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Ramon Cardenas
Ramon Cardenas, nicknamed "Dinamita", is an American professional boxer from San Antonio, Texas, who competes at super bantamweight and knocked Naoya Inoue down in their 2025 title fight.
Randall "Tex" Cobb
Randall "Tex" Cobb (born 1950), American kickboxer, heavyweight boxer, and actor; went 15 rounds with Larry Holmes for the WBC title in 1982, beat Earnie Shavers, and played Leonard Smalls in Raising Arizona.
Ray Arcel
Ray Arcel (1899-1994), American boxing trainer from Terre Haute, Indiana, active 1917-1982; handled 18-22 world champions including Benny Leonard, Ezzard Charles, Roberto Duran, and Larry Holmes; retired 1954 after a lead-pipe assault, returned 1972.
Ray Mancini
Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini (born 1961, Youngstown, Ohio) is an American former boxer, WBA lightweight champion 1982-1984, record 29-5 with 23 KOs, IBHOF inductee 2015, known for the Duk-Koo Kim tragedy.
Ray Mancini vs. Kim Duk-koo (김덕구)
Ray Mancini vs. Kim Duk-koo was a 1982 WBA lightweight title fight in Las Vegas where champion Ray Mancini knocked out Kim Duk-koo, who died four days later.
Ray Mercer
Ray Mercer (Merciless), born 1961, American heavyweight boxer; 1988 Seoul Olympic gold medalist and WBO heavyweight champion 1991-1992; retired 36-7-1 with 26 KOs.
Ray Seales
Sugar Ray Seales (born 1952, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands) is an American boxer, the only US gold medalist in boxing at the 1972 Munich Olympics (light-welterweight), later a NABF/USBA middleweight champion who fought Marvin Hagler three times and retired legally blind from detached retinae.
Raymond Muratalla
Raymond "Danger" Muratalla, American undefeated pro boxer (25-0, 17 KOs) from Fontana, California; IBF lightweight champion who beat Andy Cruz and Robson Conceicao, trained by Robert Garcia.
Reggie Jones
Reggie Jones (Reginald Dennis Jones, born 1951), American light-middleweight boxer from Newark, 1971 Pan-Am bronze medalist, controversially eliminated by USSR's Valery Tregubov at the 1972 Munich Olympics; also other athletes and a Dellwood mayor sharing the name.
Regis Prograis
Regis Prograis, "Rougarou", American southpaw super lightweight boxer from New Orleans; WBA and WBC 140-pound world champion; lost title fights to Josh Taylor (2019) and Devin Haney (2023); retired April 2026 at 29-3, 24 KO.
Ricardo Delgado
Ricardo Delgado, full name Ricardo Delgado Nogales, is a Mexican boxer who won flyweight gold at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, the first Mexican boxing champion.
Ricardo López (boxer)
Ricardo "Finito" López (Ricardo López Nava), Mexican boxer born 1966; undefeated WBC strawweight champion 1990 with 21 defenses, later WBA and IBF light flyweight titlist; retired 51-0-1 (38 KOs), IBHOF 2007.
Ricardo Mayorga
Ricardo Mayorga (El Matador), born 1973 in Granada, Nicaragua, is a retired boxer, unified WBA/WBC welterweight champion 2003 and WBC super welterweight champion 2005-2006, famous for beating Vernon Forrest twice and his trash-talking, cigarette-smoking persona.
Richard Commey
Richard "RC" Commey (Richard Oblitey Commey, born 1987, Accra, Ghana) is a Ghanaian former IBF lightweight world champion; record 31-5-1 (28 KOs), lost the title to Teofimo Lopez in 2019.
Ricky Burns
Ricky Burns, 'Rickster' (born 1983, Bellshill, Scotland), Scottish boxer, three-weight world champion: WBO super featherweight 2010, WBO lightweight 2012, WBA super lightweight 2016; 44-8-1, never stopped in 54 fights.
Ricky Hatton
Ricky Hatton (Richard John Hatton, 1978-2025), 'The Hitman', English boxer, world light-welterweight and welterweight champion, beat Kostya Tszyu 2005, lost to Mayweather and Pacquiao, IBHOF 2024, died aged 46 in Hyde.
Riddick Bowe
Riddick Bowe (Big Daddy), American heavyweight boxer born 1967 in Brooklyn; 1988 Olympic silver medalist; undisputed heavyweight champion after beating Evander Holyfield in 1992; dumped WBC belt rather than fight Lennox Lewis; won Holyfield trilogy 2-1; IBHOF 2015.
Robeisy Ramirez
Robeisy Ramirez (Robeisy Eloy Ramírez Carrazana, El Tren Cienfueguero), Cuban boxer born 1993 in Cienfuegos; two-time Olympic gold medalist (2012 flyweight, 2016 bantamweight) and former WBO featherweight champion, twice beaten by Rafael Espinoza.
Robert Guerrero
Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero, American southpaw boxer born 1983 in Gilroy, California; multi-division champion (IBF featherweight 2006) who lost to Mayweather in 2013, retired 2017, and returned to beat Berto in 2023.
Robert Helenius
Robert Helenius, "The Nordic Nightmare" (born 1984), Finnish heavyweight boxer, twice EBU European champion, 32-5 with 21 KOs; notable wins over Chisora and Kownacki, losses to Wilder and Joshua.
Robert Wangila
Robert Wangila (Robert Napunyi Wangila, nicknamed "Kidd") was a Kenyan welterweight boxer who won the 1988 Seoul Olympic gold medal, the first Black African Olympic boxing champion.
Roberto Balado
Roberto Balado (Roberto Balado Méndez, El Rey), Cuban amateur super-heavyweight boxer; 1992 Olympic gold, world champion 1989, 1991, 1993, Val Barker winner; killed in a 1994 train-crossing crash in Havana.
Roberto Cammarelle
Roberto Cammarelle, Italian super heavyweight amateur boxer born 1980 in Milan; Olympic gold Beijing 2008, silver London 2012, bronze Athens 2004; two-time world champion; State Police officer.
Roberto Durán
Roberto Durán, "Manos de Piedra" (Hands of Stone), Panamanian boxer born 1951, four-division world champion (lightweight to middleweight), 103-16 with 70 KOs, famous for beating Sugar Ray Leonard in 1980 and the "no más" rematch quit.
Robson Conceicao
Robson Donato Conceicao, 'Nino' or 'O Brabo', Brazilian boxer born 1988 in Salvador; first Brazilian Olympic boxing gold (Rio 2016, lightweight 60 kg, beat Sofiane Oumiha) and WBC super featherweight world champion 2024.
Rocky Fielding
Rocky Fielding (Michael Fielding, born 1987, Liverpool) is an English boxer, WBA regular super middleweight champion 2018, who beat Tyron Zeuge, lost to Canelo Alvarez at MSG, and held British and Commonwealth titles.
Rocky Graziano
Rocky Graziano (Thomas Rocco Barbella, 1922-1990), American middleweight boxing champion who won the 1947 title by knocking out Tony Zale, lost the trilogy's other two fights, and later starred in the film story Somebody Up There Likes Me.
Rocky Marciano
Rocky Marciano (Rocco Francis Marchegiano, 1923-1969), American heavyweight boxing champion 1952-1956, the only heavyweight champion to retire undefeated at 49-0 with 43 knockouts; died in an Iowa plane crash.
Rogelio Marcelo
Rogelio Marcelo (Rogelio Marcelo García, born 1965, Guantánamo) is a Cuban light-flyweight boxer, 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold medalist, twice world silver medalist behind Eric Griffin, and 1991 Pan American Games champion.
Roger Mayweather
Roger Mayweather, nicknamed "Black Mamba" (1961–2020), was an American boxer from Grand Rapids, Michigan, who won world titles in two weight classes and trained his nephew Floyd Mayweather Jr. from his 1996 debut.