxing Federation (WBF) World Middleweight Champion Joaquin Velasquez, full name Joaquin Velasquez Amador, was born on August 21, 1962 in Santiago de los Cabal...

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(May 7, 2018) - "The Canadian Kid" Steve Molitor first saw the light of day on April 4 in 1980, when he was born to parents of Puerto Rican heritage in Sarnia, Ontario. Inspired by his older brother Jeremy, a...

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(April 5, 2018) - It was never an easy road to success in the ring for former two-time WBF World Champion Nadya Hokmi from France. Born on July 15, 1977 she faced plenty of set-backs and disappointments before...

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(March 5, 2018) - Former WBF World Heavyweight Champion “Smokin´” Bert Cooper entered this world on January 10, 1966 in Sharon Hill, a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA. Initially a Cruiserweight...

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(February 9, 2018) - The West African Republic of Ghana has produced many prominent boxers over the years, including the legendary Azumah Nelson, former World Champions Ike Quartey, Nana Yaw Konadu...

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(January 10, 2018) - Japan is a country with proud boxing traditions, with many champions and world class boxers past and present. The vast majority of them have been successful in the lower weight-classes, but...

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(December 14, 2017) - “...I cant help but feel bitter. After the fights I have had, I should be financially set up, and it does my head in...” Such were the words of former WBF World Light Welterweight Champion Wayne...

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(November 8, 2017) - Jesus Alberto Chong, the former World Boxing Federation (WBF) World Light Flyweight Champion nicknamed “El Tigre”, is one of countless fine Mexican fighters who have made their mark on the...

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(October 10, 2017) - The career of former WBF Womens World Bantamweight Champion Renata “Barbie Girl” Szebeledi is remarkable, to say the least. She last fought in May of 2013, but at time of writing the Hungarian is...

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(September 8, 2017) - “The Master Blaster”, Lester Ellis, won no less than five World Championships in five different weight-classes, including the World Boxing Federation (WBF) World Welterweight title, during his...

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(August 10, 2017) - While he spend his entire career fighting out of his adopted home-country Belgium, former World Boxing Federation (WBF) World Super Welterweight Champion Patrick Vungbo was born in...

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(July 5, 2017) - Former WBF Intercontinental Light Welterweight Champion Patrick “Country Boy” Washington was by some considered one of the best kept secrets in American boxing when he was coming...

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(June 7, 2017) - Born in Ipil, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines, it has not been possible to track down a date of birth on former WBF World Featherweight Champion Ric “Bomba” Siodora. But he was likely very young...

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(May 5, 2017) - When he made his professional debut in March of 1985, it didn’t appear to be in the cards that Australian Guy Waters would eventually become a world champion. In fact, judging by his debut-fight it looked...

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(April 5, 2017) - Very few world champions retire undefeated in boxing. But former World Boxing Federation (WBF) Womens World Heavyweight Champion Natascha Ragosina (22-0, 13 KOs) is one...

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(March 6, 2017) - After concluding a very successful amateur career, former world Super Featherweight champion Nicky Cook from England is one of many top-class boxers over the years who won a WBF Intercont...

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(February 6, 2017) - While he entered professional boxing with significant experience from Muay Thai Kickboxing, as is the norm in Thailand, former WBF World Bantamweight Champion Fahprakorb...

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(January 9, 2017) - As the younger brother of legendary Hector “Macho” Camacho, it was always unlikely that former WBF World Super Bantamweight Champion Felix “Showtime” Camacho would accomplish as much as...

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(December 15, 2016) - Four ropes, trash-talk and well-trained athletes are things that boxing and professional wrestling have in common. But there is more! “The Nature Boy” is most famously the nickname...

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(November 9, 2016) - While his career as a whole was quite amazing, it is safe to say that Joe Bugner´s reign as WBF World Heavyweight Champion is rather easily forgotten about. It came at the tail-end of his long...

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(October 12, 2016) - Myriam Lamare of France is yet another former WBF Womens World Champion who should go down in history as one of the most accomplished female operators in the sport...

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(September 9, 2016) - The story of former WBF World Middleweight Champion Darrin “The Mongoose” Morris is, as is often the case with boxers, one of great highs and great lows. He accomplished a lot in his career, but...

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(August 8, 2016) - Reluctantly it must be said from the start, that, despite several hours of research, there are a lot of unclarity and uncertainties about the professional career of former two-time WBF World Welterweight...

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(July 7, 2016) - Former WBF World Super Featherweight Champion Aaron “La Cobra” Zarate was born on October 15, 1969 in Mexico City. As boxing was a very popular sport in his neighborhood, it was the natural activity...

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(June 9, 2016) - Born in 1963, it was not really in the cards that Tommy Small would become a professional boxer, much less a world champion. But he did, and after turning pro in 1986 he went on to capture the WBF...

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(May 5, 2016) - Former WBF Intercontinental Super Welterweight Champion Matthew “Hollywood” Charleston was not quite a world-class boxer, but between his debut in November 1990 and his final fight in January 2008...

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(April 7, 2016) - Born on August 14 1968 in Fleetwood, England, Jane Couch was a pioneer in British professional boxing, as she became the first woman to be officially licensed by the British Boxing Board...

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(March 3, 2016) - As is the case with many Asian boxers, it is hard to confirm the accuracy of some of his earlier fights, but according to boxrec.com former WBF World Flyweight Champion Fahlan Sakkreerin...

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(February 5, 2016) - "The Emmet Eliminator" is a fitting ring-moniker for former WBF World Cruiserweight Champion Kenny Keene. It pays tribute to his hometown, a small sawmill town not far from Idaho...

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(January 6, 2016) - Former WBF Intercontinental Light Welterweight Champion Yvan Mendy (30) from France is an unusual edition to the series. He is still active and arguably in his prime, and recently scored the...

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(December 10, 2015) - From a genuine fighting family, with three brothers (Ric, Melvin and Alvin) who were also professional boxers, and nephew Giemel currently a 14-0 Flyweight prospect, former two-time WBF World...

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(November 5, 2015) - Finding in-dept information about former WBF World Light Heavyweight Champion Randall Yonker is not an easy task. In fact, if you only have the name and his boxing record, its not something you...

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(October 6, 2015) - Former WBF Womens World Light Welterweight and Welterweight World Champion Holly Holm is considered by many to be among the best Pound-For-Pound Female boxers of all time...

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(September 10, 2015) - The story of former WBF World Super Cruiserweight Champion Vinnie Curto is a very noteworthy one, to say the least. In many ways its a very sad story, but its also a story of a person who...

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(August 7, 2015) - Former WBF World Super Middleweight Champion Robin Reid was born in the village of Sefton in Merseyside, England on February 19 1971. He started boxing at a young age...

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(July 7, 2015) - A native of New Orleans, Heavyweight Lionel “The Train” Butler turned to professional boxing at twenty-one years of age, and made his debut in February of 1989 against 2-0 prospect Phil Jackson on a small...

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(June 4, 2015) - Danish southpaw Mads Larsen was considered a massive talent when promoter Mogens Palle signed him to a professional contract in 1993. Only twenty years old, he entered the paid ranks at the...

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(May 5, 2015) - Youngstown, Ohio is, when it comes to boxing, best known as the hometown of notable names Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini, Harry Arroyo and Kelly Pavlik, but the steel production hotbed also...

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(April 2, 2015) - Former WBF World Super Bantamweight Champion Orlando “Cholo” Fernandez eventually settled in Bronx, New York, but was born in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico on January 18 1963. Not much is known...

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(March 4, 2015) - From Lansing, Michigan, Roger “Stingray” Turner was born on July 9 1963 and had a solid amateur career after starting boxing at an early age. He turned to professional boxing relatively late...

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(February 4, 2015) - Still active today, at 46 years of age, Roy Levesta Jones Jr. grew up in Pensacola, Florida where he started boxing and had his first bout at ten. He was reportedly outweighed by 69 Lbs. (31 Kg´s) in...

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(January 6, 2015) - His birth name being Fitzroy Carter, Fitz Vanderpool was born on November 3 1967 in Trinidad & Tobago. The middle child of...

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(December 11, 2014) - Born in the London borough of Newham in 1972, “Robbo” was an entertaining Southpaw who turned professional as a Super Welterweight at twenty-two in March 1995 on a low-key show at...

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(November 5, 2014) - From the city of Ladysmith in the KwaZulu-Natal province, where he was born in December of 1955, young Thulani grew up working on sugarcane farms in that area. Not surprisingly, that’s...

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(October 10, 2014) - Witter started boxing at age 11 when a friend encouraged him to take up the sport to fight legally instead of on the streets. By his own admission he was a rough kid, and “it was about...

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(September 8, 2014) - James Peau, as is his given name, was born on February 3 1966 in Apia, Samoa. The third oldest of six siblings, he moved with his family to Auckland, New Zealand as a child, and it was...

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(August 4, 2014) - Juan Ernesto Lazcano was born on February 23 1975 in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. When he was only two months old, he moved with his family to El Paso, Texas in the United States, and...

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(July 5, 2014) - Born in Cowra, New South Wales, the amazing story of Jeff Malcolm began on May 9 1956. Growing up in Drummoyne, in the Balmain district of Sydney, Malcolm started boxing at age eleven and...

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(June 11, 2014) - From Morristown, Tennessee, a small town with a population of less than 30.000 where legendary pioneer Davy Crockett grew up, Ricky Parkey was born on November 7 1956...

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(May 14, 2014) - Carl Bryant Daniels was born in Saint Louis, Missouri on August 26 1970. As an amateur, he compiled a 170-7 record, winning the Junior World Championships and National...

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(April 11, 2014) - October 30 1974 stands out in boxing history as the date of the legendary Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman “Rumble In The Jungle” in Kinshasa, Zaire, but on that same day a future...

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(March 10, 2014) - Born in July 1972 in Roi-Et in the northeastern part of Thailand, his real name is Somboon Phantasi. It is common in Thailand that professional boxers are given ring-names to honor ...

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(February 10, 2014) - Gregory Lee Haugen was born on August 31 1960 in the city of Auburn in Washington State. Of Norwegian ancestry, he learned how to box when his father, a former marine, took him to a local...

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(January 4, 2014) - Christened Ivanson Ranny Nelson, Johnny entered this world on January 4 1967 in Sheffield, England. He started boxing because he wanted to impress his elder brother Alan, but in the beginning...

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