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Lee Selby
Lee "Lightning" Selby (born 1987, Barry, Wales) is a Welsh former boxer, IBF featherweight world champion 2015-2018, record 28-4 (9 KOs), retired 2022, now fighting in bare-knuckle boxing for BKB.
Lefty Gwynne
Lefty Gwynne (Horace Gwynne, 1912-2001), Canadian bantamweight boxer who won gold at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, beating Melis, Villanueva, and Ziglarski; later Canadian pro bantamweight champion and Sports Hall of Fame inductee.
Leinier Pero
Leinier (Lenier) Pero, El Justiciero, Cuban southpaw heavyweight boxer born 1992 in Camagüey; Youth Olympic and two-time Pan American Games gold medalist, 2016 Olympian, pro record 13-1 (8 KOs), first loss to Jarrell Miller in 2026 WBA eliminator.
Lennox Lewis
Lennox Lewis, born 1965 in London, British-Canadian heavyweight boxer; 1988 Olympic gold, three-time world champion, undisputed 1999, beat Tyson, Holyfield, Klitschko; retired 2004 as champion, 41-2-1, 32 KOs.
Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson
Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson, also billed Lewis-Tyson: Is On, was the June 8, 2002 heavyweight title fight at The Pyramid, Memphis, where Lewis retained the WBC, IBF, and IBO belts by eighth-round knockout.
Lenny McLean
Lenny McLean, 'The Guv'nor' (1949–1998), English bare-knuckle and unlicensed boxer, bouncer and actor called Britain's hardest man; famous for his three-fight Roy Shaw rivalry, the bestseller The Guv'nor, and Barry the Baptist in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
Leo Randolph
Leo Randolph (Leonard Randolph, born 1958) is an American boxer, 1976 Olympic flyweight gold medalist and WBA super bantamweight champion from May to August 1980, retired at 17-2.
Léo Santa Cruz
Léo Santa Cruz (Leodegario Santa Cruz, "El Terremoto", born 1988) is a Mexican-American boxer from Los Angeles who won world titles at bantamweight, super bantamweight, featherweight, and super featherweight; record 38-2-1, 19 KOs.
Leon Spinks
Leon Spinks, "Neon Leon" (1953–2021), was an American boxer who won 1976 Olympic light heavyweight gold and upset Muhammad Ali to become heavyweight champion in 1978.
Liam Smith (boxer)
Liam 'Beefy' Smith, Liverpool boxer (born 1988), WBO light middleweight champion 2015-2016; beat Chris Eubank Jr by fourth-round TKO in 2023, lost rematches to Canelo Alvarez, Munguia, and Eubank Jr.
Light heavyweight
Light heavyweight is boxing's 175-pound (79.4 kg) weight class, one of the eight traditional divisions, created in 1903 for Jack Root; unified champion Dmitrii Bivol holds the IBF, WBO, and Ring titles.
Light middleweight
Light middleweight (junior middleweight, super welterweight) is boxing's 154-pound (69.9 kg) division between welterweight and middleweight; created by the 1920 Walker Law, re-established in 1962, with IBA amateur equivalent 67–71 kg.
Light welterweight
Light welterweight (junior welterweight, super lightweight) is a professional boxing division with a 140 lb (63.5 kg) limit, created by the 1920 Walker Law, first champion Pinky Mitchell in 1922.
Lin Yu Ting
Lin Yu Ting (林郁婷), born 1995 in Taoyuan, is a Taiwanese featherweight boxer, 2024 Paris Olympic gold medalist and Taiwan's first Olympic boxing champion, twice world champion (2018, 2022), cleared by World Boxing in 2026.
Lineal championship
Lineal championship: boxing's "man who beat the man" title, a notional world championship passed only by in-ring defeat, tracing to 1880s Sullivan; distinct from WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO and Ring belts.
List of current boxing rankings
Current boxing rankings: monthly lists by the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO plus independent ratings from The Ring and BoxRec, with criteria, update schedules, title-eligibility rules, and October 2026 WBC examples.
List of current female world boxing champions
Current female world boxing champions: titleholders across 17 women's divisions recognized by the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO, with undisputed four-belt holders such as Thorslund, Baumgardner, and Fundora distinguished from single-belt champions.
List of current world boxing champions
List of current world boxing champions: titleholders recognized by the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO, the four major sanctioning bodies; covers undisputed status, sanctioning fees, and selected current champions per body.
List of Misfits Boxing champions
The list of Misfits Boxing champions covers the champions of Misfits Boxing, a crossover and influencer boxing promotion founded in 2022, including its MF Pro division.
List of The Ring world champions
The list of The Ring world champions covers the 423 championship reigns The Ring magazine has awarded across 17 boxing weight divisions since first recognizing Jack Dempsey in 1922.
List of undefeated world boxing champions
List of undefeated world boxing champions: professional world champions who retired without a loss, including Marciano (49-0), Mayweather (50-0), Calzaghe (46-0), Crawford (42-0), Ward, López, Ottke, and Laila Ali.
List of WBA world champions
List of WBA world champions: titleholders recognized by the World Boxing Association (formerly National Boxing Association, 1920; renamed 1962). Covers Super, regular World, Interim, Gold, and Champion in Recess titles across 17 divisions, with current champions such as Gassiev, Benavidez, Bivol, and Inoue.
List of world heavyweight boxing champions
World heavyweight boxing champions: the 154-reign lineage from John L. Sullivan (1885) through the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, lineal and Ring titles, undisputed champions Tyson, Lewis and Usyk, and the 2024–2026 title picture.
List of Zuffa Boxing world champions
Zuffa Boxing world champions, also called Zuffa Boxing titleholders: champions in the eight-division, one-belt-per-weight system of Dana White's Zuffa Boxing promotion. First champions: Jai Opetaia (cruiserweight, 2026) and Aaron McKenna (middleweight, 2026).
Lovlina Borgohain
Lovlina Borgohain (born 1997, Guwahati) is an Indian boxer from Assam, Tokyo 2020 Olympic welterweight bronze medalist, 2026 Commonwealth Games silver and 2026 Asian Games 75kg gold winner, second Indian woman after Mary Kom with Asian boxing gold.
Lucas Browne
Lucas Browne, "Big Daddy" (born 1979, Auburn NSW), Australian heavyweight boxer, former WBA Regular heavyweight champion (beat Ruslan Chagaev 2016, stripped for clenbuterol) and first Australian Commonwealth heavyweight champion since 1892.
Lucas Matthysse
Lucas Matthysse (La Máquina), Argentine boxer born 1982 in Trelew, Chubut; WBA welterweight champion 2018, heavy puncher with 36 KOs; lost title to Manny Pacquiao by TKO7 in 2018 and retired.
Luis Ortiz (Cuban boxer)
Luis "King Kong" Ortiz, Cuban southpaw heavyweight born 1979 in Camagüey; 343-19 amateur, defected 2009, WBA interim champion, lost twice to Deontay Wilder for the WBC title.
Luis Resto (boxer)
Luis Resto, Puerto Rican boxer, beat Billy Collins Jr. on June 16, 1983 at Madison Square Garden with tampered gloves and plaster-soaked wraps; result changed to no contest, lifetime ban, prison.
Luke Campbell
Luke Campbell, "Cool Hand", British boxer born 1987 in Hull; Olympic bantamweight gold at London 2012 (14-11 over John Joe Nevin), 2008 European champion, two-time world lightweight title challenger, retired 2021, Hull mayor 2025.