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Robbie Lawler
Robbie Lawler, "Ruthless", American retired MMA fighter, former UFC welterweight champion (2014-2016), 30-16 record, UFC Hall of Fame Modern Wing Class of 2025 and 2023 Fight Wing inductee.
Robbie X
Robbie X (ロビー・エックス), real name Robert Bell (born 1995, Lincoln, England), is a British high-flying professional wrestler, Bullet Club member in NJPW, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion with Taiji Ishimori, former RevPro Cruiserweight Champion, with CMLL (2023) and AEW (2025) debuts.
Robeisy Ramirez
Robeisy Ramirez (Robeisy Eloy Ramírez Carrazana, El Tren Cienfueguero), Cuban boxer born 1993 in Cienfuegos; two-time Olympic gold medalist (2012 flyweight, 2016 bantamweight) and former WBO featherweight champion, twice beaten by Rafael Espinoza.
Robert Felisiak
Robert Felisiak, born 1962 in Wrocław, is a Polish-born épée fencer who defected to West Germany in 1988, joined Fecht-Club Tauberbischofsheim under Emil Beck, and won 1992 Barcelona Olympic team gold for Germany.
Robert Guerrero
Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero, American southpaw boxer born 1983 in Gilroy, California; multi-division champion (IBF featherweight 2006) who lost to Mayweather in 2013, retired 2017, and returned to beat Berto in 2023.
Robert Helenius
Robert Helenius, "The Nordic Nightmare" (born 1984), Finnish heavyweight boxer, twice EBU European champion, 32-5 with 21 KOs; notable wins over Chisora and Kownacki, losses to Wilder and Joshua.
Robert Hennet
Robert Hennet (Robert Joseph Charles Hennet, 1886-1957), Belgian fencer of Salle Dupont, Brussels; won gold in men's team épée at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, fourth in sabre team at 1920 Antwerp; later a Belgian major general.
Robert Maillet
Robert Maillet (born 1969) is a Canadian actor and retired wrestler, known as Kurrgan in the WWF (1997–1999) with The Truth Commission and The Oddities, and as the Uber Immortal in 300, Dredger in Sherlock Holmes, and Lt. Kaidanovsky in Pacific Rim.
Robert Roth
Robert Roth (1898–1959), Swiss wrestler, won freestyle heavyweight gold at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics by beating American Nat Pendleton; also a schwingen champion and 1922–25 professional wrestler.
Robert Swenson
Robert "Jeep" Swenson (1957-1997), American bodybuilder, wrestler, stuntman, and actor; Guinness-record biceps, WCCW and WCW wrestler as The Ultimate Solution, played Bane in Batman & Robin (1997).
Robert van de Walle
Robert Van de Walle (born 1954, Ostend) is a Belgian judoka, Olympic gold medalist at -95 kg in Moscow 1980 and bronze medalist in Seoul 1988, and the first judoka to compete at five Olympic Games (1976-1992).
Robert Wangila
Robert Wangila (Robert Napunyi Wangila, nicknamed "Kidd") was a Kenyan welterweight boxer who won the 1988 Seoul Olympic gold medal, the first Black African Olympic boxing champion.
Robert Whittaker (fighter)
Robert Whittaker, "The Reaper" or "Bobby Knuckles", Australian MMA fighter born 1990 in Auckland, former UFC middleweight champion (2017–2019), TUF Smashes winner, now a UFC light heavyweight.
Roberto Balado
Roberto Balado (Roberto Balado Méndez, El Rey), Cuban amateur super-heavyweight boxer; 1992 Olympic gold, world champion 1989, 1991, 1993, Val Barker winner; killed in a 1994 train-crossing crash in Havana.
Roberto Battaglia
Roberto Battaglia (1909-?), Italian épée fencer, Olympic team gold at Helsinki 1952, world team titles 1937 and 1949, Italian individual champion 1942-43; death date disputed (1965 vs 1986).
Roberto Cammarelle
Roberto Cammarelle, Italian super heavyweight amateur boxer born 1980 in Milan; Olympic gold Beijing 2008, silver London 2012, bronze Athens 2004; two-time world champion; State Police officer.
Roberto Durán
Roberto Durán, "Manos de Piedra" (Hands of Stone), Panamanian boxer born 1951, four-division world champion (lightweight to middleweight), 103-16 with 70 KOs, famous for beating Sugar Ray Leonard in 1980 and the "no más" rematch quit.
Roberto Soldić
Roberto "Robocop" Soldić, Bosnian-born Croatian UFC welterweight; former KSW two-division champion (welterweight 2017/2018, middleweight 2021), ONE Championship 2022-2026, 18 KO wins, beat Dricus du Plessis, won UFC 332 debut.
Robson Conceicao
Robson Donato Conceicao, 'Nino' or 'O Brabo', Brazilian boxer born 1988 in Salvador; first Brazilian Olympic boxing gold (Rio 2016, lightweight 60 kg, beat Sofiane Oumiha) and WBC super featherweight world champion 2024.
Rocky (franchise)
Rocky (franchise): American boxing film series begun with Rocky (1976), written by and starring Sylvester Stallone; nine films plus the Creed trilogy, 12 Oscar nominations, three wins, nearly $2 billion gross, and the Philadelphia Rocky Steps and statue.
Rocky Balboa
Rocky Balboa (Robert 'Rocky' Balboa, The Italian Stallion) is Sylvester Stallone's fictional Philadelphia boxer from Rocky (1976), a 10-Oscar-nomination Best Picture winner, head of a $1 billion franchise, and subject of the famous Rocky Statue and Rocky Steps.
Rocky Fielding
Rocky Fielding (Michael Fielding, born 1987, Liverpool) is an English boxer, WBA regular super middleweight champion 2018, who beat Tyron Zeuge, lost to Canelo Alvarez at MSG, and held British and Commonwealth titles.
Rocky Graziano
Rocky Graziano (Thomas Rocco Barbella, 1922-1990), American middleweight boxing champion who won the 1947 title by knocking out Tony Zale, lost the trilogy's other two fights, and later starred in the film story Somebody Up There Likes Me.
Rocky Johnson
Rocky Johnson (Wayde Douglas Bowles, 1944-2020), Canadian WWE Hall of Fame wrestler, 'Soul Man'; with Tony Atlas first African-American WWF World Tag Team Champion; father and trainer of The Rock.
Rocky Marciano
Rocky Marciano (Rocco Francis Marchegiano, 1923-1969), American heavyweight boxing champion 1952-1956, the only heavyweight champion to retire undefeated at 49-0 with 43 knockouts; died in an Iowa plane crash.
Rocky Romero
Rocky Romero (ロッキー・ロメロ), real name John R. Rivera, is a Cuban-American professional wrestler and producer for NJPW, AEW, ROH, and CMLL; an eight-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, former Black Tiger, and NJPW foreign-talent liaison.
Roddy Piper
Roddy Piper (Roderick George Toombs, 1954–2015), Canadian wrestler and actor billed from Glasgow, Scotland; WWE Hall of Famer (2005), host of Piper's Pit, WrestleMania I main-eventer, and star of They Live (1988).
Roderick Strong
Roderick Strong (Christopher Lindsey), American professional wrestler, "The Messiah of the Backbreaker"; Ring of Honor, PWG, PROGRESS, NXT Undisputed ERA, NXT North American/Cruiserweight/Tag Team Champion, and AEW International Champion.
Rodolfo Terlizzi
Rodolfo Terlizzi (1896–1971), Italian foil fencer from Florence: Olympic team foil gold at Antwerp 1920, silver at Los Angeles 1932, 1930 Liège world team title, later Olympic referee and film fencing master.
Rodtang Jitmuangnon (รถถัง จิตรหงส์)
Rodtang Jitmuangnon (รถถัง จิตรเมืองนนท์), born Tinnakorn Srisawat 1997, Thai Muay Thai fighter, "The Iron Man"; ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion 2019-2024, stripped for missing weight; lost 2026 Takeru rematch.