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Edwin Valero

Edwin Valero (El Inca, Edwin Antonio Valero Vivas), Venezuelan southpaw boxer, 27-0 with 27 knockouts, WBA super featherweight and WBC lightweight champion; killed his wife in 2010 and died by suicide in custody.

Efe Ajagba

Efe Ajagba, 'The Silent Roller' (born 1994, Ughelli, Nigeria), Nigerian heavyweight boxer, 2016 Olympian, record 21-1-1 (15 KOs), based in Stafford, Texas, ranked in The Ring's heavyweight top 10, promoted by Zuffa Boxing.

Elif Nur Turhan

Elif Nur Turhan, "Golden Turkish Warrior," is an undefeated Turkish boxer (14-0, 8 KOs), IBF female lightweight world champion since December 2025 and WBA interim super-featherweight champion, facing Alycia Baumgardner in November 2026.

Eman Bacosa Pacquiao

Eman Bacosa Pacquiao (Emmanuel Joseph Bacosa, born 2004, Tagum) is a Filipino lightweight boxer, son of Manny Pacquiao; pro since 2023, record 8-2-1 with 5 KOs, Thrilla in Manila 2 winner, 2026 PBF title loss to Rodelyn Perez.

Emanuel Augustus

Emanuel Augustus (Emanuel Ya'kov Burton, "The Drunken Master", "The Outlaw"), American boxer 1994-2011, record 38-34-6 (20 KOs); Ring 2001 Fight of the Year vs Micky Ward; Mayweather's toughest opponent.

Emanuel Navarrete

Emanuel "Vaquero" Navarrete (Emanuel Navarrete Martínez), Mexican boxer, 40-2-1 with 33 KOs; three-division WBO champion (122, 126, 130 lbs), unified WBO-IBF super featherweight champion in 2026, facing O'Shaquie Foster October 24, 2026.

Emanuel Steward

Emanuel Steward (1944-2012), American Hall of Fame boxing trainer and HBO commentator, ran Detroit's Kronk Gym and trained 41 world champions including Thomas Hearns, Lennox Lewis, and Wladimir Klitschko.

Emile Griffith

Emile Griffith (1938-2013), Virgin Islands-born American boxer, five-time world welterweight and middleweight champion; his 1962 bout with Benny Paret ended in Paret's death; IBHOF 1990.

Emiliano Vargas

Emiliano Vargas, El General, undefeated American super lightweight boxer (18-0, 15 KOs), youngest son of Fernando Vargas, Top Rank prospect, The Ring 2025 Prospect of the Year, fastest KO in Madison Square Garden history (42 seconds).

Emilio Correa

Emilio Correa (Justo Emilio Correa Vaillant, 1953-2024), Cuban welterweight boxer; Olympic gold Munich 1972, world amateur champion 1974, Pan American and Central American and Caribbean Games gold; father of 2008 Olympic silver medallist Emilio Correa Jr.

Enkhbatyn Badar Uugan

Enkhbatyn Badar Uugan (Энхбатын Бадар-Ууган), born 1985 in Ulaanbaatar, is a retired Mongolian boxer who won bantamweight gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the first Olympic boxing champion from Mongolia.

Enzo Maccarinelli

Enzo Maccarinelli, known as "Big Macc", is a Welsh former professional boxer, born in Swansea in 1980, who held the WBO cruiserweight world title from 2006 to 2008 and later won European, British, and Commonwealth titles.

Eric Esch

Eric "Butterbean" Esch (Eric Scott Esch), American heavyweight fighter from Jasper, Alabama; "King of the Four-Rounders"; boxing record 77-10-4 (57 KOs), plus K-1 kickboxing, MMA (14-10-1), and the 1999 WrestleMania XV win over Bart Gunn.

Éric Molina

Éric Molina (Eric Lee Molina, born 1982) is a Mexican-American heavyweight boxer, "Drummer Boy", 29-9 (21 KOs), who lost world title fights to Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua and was suspended two years by UKAD in 2018.

Erickson Lubin

Erickson "The Hammer" Lubin (born 1995, Orlando, Florida) is an American southpaw super welterweight boxer, 27-3 with 19 KOs, 2013 Golden Gloves champion, 2016 Prospect of the Year, who lost WBC title challenges to Jermell Charlo and Sebastian Fundora.

Erik Morales

Erik "El Terrible" Morales is a Mexican former professional boxer from Tijuana who became the first Mexico-born boxer to win world titles in four weight divisions.

Erislandy Alvarez

Erislandy Alvarez Borges, Cuban boxer, Olympic gold medalist at 63.5 kg, Paris 2024, beating Sofiane Oumiha; world silver 2023 and bronze 2025; pro record 6-1 with a 2026 KO loss to Jose Nunez.

Erislandy Lara

Erislandy Lara (Erislandy Lara Santoya), "The American Dream", Cuban-born American southpaw boxer born 1983 in Guantanamo; 2005 amateur world champion, defected 2007, WBA champion at 154 and 160 pounds.

Ernesto Formenti

Ernesto Formenti (1927-1989), Italian featherweight boxer, Olympic gold medalist at London 1948, beating Dennis Shepherd; later Italian professional featherweight champion and boxing instructor in Lombardy.

Errol Spence Jr.

Errol Spence Jr. (born 1990), "The Truth", American southpaw welterweight champion who held IBF, WBC, and WBA belts, lost by ninth-round TKO to Terence Crawford in 2023, then retired after a 2026 loss to Tim Tszyu.

Estelle Mossely

Estelle Mossely (born 1992, Créteil) is a French lightweight boxer, Rio 2016 Olympic champion and first French woman to win Olympic boxing gold, 2016 world amateur champion, IBO and WBA interim professional titleholder.

Evaldas Petrauskas

Evaldas Petrauskas, Lithuanian boxer born 1992 in Šilutė, won lightweight gold at the 2010 Youth Olympics and bronze at London 2012, Lithuania's only Olympic boxing medal; later light-welterweight European bronze medalist and coach.

Evander Holyfield

Evander Holyfield, "The Real Deal" (born 1962, Atmore, Alabama), American boxer, undisputed cruiserweight and 1990 undisputed heavyweight champion; beat Douglas, Foreman, Holmes, Tyson; record 44-10-2, 29 KOs; Tyson bit his ear in 1997.

Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II

Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II, the "Bite Fight" (June 28, 1997, MGM Grand, Las Vegas): WBA heavyweight rematch where Tyson bit Holyfield's ears in round 3 and was disqualified, Holyfield winning by DQ3 before about 1.98 million PPV buys.

Ezzard Charles

Ezzard Mack Charles, the "Cincinnati Cobra" (1921-1975), American boxer; NBA world heavyweight champion 1949-1951 who beat Joe Louis in 1950 and went the 15-round distance with Rocky Marciano in 1954.

Fazliddin Gaybnazarov

Fazliddin Gaybnazarov (Gaibnazarov, Gʻoibnazarov), Uzbek boxer born 1991 in Bekobod; 2016 Rio Olympic light-welterweight gold medalist, 2012 Olympian, later professional boxer (11-2-0) and National Guard lecturer.

Felix Savon

Félix Savón Fabré, Cuban amateur heavyweight boxer born 1967 in Guantánamo; won Olympic gold in 1992, 1996, and 2000 and six straight world titles 1986-1997; never turned professional.

Félix Trinidad

Félix "Tito" Trinidad, Puerto Rican boxer born 1973 in Fajardo, three-division world champion (IBF welterweight, WBA junior middleweight and middleweight), 42-3 with 35 KOs, famous for the 1999 De La Hoya win and 2001 Hopkins loss, IBHOF 2014.

Félix Verdejo

Félix Verdejo (El Diamante), Puerto Rican lightweight boxer, 2012 Olympian, 27-2 (17 KOs) pro, WBO Latino champion 2015-17, Top Rank prospect; convicted 2023 of kidnapping and killing Keishla Rodríguez, sentenced to life in prison.

Fernando Atzori

Fernando Atzori (1942–2020), Italian flyweight boxer, Olympic gold medalist at Tokyo 1964 and European professional flyweight champion 1967–1972 and 1973; retired 1975 with 44 wins, 6 losses, 2 draws.