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Antonio Tarver
Antonio Tarver, born Antonio Deon Tarver in 1968, is an American former boxer who won Olympic bronze and knocked out Roy Jones Jr. in 2004.
Archie Moore
Archie Moore, born Archibald Lee Wright, was an American boxer who held the light heavyweight title from 1952 to 1962, with the most knockouts in boxing history.
Ariel Hernandez
Ariel Hernández (Ariel Hernández Azcuy), Cuban amateur boxer born 1973, two-time Olympic middleweight (75 kg) champion, Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996, and world champion 1993 and 1995.
Arlen Lopez
Arlen Lopez (Arlen López Cardona, "Maravilla"), Cuban boxer born 1993 in Guantánamo; double Olympic champion (Rio 2016 middleweight, Tokyo 2020 light heavyweight), 2024 bronze, 2015 world champion, unbeaten WBA Continental pro.
Armando Martinez
Armando Martinez, born in 1961 in Majagua, Cuba, is a Cuban boxer who won light-middleweight gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and silver at the 1982 World Championships.
Armando Reséndiz
Armando Reséndiz (José Armando Reséndiz García, "Toro"), Mexican super middleweight boxer born 1999 in Guayabitos, Nayarit. Record 16-3 (11 KOs); beat Plant and Hurd, WBA champion January-May 2026, lost title to Munguía.
Artem Suslenkov
Artem Suslenkov (Артём Сергеевич Сусленков), Russian heavyweight boxer born 1995 in Volgograd; undefeated at 15-0 with 10 KOs, WBA Continental champion, and winner by eleventh-round TKO over Joe Joyce in Moscow, July 2026.
Arthur Abraham (Ավետիկ Աբրահամյան)
Arthur Abraham (Ավետիկ Աբրահամյան), Armenian-German boxer born 1980 in Yerevan; IBF middleweight champion 2005-2009 with 10 defenses, two-time WBO super middleweight champion, Super Six tournament participant.
Artur Beterbiev (Артур Асильбекович Бетербиев)
Artur Beterbiev (Артур Асильбекович Бетербиев), Chechen-Canadian light heavyweight boxer born 1985 in Khasavyurt, Dagestan; two-time Olympian, 2009 amateur world champion, unified IBF/WBC/WBO/WBA champion and undisputed 2024, lost rematch to Bivol 2025.
Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol
Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol: Russian-born light heavyweights' undisputed 175-lb rivalry. Beterbiev won by majority decision in Riyadh, October 2024; Bivol avenged it by majority decision in the February 2025 rematch, then vacated the WBC belt seeking a trilogy.
Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II
Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II (Feb 22, 2025, Riyadh): the undisputed light heavyweight rematch in which Dmitry Bivol won a majority decision (114-114, 116-112, 115-113), avenging his October 2024 loss and handing Beterbiev his first defeat.
Artur Szpilka
Artur Szpilka, "The Pin" (Szpila), Polish heavyweight boxer born 1989 in Wieliczka; challenged Deontay Wilder for the WBC title in 2016, later became a KSW MMA fighter with a 5-1 record.
Arturo Gatti
Arturo Gatti (1972-2009), "Thunder", Italian-born Canadian boxer, two-division world champion (IBF junior lightweight, WBC super lightweight), 40-9 with 31 KOs, famed for the Micky Ward trilogy, four Ring Fight of the Year awards, IBHOF 2013, and his contested 2009 death in Brazil.
Arturo Rodriguez
Arturo Rodriguez, full name Arturo Jaime Rodríguez Jurado and nicknamed El Mono, was an Argentine boxer and rugby union player who won heavyweight gold at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics.
Arundhati Choudhary
Arundhati Choudhary (born 2002, Kota, Rajasthan) is an Indian amateur boxer, 70kg, AIBA Youth World Champion 2021, and gold medallist in women's 70kg boxing at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev
Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev (Asadxoʻja Moʻydinxoʻjayev), Uzbek southpaw boxer from Fergana, born 2001; Paris 2024 Olympic welterweight gold medalist and two-time IBA world champion (67 kg 2023, 65 kg 2025).
Audley Harrison
Audley Harrison, British heavyweight boxer, 2000 Sydney Olympic super-heavyweight gold medallist, 31-7 (23 KOs) professional, lost 2010 WBA title fight to David Haye, retired 2015 with brain-injury effects.
Aureliano Bolognesi
Aureliano Bolognesi (Artista del Ring), Italian boxer, 1930-2018, who won lightweight (60 kg) gold at Helsinki 1952, beating Aleksy Antkiewicz in the final, then boxed briefly as a professional.
Austin Trout
Austin "No Doubt" Trout (Austin Dwayne Trout), American southpaw boxer born 1985 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. WBA super welterweight champion 2011-2013 (beat Cotto), later BKFC welterweight champion, first modern gloved and bare-knuckle world titleholder.
Austin Williams (boxer)
Austin 'Ammo' Williams, American southpaw middleweight boxer born 1996 in Milwaukee, former Team USA amateur, Matchroom fighter, record 20-3 (13 KOs), losses to Sheeraz, Adames, and Mielnicki Jr.
Avni Yıldırım
Avni Yıldırım (Mr. Robot), born 1991, Turkish professional boxer at super middleweight and light heavyweight; challenged Dirrell (2019) and Canelo Álvarez (2021) for world super middleweight titles, losing both; record about 28-5.
Badou Jack
Badou Jack, nicknamed "The Ripper", is a Swedish professional boxer who has won world titles in three divisions: WBC super middleweight, WBA light heavyweight, and WBC cruiserweight.
Bakhodir Dzhalolov
Bakhodir Dzhalolov (Bahodir Jalolov, "The Big Uzbek"), born 1994, is an undefeated Uzbek heavyweight boxer, two-time Olympic super-heavyweight champion (Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024), two-time amateur world champion, and 18-0 (15 KO) as a professional.
Bakhram Murtazaliev
Bakhram Murtazaliev (Бахрам Муртазалиев), Russian super welterweight from Grozny based in California; IBF champion 2024-25, famous for the four-knockdown stoppage of Tim Tszyu, later losing the belt to Josh Kelly.
Bakhtiyar Artayev
Bakhtiyar Artayev (Бахтияр Артаев), Kazakh amateur boxer born 1983 in Taraz; won welterweight (69 kg) gold and the Val Barker Trophy at Athens 2004, world bronzes 2005 and 2007, Beijing 2008 quarterfinalist.
Bakhyt Sarsekbayev
Bakhyt Sarsekbayev (Бахыт Сарсекбаев), Kazakh boxer born 1981 in Pavlodar; won 2008 Beijing Olympic welterweight gold, beating Cuba's Carlos Banteux 18-9 in the final.
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) is an American bare-knuckle boxing promotion founded by David Feldman in Philadelphia in 2018, the first legal, sanctioned bare-knuckle event in the US since 1889.
Bare-knuckle boxing
Bare-knuckle boxing is boxing without gloves, fought under 19th-century prize-ring rules and, since 2018, modern ABC unified rules in the US. Injuries are mostly lacerations and hand fractures; concussions are comparatively uncommon.
Barry McGuigan
Barry McGuigan (Finbar Patrick McGuigan, 'The Clones Cyclone'), Irish boxer born 1961 in Clones, Monaghan; WBA featherweight champion 1985–86 after beating Eusebio Pedroza at Loftus Road; retired 1989 at 32–3, 28 KOs; BBC Sports Personality 1985, IBHOF 2005.
Bartley Gorman
Bartley Gorman (1944/45-2002), English-born Traveller bare-knuckle boxer, self-declared King of the Gypsies 1972-1992 and undefeated champion of Britain and Ireland; uncle of Uriah Burton's line, relative of Tyson Fury.