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Tyson Fury
(British Professional Boxer and Two-Time World Heavyweight Champion)
Tyson Fury
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Birthdate: August 12, 1988
Birthplace: Wythenshawe, Manchester, England

A 2-time world heavyweight champion, British Tyson Fury has had an undefeated run in his 32 matches, with 31 wins and 1 unlucky draw in a match against Deontay Wilder. He has also released a bestselling memoir, Behind The Mask, and was named to the Forbes list of the World's Highest-Paid Athletes 2020.

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Ricardo López
(Mexican Former Professional Boxer)
Ricardo López
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Birthdate: July 25, 1966
Birthplace: Cuernavaca, Mexico

Ricardo López was both a world mini flyweight and junior flyweight title holder. Known to fans as El Finito, or The Refined, he remains to be one of just 15 world boxing title holders to have remained undefeated till retirement. He is the father of another undefeated Mexican boxer, Alonso López.

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Eric Esch
(Retired Professional Boxer and Mixed Martial Artist)
Eric Esch
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Birthdate: August 3, 1966
Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Ken Norton
(American Professional Boxer and WBC Heavyweight Champion in 1978)
Ken Norton
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Birthdate: August 9, 1943
Birthplace: Jacksonville, Illinois, United States
Died: September 18, 2013

Professional boxer Ken Norton is remembered for his three highly publicized fights with Muhammad Ali, out of which he lost two. Norton was a towering figure in the boxing world and held the WBC heavyweight title in 1978. He was a forward-pressing fighter notable for his unusual stance. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1992.

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Saenchai
(Thai Boxer)
Saenchai
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Birthdate: July 30, 1980
Birthplace: Mahasarakham, Thailand
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
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Liam Smith
(British Professional Boxer and Former WBO Light-Middleweight Champion)
Liam Smith
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Birthdate: July 27, 1988
Birthplace: Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Part of the Smith family of boxers, Liam Smith believes boxing saved him from getting into street fights as a rowdy teenager. The former WBO light-middleweight champion also once held the Commonwealth title. He once made headlines for refusing to shake hands with his opponent Anthony Fowler in a press conference.

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Trevor Berbick
(The Last Boxer to Defeat Muhammad Ali)
Trevor Berbick
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Birthdate: August 1, 1954
Birthplace: Port Antonio, Jamaica
Died: October 28, 2006

Trevor Berbick was a Jamaican boxer known for participating in historical bouts, such as Muhammad Ali's last fight in 1981, which Ali lost. He also held the WBC heavyweight title in 1986 before losing the title to Mike Tyson the same year. He is also remembered for earning Jamaica a bronze medal at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico.

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Carlos Monzon
(Argentine Professional Boxer)
Carlos Monzon
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Birthdate: August 7, 1942
Birthplace: San Javier, Santa Fe, Argentina
Died: January 8, 1995
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Riddick Bowe
(American Former Professional Boxer Who Competed Between 1989 and 2008)
Riddick Bowe
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Birthdate: August 10, 1967
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
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Jimmy Doyle
(Boxer)
Jimmy Doyle
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Birthdate: August 12, 1924
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: June 25, 1947
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Teofimo Lopez
(American Professional Boxer and Former Unified Lightweight World Champion)
Teofimo Lopez
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Birthdate: July 30, 1997
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Rocky Fielding
(British Professional Boxer)
Rocky Fielding
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Birthdate: August 5, 1987
Birthplace: Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Rocky Fielding is a British boxer who held the WBA super-middleweight title in 2018. Fielding held the Commonwealth super-middleweight titles on two occasions between 2013 and 2017. In 2017, he also held the British super-middleweight title.

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Adrien Broner
(Professional Boxer and Former WBO Super Featherweight Champion)
Adrien Broner
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Birthdate: July 28, 1989
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Adrien Broner is an American boxer. Regarded as one of the best light-welterweight boxers of his generation, Broner has held several world championships in various weight classes, such as super featherweight, lightweight, light welterweight, and welterweight. He is also known for his crazy antics inside and outside the ring.

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Rodtang Jitmuangnon
(Thai Boxer)
Rodtang Jitmuangnon
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Birthdate: July 23, 1997
Birthplace: Pa Phayom, Phatthalung, Thailand
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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Jermain Taylor
(Boxer)
Jermain Taylor
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Birthdate: August 11, 1978
Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Chris Byrd
(Boxer)
Chris Byrd
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Birthdate: August 15, 1970
Birthplace: Flint, Michigan, United States
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Nikolai Valuev
(The Tallest and Heaviest World Champion in Boxing History)
Nikolai Valuev
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Birthdate: August 21, 1973
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
The Russian Giant Nikolai Valuev has been the WBA heavyweight champion twice, and at 149 kg and 7 ft., is the heaviest and tallest champion ever. Severe health issues caused him to retire from boxing, following which he appeared in films such as Stonehead and became a State Duma member.
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Anthony Yarde
(British Professional Boxer)
Anthony Yarde
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Birthdate: August 13, 1991
Birthplace: Hackney, London, England
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Jorge Linares
(Venezuelan Professional Boxer)
Jorge Linares
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Birthdate: August 22, 1985
Birthplace: Barinas, Venezuela
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Ryan Garcia
(American Professional Boxer and 2021 WBC Interim Lightweight Champion)
Ryan Garcia
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Birthdate: August 8, 1998
Birthplace: Victorville, California, United States

Ryan Garcia began professional boxing at age 17 and had been trained by his father in their family garage since the age of 7. Named ESPN’s 2017 prospect of the year, he also has a huge fan following on social media. He held the WBC interim lightweight title in early 2021.

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Enzo Maccarinelli
(Welsh Former Professional Boxing World Champion)
Enzo Maccarinelli
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Birthdate: August 20, 1980
Birthplace: Swansea, Wales
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
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Dick Tiger
(Boxer)
Dick Tiger
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Birthdate: August 14, 1929
Birthplace: Amaigbo, Nigeria
Died: December 14, 1971
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Chris Eubank
(Former WBO Middleweight and Super-Middleweight Champion)
Chris Eubank
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Birthdate: August 8, 1966
Birthplace: Dulwich, London, England

British boxer Chris Eubank has been ranked the third-best super-middleweight boxer of all time in Britain. Initially raised in Jamaica, he later returned to Britain but lived amid poverty and battled drug and alcohol addiction, till he stepped into boxing, inspired by his elder brothers.

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Harry Haft
(Polish Professional Boxer)
Harry Haft
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Birthdate: July 28, 1925
Birthplace: Belchatow, Poland
Died: November 3, 2007
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Alan Minter
(Britih Professional Boxer and Olympic Bronze Medalist)
Alan Minter
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Birthdate: August 17, 1951
Birthplace: Penge, Bromley, London, England
Died: September 9, 2020

British boxer and middleweight world champion Alan Minter is best remembered for his bronze-winning performance at the 1972 Munich Olympics and his trademark southpaw move. His boxing career began with an undefeated stint of 11 matches. The boxing legend died at age 69 after a long battle with cancer.

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Gerry Cooney
(Boxer)
Gerry Cooney
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Birthdate: August 4, 1956
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
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Leo Santa Cruz
(Mexican Professional Boxer)
Leo Santa Cruz
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Birthdate: August 10, 1988
Birthplace: Huetamo, Michoacán, Mexico

Legendary Mexican boxer Leo Santa Cruz, better known to fans as El Terremoto, or The Earthquake, has been a world champion in 4 weight categories. He also has 18 world title appearances in his kitty. Starting his professional career at age 18, he is now BoxRec’s fourth-best featherweight in the world.

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Avni Yildirim
(Boxer)
Avni Yildirim
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Birthdate: August 5, 1991
Birthplace: Sivas, Turkey
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Virgil Frye
(Actor)
Virgil Frye
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Birthdate: August 21, 1930
Birthplace: Estherville, Iowa, United States
Died: May 7, 2012
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Tiger Flowers
(Boxer)
Tiger Flowers
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Birthdate: August 5, 1895
Birthplace: Camilla, Georgia, United States
Died: November 16, 1927
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Krzysztof Glowacki
(Polish Professional Boxer)
Krzysztof Glowacki
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Birthdate: July 31, 1986
Birthplace: Walcz, Poland
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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George Dixon
(Canadian Professional Boxer)
George Dixon
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Birthdate: July 29, 1870
Birthplace: Africville, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: January 6, 1908
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
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Sandor Martin
(Spanish Professional Boxer)
Sandor Martin
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Birthdate: August 22, 1993
Birthplace: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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David Avanesyan
(Russian Professional Boxer)
David Avanesyan
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Birthdate: August 15, 1988
Birthplace: Pyatigorsk, Russia
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Jane Couch
(Boxer)
Jane Couch
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Birthdate: August 14, 1968
Birthplace: Fleetwood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Tevin Farmer
(Boxer)
Tevin Farmer
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Birthdate: July 30, 1990
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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Michael Dokes
(Boxer)
Michael Dokes
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Birthdate: August 10, 1958
Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, United States
Died: August 11, 2012
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Pancho Villa
(Filipino Professional Boxer Who is Regarded as One of the Greatest Flyweight Boxers of All Time)
Pancho Villa
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Birthdate: August 1, 1901
Birthplace: Ilog, Philippines
Died: July 14, 1925

Pancho Villa was a Filipino boxer best remembered as the first Asian to earn the World Flyweight Championship title in 1923. Counted among the greatest Flyweight boxers of all time, Villa was never knocked out during his boxing career. In 1994, Pancho Villa was posthumously inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

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Denis Lebedev
(Russian Former Professional Boxer)
Denis Lebedev
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Birthdate: August 14, 1979
Birthplace: Stary Oskol, Russia
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Maurice Hooker
(Boxer)
Maurice Hooker
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Birthdate: August 7, 1989
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, United States
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Paul Williams
(Boxer)
Paul Williams
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Birthdate: July 27, 1981
Birthplace: Augusta, Georgia, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Billy Dib
(Australian Professional Boxer)
Billy Dib
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Birthdate: August 17, 1985
Birthplace: Kogarah, Australia

Billy Dib is an Australian boxer best known for winning the IBF featherweight title, which he held from 2011 to 2013. Over the course of his career, Dib has also won other prestigious titles, such as the IBO super-featherweight title. He has also won important fights against the likes of Mike Oliver, Mick Shaw, Jack Asis, and Davey Browne Jr.

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Ramón Álvarez
(Mexican Professional Boxer)
Ramón Álvarez
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Birthdate: August 9, 1986
Birthplace: Guadalajara, Mexico

Ramón Álvarez is a Mexican boxer who made world history in 2008 when he and his seven brothers fought on the same card! Over the years, Ramón Álvarez has scored important wins against famous boxers like Jorge Páez Jr., Ben Tackie, and Vivian Harris.

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Christina Hammer
(German Boxer)
Christina Hammer
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Birthdate: August 16, 1990
Birthplace: Novodolinsky, Kazakhstan
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Cam F. Awesome
(Boxer)
Cam F. Awesome
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Birthdate: August 6, 1988
Birthplace: United States
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Kim Duk-koo
(South Korean Boxer)
Kim Duk-koo
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Birthdate: July 29, 1955
Birthplace: Goseong County, Gangwon, South Korea
Died: November 18, 1982
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Clemente Russo
(Italian Amateur Boxer)
Clemente Russo
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Birthdate: July 27, 1982
Birthplace: Caserta, Italy
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Ike Williams
(American Boxer)
Ike Williams
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Birthdate: August 2, 1923
Birthplace: Brunswick, Georgia, United States
Died: September 5, 1994
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Ted Cheeseman
(British Professional Boxer)
Ted Cheeseman
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Birthdate: August 20, 1995
Birthplace: London, England
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Bogdan Dinu
(Romanian Professional Boxer)
Bogdan Dinu
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Birthdate: August 15, 1986
Birthplace: Buzău, Romania

Romanian boxer Bogdan Dinu currently has a WBA heavyweight ranking of 3. Apart from being a boxer, he is also part of the SIIAS, or the Romanian police task force. His achievements include gold medals at the Romania National Amateur Boxing Championship and Cadet World Amateur Boxing Championship.