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David Reid
David Terrell Reid, "The American Dream" (born 1973, Philadelphia), American boxer; 1996 Olympic light-middleweight gold and WBA super-welterweight champion 1999–2000; retired 2001 at 17-2 after a detached retina.
David Tua
David Tua, known as "The Tuamanator", is a New Zealand former professional heavyweight boxer who won bronze at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and later challenged Lennox Lewis for the world heavyweight title.
Delfine Persoon
Delfine Persoon, Belgian boxer (born 1985), WBC female lightweight champion 2014-2019 with nine defenses, lost two famous fights to Katie Taylor, also IBF lightweight titlist, worked as a police officer.
Demetrius Andrade
Demetrius "Boo Boo" Andrade, American southpaw boxer born 1988 in Providence, Rhode Island; 2007 amateur world champion and 2008 US Olympian; WBO junior middleweight and WBO middleweight world champion; first loss to David Benavidez, RTD 6, November 2023.
Deontay Wilder
Deontay Wilder, "The Bronze Bomber" (born 1985, Tuscaloosa, Alabama), American heavyweight boxer, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist and former WBC heavyweight champion (2015-2020, 10 defenses), famed for right-hand knockout power; record 45-4-1 with 43 KOs.
Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury
Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury: heavyweight boxing trilogy, 2018-2021. First fight split draw (115-111, 114-112, 113-113), Fury won rematches by TKO7 (2020) and KO11 (2021).
Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury II
Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury II, the February 22, 2020 Las Vegas rematch, saw Fury stop WBC champion Wilder by seventh-round TKO after their 2018 split draw, taking the heavyweight title.
Derek Chisora
Derek (Dereck) Chisora, nicknamed "War", Zimbabwe-born British heavyweight boxer, 36-14 (23 KOs) after 50 fights; British, Commonwealth and European titleholder, three-time world-title challenger, retired April 2026 then announced a comeback against Murat Gassiev.
Derek Chisora vs. Deontay Wilder
Derek Chisora vs. Deontay Wilder, also billed "100", was a 4 April 2026 heavyweight fight at London's O2 Arena, each man's 50th bout; Wilder won by split decision with an eighth-round knockdown in Chisora's billed farewell.
Derek Hinkey
Derek Hinkey (David Derek Hinkey, born 1980) is a Paiute-Shoshone actor and former pro boxer from Reno, Nevada; 9-3 record, then Red Feather in American Primeval and Shorty Bowlegs in Dark Winds.
Devin Haney
Devin Haney, full name Devin Miles Haney, is an American professional boxer from San Francisco who became the youngest undisputed four-belt champion in boxing history at age 23.
Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia
Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia, the April 20, 2024 Barclays Center bout for Haney's WBC super lightweight title; overweight Garcia won a majority decision with three knockdowns, later ruled a no contest after a positive ostarine test.
Dick Gunn
Dick Gunn (Richard Kenneth Gunn, 1871-1961), British amateur boxer, 1908 London Olympic featherweight gold medalist and oldest ever Olympic boxing champion at 37 years 254 days; three-time ABA champion 1894-96.
Dicky Eklund
Dicky Eklund (Richard Eklund Jr., born 1957), Lowell, Massachusetts welterweight boxer who fought Sugar Ray Leonard in 1978, trained half-brother Micky Ward to the 2000 WBU title, battled crack addiction, and was portrayed by Oscar winner Christian Bale in The Fighter (2010).
Diego Corrales
Diego "Chico" Corrales, American two-division boxing champion (junior lightweight and lightweight), famous for the 2005 tenth-round TKO of Jose Luis Castillo, a Fight of the Year classic; died in a 2007 motorcycle crash at 29.
Dieter Kottysch
Dieter Kottysch (30 June 1943 – 9 April 2017) was a West German amateur boxer, 1972 Munich Olympic light-middleweight gold medalist, beating Wiesław Rudkowski 3-2; first West German Olympic boxing champion after World War II.
Dillian Whyte
Dillian Whyte, born in Jamaica in 1988, is a British-Jamaican professional heavyweight boxer nicknamed "The Body Snatcher", who won the British heavyweight title and challenged Tyson Fury for the WBC title at Wembley in 2022.
Dmitry Bivol (Дмитрий Юрьевич Бивол)
Dmitry Bivol (Дмитрий Юрьевич Бивол), Russian light heavyweight boxer born 1990 in Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan; undisputed 175-lb champion after beating Artur Beterbiev in their February 2025 rematch; famed for upsetting Canelo Alvarez in 2022 and his Soviet-style jab and footwork.
Dmitry Pirog (Дмитрий Юрьевич Пирог)
Dmitry Pirog (Дмитрий Юрьевич Пирог), "The Grandmaster," Russian boxer born 1980, WBO middleweight champion 2010-2012, retired 20-0 (15 KOs) after a back injury, later a Russian State Duma deputy.
Dominic Breazeale
Dominic "Trouble" Breazeale, American heavyweight boxer born 1985 in Glendale, California, a 2012 US Olympian and former quarterback; lost IBF title challenges to Anthony Joshua (2016, KO 7) and Deontay Wilder (2019, KO 1).
Don King
Don King (born 1931, Cleveland) is an American boxing promoter, founder of Don King Productions, who staged the 1974 Rumble in the Jungle and Thrilla in Manila after a manslaughter conviction and numbers-racket career.
Donovan Ruddock
Donovan "Razor" Ruddock (born 1963, Saint Catherine, Jamaica) is a Jamaican-Canadian former heavyweight boxer, 1982-2015, famed for his left-hand hook-uppercut hybrid "The Smash" and two 1991 fights with Mike Tyson; never a world champion, stopped by Lennox Lewis in two rounds in 1992.
Dwight Muhammad Qawi
Dwight Muhammad Qawi, born Dwight Braxton (1953-2025), American boxer, the Camden Buzzsaw, two-division world champion: WBC light heavyweight 1981-83 and WBA cruiserweight 1985-86, IBHOF 2004, record 41-11-1.
Earnie Shavers
Earnie Shavers (Earnie Dee Shaver, 1944-2022), "The Acorn," Alabama-born American heavyweight boxer, 74-14-1 with 68 knockouts, twice a title challenger (Ali 1977, Holmes 1979), famed as one of boxing's hardest punchers.
Ebanie Bridges
Ebanie Bridges, the "Blonde Bomber" (born 1986), Australian boxer and former maths teacher; IBF female bantamweight champion 2022-2023, lost title to Miyo Yoshida, record 10-3.
Ed Sanders
Ed Sanders (Hayes Edward Sanders, "Big Ed"), 1930–1954, American heavyweight boxer; 1952 Helsinki Olympic gold medalist and first African-American Olympic heavyweight champion; died after a pro fight KO.
Eddie Crook
Eddie Crook (Edward Crook, Jr., 1929-2005), American Army middleweight boxer who won gold at the 1960 Rome Olympics, beating Tadeusz Walasek in the final; no pro career; Silver Star, Bronze Star, two Purple Hearts from two Vietnam tours.
Eddie Eagan
Eddie Eagan (Edward Patrick Francis Eagan, 1898-1967) was an American Olympian, the only athlete to win gold at both the Summer Games (light-heavyweight boxing, Antwerp 1920) and Winter Games (four-man bobsled, Lake Placid 1932), later a lawyer and colonel.
Eddie Flynn
Eddie Flynn (Edward Loring Flynn, 1909-1976) was an American boxer who won welterweight gold at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, beating Erich Campe 60-59; undefeated amateur (144-0), later a Tampa dentist.
Edgar Berlanga
Edgar Luis Berlanga Jr., "El Elegido" (born 1997), Brooklyn-born Puerto Rican super middleweight boxer who opened his pro career with 16 first-round knockouts, won the WBO NABO title, lost to Canelo Alvarez in 2024 and to Hamzah Sheeraz in 2025.