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2024 in Misfits Boxing
2024 in Misfits Boxing covers the crossover promotion's X Series events from January through November, including X Series 19 in Doha, the Brooke-VanZant split draw, and a swatted Nashville card.
2024 Summer Olympics boxing controversy
2024 Paris Olympics boxing controversy over Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting, disqualified by the IBA in 2023 but cleared by the IOC under passport rules; both won gold, prompting World Boxing's 2025 genetic sex-testing policy.
2025 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
2025 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship covers the year's BKFC events, headlined by Jeremy Stephens stopping Eddie Alvarez at KnuckleMania 5 in Philadelphia, with Ben Rothwell winning the heavyweight title.
2025 in Misfits Boxing
2025 in Misfits Boxing saw former UFC fighters headline the promotion's cards, Chase DeMoor win and defend the heavyweight title, and DeMoor beat Andrew Tate in Dubai.
2025 World Boxing Championships
2025 World Boxing Championships: inaugural World Boxing event in Liverpool, 4–14 September 2025, 540+ boxers from 66 federations, Kazakhstan topped the medals; distinct from the IBA's Dubai men's championships in December 2025.
2026 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
2026 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship: BKFC's year of events, headlined by KnuckleMania VI (Arlovski beats Rothwell, ~250k buys), BKFC 92 at Fenway Park, Till vs Romero at BKFC 94 Manchester, and the $25M tournament slipping to 2027.
2026 in Misfits Boxing and MF Pro
2026 in Misfits Boxing and MF Pro: the year MF Pro, Misfits Boxing's professional division (also under MF Sports, formed by the Sauerlands), staged its debut Conlan-Walsh card, Wilder-Chisora PPV, and US launch in Long Beach.
2026 in Zuffa Boxing
2026 in Zuffa Boxing: first full year of the TKO-Sela boxing promotion led by Dana White and Turki Alalshikh; Paramount+ exclusive US/Canada/Latin America broadcasts from January 2026, 12 cards, Zuffa Boxing 01 debut, Conor Benn signing, Ali Act amendment fight.
Aaron McKenna
Aaron McKenna, "The Silencer", Irish pro boxer from Smithborough, Monaghan; won the vacant IBF middleweight title on 8 August 2026 by unanimous decision over Etinosa Oliha in Dublin, his first fight on Irish soil.
Aaron Pryor
Aaron Pryor, "The Hawk" (1955-2016), Cincinnati boxer, WBA and IBF junior welterweight champion 1980-1985, 39-1 with 35 KOs, famous for two wins over Alexis Arguello and the 1982 bottle controversy.
Abdullah Mason
Abdullah Mason (born 2004), Bedford/Cleveland, Ohio southpaw lightweight, 21-0 (18 KOs), won the vacant WBO 135-pound title by beating Sam Noakes in Riyadh in November 2025, becoming boxing's youngest male world champion at 21, and defended against Albert Bell in July 2026.
Abdumalik Khalokov
Abdumalik Khalokov (Abdumalik Anvar o'g'li Xaloqov), Uzbek amateur boxer born 2000 in Tashkent; Olympic featherweight gold at Paris 2024, 2018 Youth Olympic champion, IBA world champion, BoxRec amateur P4P number one.
Ablaykhan Zhusupov
Ablaykhan Zhusupov (Аблайхан Жусупов), Kazakh amateur boxer born 1997 in Abay; three world bronzes 2017-2021, 2025 IBA world champion at 71 kg, 2026 World Boxing Cup gold; two Olympian.
Adam Kownacki
Adam Kownacki is a Polish-American heavyweight boxer nicknamed "Babyface", born in Łomża, Poland, who reached a 20-0 record and top-six rankings before being stopped twice by Robert Helenius.
Adonis Stevenson
Adonis Stevenson, also called Superman, Haitian Canadian southpaw boxer born 1977 in Port-au-Prince; WBC light heavyweight champion 2013–2018 after a 76-second KO of Chad Dawson; never fought Kovalev; lost final fight to Gvozdyk in 2018.
Adrien Broner
Adrien Broner, "The Problem" (born 1989, Cincinnati), American boxer, four-division world champion (WBO 130, WBC 135, WBA 147, WBA 140), pro record 35-5-1, known for Mayweather-style counter-punching and weight misses.
Agit Kabayel
Agit Kabayel, German heavyweight boxer (born 1992), 27-0 with 19 KOs, WBC world heavyweight champion since June 2026 after winning the interim belt against Zhilei Zhang in February 2025; known for body punching and pressure fighting.
Al Haymon
Al Haymon, reclusive Harvard-educated American boxing manager and adviser to Floyd Mayweather Jr., creator of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC), which returned boxing to free network TV in 2015 with Waddell & Reed backing.
Al Young
Al Young (Albert Young, 1877–1940), German-born American boxer, won welterweight gold at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics by decision over Harry Spanjer, then became a San Francisco boxing promoter.
Albert Batyrgaziyev
Albert Batyrgaziyev (Batyrgaziev, Альберт Ханбулатович Батыргазиев), Russian southpaw boxer born 1998 in Dagestan; 2020 Tokyo Olympic featherweight gold medalist, the first professional boxer to win Olympic gold; later WBA interim super featherweight champion, first beaten by James Dickens in 2025.
Albert Bell (boxer)
Albert Bell (Albert Laron Bell, "Prince"), Toledo, Ohio lightweight; 2012 National Golden Gloves champion; 28-0 (9 KOs) contender who lost his first fight, a WBO title challenge against Abdullah Mason, by 12th-round TKO on July 4, 2026.
Albert Oldman
Albert Leonard Oldman (1883-1961), British heavyweight boxer and City of London policeman; won 1908 London Olympic heavyweight gold by two KOs, fought under one round total, later joined Ceylon police.
Alberto Lovell
Alberto Lovell, nicknamed "El Negro", was an Argentine heavyweight boxer who won the Olympic gold medal at the 1932 Los Angeles Games and later held the South American heavyweight title.
Alberto Puello
Alberto "La Avispa" Puello, Dominican southpaw boxer born 1994, former WBA and WBC super lightweight (140 lb) champion, first Dominican 140-pound world titlist, 25-1 with 11 KOs, facing Dalton Smith for the WBC belt in October 2026.
Aleksandr Lebzyak
Aleksandr Lebzyak (Александр Борисович Лебзяк), Russian boxer born 1969 in Donetsk; light heavyweight gold at Sydney 2000, world champion 1997, later head coach of Russia's national boxing team.
Aleksey Tishchenko
Aleksey Tishchenko (Алексей Викторович Тищенко), Russian amateur boxer born 1984 in Omsk; two-time Olympic champion, featherweight Athens 2004 and lightweight Beijing 2008, plus 2005 world and 2006 European titles.
Alexander Povetkin (Александр Владимирович Поветкин)
Alexander Povetkin (Александр Поветкин), Russian heavyweight boxer born 1979, 2004 Olympic super-heavyweight gold medalist, WBA world champion 2011-2013, WBC interim champion 2020; retired 2021 at 36-3-1 with 25 knockouts.
Alexis Argüello
Alexis Argüello (El Flaco Explosivo), Nicaraguan boxer (1952-2009), three-division world champion at featherweight, super featherweight, and lightweight; 82-8 with 65 KOs, IBHOF 1992, famous for two losses to Aaron Pryor.
Amanda Serrano
Amanda Serrano, "The Real Deal", is a Puerto Rican southpaw boxer born in 1988 and raised in Brooklyn. Only fighter to win world titles in seven weight classes; undisputed featherweight champion and 12x3-rounds advocate; lost a trilogy to Katie Taylor.
Amateur boxing
Amateur boxing is the form of boxing contested at the Olympics and in international competition, scored by judges rather than for a purse, with stricter safety and medical rules than professional boxing.