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Fernando Vargas
Fernando Vargas, "Ferocious" (born 1977, Oxnard, California), American boxer, 1996 Olympian, IBF and WBA light-middleweight champion, youngest 154-pound titleholder at 21; lost to Trinidad, De La Hoya, Mosley; 2020 Nevada Boxing Hall of Famer.
Fight of the Century
Fight of the Century: Joe Frazier vs Muhammad Ali I, March 8, 1971, Madison Square Garden; first title fight between two undefeated heavyweights; Frazier won a 15-round unanimous decision with a 15th-round knockdown; $2.5 million purses each.
Filip Hrgović
Filip Hrgović (Filip Hrgović), Croatian heavyweight boxer born 1992 in Zagreb, Olympic bronze medalist 2016 and IBF heavyweight world champion after stopping Moses Itauma in August 2026; record 21-1 with 16 knockouts.
Flora Pili
Flora Pili (born 1997, Saint-Avold, France) is a French super lightweight boxer, French, EBU European, WBO International and IBO champion, 12-0 before losing a 2026 undisputed-title fight to Katie Taylor.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (Floyd Mayweather) is a celebrated American professional boxer, born in 1977 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, who accumulated a perfect 50-0 win-loss record.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor, the 2017 Las Vegas crossover boxing match; Mayweather won by 10th-round TKO, retiring 50-0, with 4.3 million PPV buys, a $55.4 million gate, and roughly $275M/$85M fighter earnings.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Logan Paul
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Logan Paul: June 6, 2021 eight-round exhibition boxing match at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami; no judges, no official winner, no knockout; about 1 million Showtime PPV buys, over $50 million.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao
Mayweather vs. Pacquiao, the 2015 "Fight of the Century" at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas: Mayweather won a unanimous decision, and the bout set the pay-per-view record with 4.4 million buys.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao II
Mayweather vs. Pacquiao II: the agreed 2026 professional welterweight rematch between Floyd Mayweather Jr. (50-0) and Manny Pacquiao (62-8-3), announced by Netflix for Las Vegas after their record $425 million, 4.4-million-buy 2015 fight.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana: two 2014 Las Vegas welterweight fights. Mayweather won a majority decision on May 3 and the September 13 rematch; Maidana landed a record 221 punches.
Floyd Mayweather Sr.
Floyd Mayweather Sr., American former welterweight contender and boxing trainer, father of Floyd Mayweather Jr. Taught his son the shoulder roll, trained Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton, served five years in prison for cocaine trafficking from 1993.
Floyd Patterson
Floyd Patterson, American boxer (1935–2006), 1952 Olympic middleweight gold medalist, youngest world heavyweight champion at 21 in 1956, and first fighter to regain the heavyweight title, beating Ingemar Johansson in 1960.
Floyd Schofield
Floyd Schofield Jr., "Kid Austin" (born 2002), American lightweight boxer from Austin, Texas; 20-0 (13 KOs), won the vacant WBA lightweight title by decision over Lucas Bahdi on October 10, 2026, after a first-round KO of Tevin Farmer.
Flyweight
Flyweight, a 112 lb (50.802 kg) boxing weight class introduced in 1909 by London's National Sporting Club and contested at the Olympics since 1904; current major-title holders include Sergio Mendoza Cordova (WBA/WBC), Anthony Olascuaga (WBO), and Masamichi Yabuki (IBF).
Francesco Musso
Francesco Musso (Franco Musso), Italian boxer born 1937 in France, won featherweight gold at the 1960 Rome Olympics, beating Jerzy Adamski 4-1 in the final, then boxed professionally 1960-1966 with 24 wins and 4 losses.
Francisco Rodriguez
Francisco Rodriguez: name shared by Venezuelan Olympic boxing champion Francisco "Morochito" Rodríguez (1945-2024, first Venezuelan gold, 1968 light-flyweight) and Spanish boxer Juan Francisco Rodríguez Márquez (1949-2019), plus a Cuban rower, MLB reliever, and bodybuilder.
Franco de Piccoli
Franco de Piccoli (Francesco De Piccoli, 1937-2026), Italian heavyweight boxer; won gold at Rome 1960 Olympics, first Italian Olympic heavyweight champion, KO'd Daan Bekker in the final.
Francois Botha
Francois (Frans) Botha, "The White Buffalo", South African heavyweight boxer born 1968 in Witbank; IBF champion 1995 vs Axel Schulz (later No Contest); fought Tyson, Lewis, Klitschko, Holyfield; also K-1 kickboxer.
Frank Bruno
Frank Bruno (born 1961), British heavyweight boxer, WBC world heavyweight champion 1995 after beating Oliver McCall; 40-5 record, lost title to Tyson 1996, mental health campaigner.
Frank Martin (boxer)
Frank "The Ghost" Martin (born 1995), Detroit-born American southpaw boxer based in Indianapolis; record 19-1-1 (13 KOs). Lost an eighth-round KO to Gervonta Davis in a 2024 WBA lightweight title fight, now a Top Rank super lightweight contender.
Frank Tate
Frank Tate (born 1964, Detroit) is an American boxer, 1984 Olympic light-middleweight gold medalist and IBF middleweight champion 1987-1988; not the Australian educationist Frank Tate or heavyweight John "Big John" Tate.
Frank Warren (promoter)
Frank Warren is Britain's longest-serving boxing promoter, founder of Queensberry Promotions, International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee (2008), longtime promoter of Tyson Fury, and Eddie Hearn's rival turned Saudi-era partner.
Frankie Genaro
Frankie Genaro, born Frank DiGennara, was an American flyweight boxer who won the 1920 Olympic gold medal and held the NBA world flyweight title from 1928 to 1931.
Frankie Randall
Frankie Randall, "The Surgeon" (1961-2020), American boxer from Morristown, Tennessee; first man to beat Julio Cesar Chavez, winning the WBC 140-pound title by split decision on January 29, 1994, and a two-time WBA super lightweight champion.
Fred Grace
Fred Grace (Frederick Grace, 1884–1964), British amateur boxer of Eton Mission ABC, won lightweight gold at London 1908, beating Matt Wells and Fred Spiller, took four ABA titles, and placed fifth at Antwerp 1920.
Gabriel Rosado
Gabriel Rosado, "King" Gabriel Rosado, American boxer from Philadelphia; super welterweight to super middleweight contender and gatekeeper; retired 27-17-1, 2 NC (16 KOs), famous for knocking out Bektemir Melikuziev in 2021.
Gabriela Fundora
Gabriela Fundora, born Gabriela Diana Fundora in 2002, is an American boxer from Coachella, California, nicknamed "Sweet Poison," who became the youngest undisputed flyweight world champion in November 2024.
Galal Yafai
Galal Yafai, Birmingham flyweight boxer, Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medallist (beat Carlo Paalam 4-1), Rio 2016 Olympian, 2018 Commonwealth champion, brother of Kal and Gamal Yafai, later WBC interim flyweight champion with Matchroom.
Gary Russell Jr.
Gary Russell Jr. is an American professional boxer who held the WBC featherweight title from 2015 to 2022, the longest reigning male world champion of his time.
Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov
Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov (Гайдарбек Гайдарбеков), Russian amateur boxer born 1976 in Kaspiysk, Dagestan; middleweight gold at Athens 2004 (beating Gennadiy Golovkin) and silver at Sydney 2000.