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Bekzat Sattarkhanov
Bekzat Sattarkhanov (Бекзат·Seyilkhanov Sattarkhanov) was a Kazakh amateur boxer who won gold in the men's featherweight at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, dying in a car accident just three months later.
Benny Bass
Benny Bass, born Benjamin Baruch J. Bass (1904–1975), was an American boxer from Philadelphia, nicknamed "Little Fish", who held NBA featherweight and world junior lightweight titles.
Benny Paret
Benny "Kid" Paret, Cuban welterweight boxing champion, died April 3, 1962, ten days after Emile Griffith knocked him out in their televised Madison Square Garden title fight, prompting investigations and boxing safety reforms.
Bep van Klaveren
Bep van Klaveren (Lambertus Steenhorst, "The Dutch Windmill"), Dutch boxer, 1928 Olympic featherweight gold medalist in Amsterdam, the only Dutch boxer with Olympic gold; later European lightweight and middleweight champion.
Bermane Stiverne
Bermane Stiverne (born 1978), Haitian-Canadian heavyweight boxer, WBC heavyweight champion 2014-2015; won vacant title by TKO6 over Chris Arreola, first Haitian-born world heavyweight champion, lost belt to Deontay Wilder.
Bernard Hopkins
Bernard Hopkins, the Executioner and the Alien, American boxer born 1965 in Philadelphia; record 20 straight middleweight title defenses, undisputed champion 2001-2005, oldest world champion at 48, retired 2016 at 55-8-2.
Bert Schneider
Bert Schneider (Julius Gustav Albert Schneider, 1897–1986) was a Canadian boxer, born in Cleveland, who won welterweight gold at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics for Canada and later turned professional.
Billy Collins Jr.
Billy Collins Jr., American junior middleweight boxer, 14-0 (11 KOs), career ended by Luis Resto's tampered, plaster-hardened gloves at Madison Square Garden, June 16, 1983; died March 1984; Resto and Panama Lewis convicted and banned.
Billy Joe Saunders
Billy Joe Saunders (born 1989, Welwyn Garden City) is a British southpaw boxer, two-weight WBO world champion at middleweight (2015-2018) and super middleweight (2019-2021), retired 30-1 (14 KOs), losing only to Canelo Alvarez in 2021.
Bob Arum
Bob Arum (born 1931) is an American boxing promoter, Harvard-trained lawyer, and founder-CEO of Top Rank, who promoted Muhammad Ali from 1966 and later Hagler, De La Hoya, Mayweather, Pacquiao, and Fury.
Bobby Stewart
Bobby Stewart, American former pro boxer and counselor at Tryon School for Boys, discovered young Mike Tyson, taught him boxing basics, and introduced him to trainer Cus D'Amato in Catskill, N.Y., launching Tyson's championship career.
Boris Lagutin
Boris Lagutin (Борис Николаевич Лагутин, 1938–2022), Soviet light-middleweight amateur boxer, two-time Olympic champion (Tokyo 1964, Mexico City 1968), bronze at Rome 1960, 287 wins in 298 bouts, later Soviet boxing federation chairman.
Boxing
Boxing: combat sport of two gloved fighters scoring punches in a ring; Olympic since 688 BC (ancient) and 1904 (modern). Two codes, amateur and professional, differ in headgear, rounds, and 10-point must scoring.
Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio 2016): 13 events, 286 boxers at Riocentro Pavilion 6, 5–21 August 2016; first Games allowing professionals, no men's headguards, 10-point must scoring; later confirmed bout manipulation by referees and judges.
Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held 24 July to 8 August 2021 at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, ran under IOC Boxing Task Force oversight after AIBA's suspension, with 13 events, 289 boxers, and Cuba topping the medal table.
Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics: Paris boxing tournament, 27 July to 10 August 2024, 13 events (7 men, 6 women), IOC-run after IBA ban; Uzbekistan won five golds; Khelif and Lin golds amid eligibility row.
Boxing at the 2026 Commonwealth Games
Boxing at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow boxing tournament, SEC Centre, 23 July to 2 August 2026. Seven weight classes each for men and women under World Boxing rules; India led with 10 medals including 7 gold, England 10, Australia and Northern Ireland 6 each.
Boxing at the 2028 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 2028 Summer Olympics (LA28): 14 events, seven weight classes each for men and women, first gender parity, run by World Boxing after the IBA's removal; 248 quota places, Peacock Theater and DTLA Arena, 15–30 July 2028.
Boxing at the Summer Olympics
Boxing at the Summer Olympics is a weight-class tournament at every Games since St. Louis 1904 except Stockholm 1912; women's events began in 2012 and pros have been eligible since 2016.
Boxing career of Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali's boxing career: Olympic light-heavyweight gold 1960, three-time lineal heavyweight champion (1964, 1974, 1978), 56-5 in 61 fights, exile 1967-1970, Frazier and Foreman rivalries.
Boxing styles and technique
Boxing styles and technique: swarmer, out-boxer, slugger, boxer-puncher archetypes; orthodox vs southpaw mechanics; jab, cross, hook, uppercut biomechanics; punch force data, CompuBox analytics, 10-point must scoring, and 2013 headgear rule effects.
BoxRec
BoxRec, also known as BoxRec.com, is an online database of professional boxing records founded in 2000, endorsed as official record keeper by the Association of Boxing Commissions in 2018.
Brahim Asloum
Brahim Asloum, French boxer born 1979 in Bourgoin-Jallieu; Olympic light-flyweight gold at Sydney 2000 and WBA light-flyweight world champion 2007-2008; later broadcaster, promoter, and club executive.
Brandon Ríos
Brandon Rios (Brandon Lee Gonzalez Rios, "Bam Bam"), American boxer from Oxnard, California, active 2004-2019; WBA lightweight champion 2011, lost to Pacquiao 2013; record 35-5-1, 26 KOs.
Brian McIntyre
Brian "BoMac" McIntyre (Brian Lamont McIntyre), American boxing trainer from Omaha, Nebraska; lifelong coach of Terence Crawford, three-weight undisputed champion; six 2023 Trainer of the Year awards.
Brian Norman Jr.
Brian Norman Jr. (born 2000), "The Assassin II," American welterweight boxer from Georgia; WBO champion Aug 2024 to Nov 2025, elevated from interim after Crawford vacated; KO'd Jin Sasaki (2025 KO of the Year), lost title to Devin Haney.
Britain Hart
Britain Hart (Britain Beltran Hart), American bare knuckle boxer in BKFC's Strawweight division; first and only woman to hold the BKFC strawweight title, four defenses, 11-3 record, beat Paige VanZant at KnuckleMania 2021.
Bruce Carrington
Bruce "Shu Shu" Carrington (born 1997) is an undefeated American featherweight boxer from Brownsville, Brooklyn; WBC featherweight champion since January 31, 2026, with an 18-0 (10 KOs) record.
Bruno Surace
Bruno Surace, "Brunello", French middleweight boxer from Marseille, 26-1-2 (5 KOs). Known for the 2024 Upset of the Year: a sixth-round one-punch KO of Jaime Munguia in Tijuana; lost the May 2025 Riyadh rematch on points.
Bryant Jennings
Bryant Jennings, "By-By", American heavyweight boxer born 1984 in Philadelphia; former Federal Reserve mechanic who challenged Wladimir Klitschko and Luis Ortiz for world titles in 2015 and returned to the ring in 2024.