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Bo Nickal
Bo Nickal, American UFC middleweight and three-time NCAA wrestling champion (2017-2019) for Penn State, 2019 Hodge Trophy winner, 120-3 college record, pro MMA 9-1, faces Joe Pyfer at UFC 335.
Bob Armstrong
Bob Armstrong (Joseph Melton James, 1939–2020), "Bullet" Bob Armstrong, American professional wrestler of the Southeastern territories, 2011 WWE Hall of Famer, father and trainer of wrestlers Scott, Brad, Steve, and Brian (Road Dogg).
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.
Bob Backlund
Bob Backlund (born 1950, Princeton, Minnesota) is an American retired wrestler, NCAA Division II 190-lb champion (1971), and two-time WWE Champion whose 2,135-day 1978–1983 reign is the second longest ever; 2013 Hall of Fame inductee.
Bob Orton
Bob Orton Jr., born 1950, is an American retired professional wrestler whose plaster arm cast became a famous weapon and who appeared in the first WrestleMania main event.
Bob Orton Jr.
"Cowboy" Bob Orton Jr. (Robert Keith Orton Jr., born 1950) is an American retired professional wrestler, WWE Hall of Fame class of 2005, famous for his loaded arm cast, his Superplex finisher, his alliance with Roddy Piper at WrestleMania I, and as father of Randy Orton.
Bob Pearce
Bob Pearce (Robert Edward Pearce, 1908-1996), American freestyle wrestler, Oklahoma State; won 1932 Olympic bantamweight (123.5 lbs) gold after failing 1928 trials; later pro wrestler and coach in Canada. Namesake of rower Bobby Pearce.
Bob Sapp
Bob "The Beast" Sapp (born 1973), American super heavyweight fighter, ex-NFL lineman (Washington, Chicago Bears third-rounder), K-1 star in Japan who beat Ernesto Hoost twice, MMA record 12-20, first Black IWGP heavyweight champion.
Bobby Eaton
Bobby Eaton (1958–2021), "Beautiful" Bobby, American professional wrestler from Huntsville, Alabama; Midnight Express member with Dennis Condrey and Stan Lane under Jim Cornette; NWA and WCW tag team champion.
Bobby Fish
Bobby Fish (Robert Anthony Fish, born 1976, Albany, NY) is an American professional wrestler; Pro Wrestling NOAH and NJPW veteran, reDRagon tag champion, and founding member of WWE NXT's Undisputed Era.
Bobby Heenan
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Raymond Louis Heenan, 1944-2017), American pro wrestling manager and color commentator for AWA, WWF, and WCW; led the Heenan Family including Andre the Giant and Mr. Perfect; 2004 WWE Hall of Famer.
Bobby Lashley
Bobby Lashley, "The All Mighty" or "The Dominator", American pro wrestler and MMA fighter; three-time NAIA champion, eight-time world champion, WWE Champion 2021, TNA World Champion, 15-2 MMA record, now AEW's Hurt Syndicate.
Bobby Roode
Bobby Roode (Robert Francis Roode Jr., born 1976), Canadian wrestler; TNA star 2004-2016 (Beer Money, longest TNA World Heavyweight reign at 256 days), NXT Champion 2017, now a WWE producer after neck fusion surgery.
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.
Bobby Weaver
Bobby Weaver (Robert Brooks Weaver, born 1958), American freestyle wrestler, 1984 Olympic gold medalist at 48 kg, Lehigh University's only Olympic champion, 1979 World silver medalist, National Wrestling Hall of Fame Distinguished Member.
Bobo Brazil
Bobo Brazil, ring name of Houston Harris (1924-1998), American professional wrestler from Benton Harbor, Michigan; WWE Hall of Fame 1994, 1962 NWA World title win over Buddy Rogers, Coco Butt finisher, pioneer for Black wrestlers.
Bogdan Guskov (Богдан Владимирович Гуськов)
Bogdan Guskov (Богдан Гуськов), nicknamed "Hitman", is an Uzbek light heavyweight UFC fighter born 1992 in Dukent, with an 18-4-1 record of all stoppage wins, 13 first-round finishes, and the first Uzbek to headline a UFC card.
Bokken (木剣)
Bokken (木剣), or bokutō (木刀), is a solid wooden Japanese training sword for kata and suburi, distinct from the bamboo shinai; it emerged in modern form in the Muromachi period and is used in kendo, iaido, and jodo.
Booker T (wrestler)
Booker T is the ring name of Robert Booker Tio Huffman, an American wrestler who won 21 titles in WCW and is a six-time world champion.
Boris Gurevich (olympedia 60469)
Boris Maksovich Gurevich (Борис Максович Гуревич, 1931–1995), Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler, first Soviet Olympic wrestling champion (1952 Helsinki flyweight gold), World champion 1953 and 1958; distinct from the 1968 freestyle champion Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich.
Boris Gurevich (olympedia 60470)
Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich (Борис Михайлович Гуревич, 1937–2020), Soviet Ukrainian freestyle wrestler, 1968 Olympic middleweight champion, world champion 1967 and 1969; distinct from the 1931-born Greco-Roman wrestler of the same name.
Boris Koretsky
Boris Koretsky (Борис Николаевич Корецкий), born 1961, Soviet foil fencer; 1988 Seoul Olympic team foil gold, 1989 world team foil gold, 1985 and 1990 world team bronze; not the French mountain biker Victor Koretzky.
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.
Boris Melnikov
Boris Melnikov (Борис Борисович Мельников, 1938–2022), Soviet sabre fencer from Leningrad; won 1964 Tokyo Olympic team sabre gold, world team titles 1965 and 1967, later coach and referee.
Boris Sanson
Boris Sanson is a French sabre fencer, born in 1980 in Bordeaux, who won Olympic gold in the team event at the 2008 Beijing Games and the 2006 World Championship.
Bound for Glory (2024)
Bound for Glory 2024, TNA Wrestling's October 26, 2024 pay-per-view at Wayne State Fieldhouse, Detroit; Slamovich won the Knockouts Title, The Hardys won the tag titles, Nemeth retained over Hendry.
Bound for Glory (2025)
Bound for Glory 2025 (BFG 2025) was TNA Wrestling's 21st annual flagship pay-per-view, held October 12, 2025 at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts, where Mike Santana won the TNA World Championship from Trick Williams.
Bound for Glory (2026)
Bound for Glory (2026), TNA Wrestling's 22nd annual flagship pay-per-view, held October 11, 2026 at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida; Leon Slater won the TNA World Championship from Nic Nemeth, and ODB, Amazing Red, and Konnan entered the Hall of Fame.
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.