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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).
Foil (fencing)
Foil (fleuret), one of fencing's three weapons: a thrust-only weapon scoring on the trunk with right-of-way priority, under 500 g, 110 cm max, introduced in 17th-century France.
Forbidden Door (2023)
Forbidden Door 2023, AEW x NJPW joint pay-per-view, June 25, 2023, Scotiabank Arena, Toronto; second annual event; record AEW live gate; Ospreay beat Omega for IWGP US title; Danielson submitted Okada.
Forbidden Door (2024)
Forbidden Door (2024) was a joint AEW and NJPW pay-per-view held on June 30, 2024 at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, the third in the series.
Forbidden Door (2025)
Forbidden Door (2025): AEW x NJPW pay-per-view, August 24, 2025, O2 Arena London; attendance 18,992; Brodido won the AEW Tag Team titles; Lights Out steel cage main event; Page, Storm, Moné retained.
Forbidden Door (2026)
Forbidden Door (2026), June 28, SAP Center San Jose, AEW x NJPW x CMLL x STARDOM PPV; Ospreay and Moné won Owen Hart finals, Team Briscoe won the steel cage, attendance 9,082.
Forrest Griffin
Forrest Griffin, American retired MMA fighter from Columbus, Ohio; won The Ultimate Fighter 1 (2005) against Stephan Bonnar, UFC light heavyweight champion 2008, Hall of Famer 2013, later UFC VP of Athlete Development.
Francesca Bortolozzi Borella
Francesca Bortolozzi Borella, Italian foil fencer born 1968 in Padova, won Olympic team gold in 1992 and 1996 and silver in 1988, was individual world champion in 1993, and later became a fencing master in Padova.
Francesco Gargano
Francesco Gargano (5 May 1889 – 29 October 1975), Italian sabre fencer, first Sicilian Olympic gold medalist, won team sabre gold and placed 11th individually at Antwerp 1920, then coached Swedish fencing from 1935.
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.
Francis Ngannou
Francis Ngannou, born 1986 in Batié, Cameroon, is a Cameroonian-French MMA heavyweight, former UFC champion (won 2021, left 2023) and PFL-Bellator champion who lost both boxing matches to Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.
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.
Francisco Trinaldo
Francisco Trinaldo, "Massaranduba" (born 1978, Amarante, Brazil), Brazilian MMA fighter, TUF Brazil 1 alumnus, 28-9-0 UFC record, seven-fight lightweight win streak 2014-2016, welterweight 2021, UFC release 2022.
Franco Bertinetti
Franco Bertinetti (1923-1995), Italian épée fencer of US Pro Vercelli, won Olympic team épée gold at Helsinki 1952 and Melbourne 1956 plus five World Championship team titles (1953-1958); son of Marcello and father of Marcello "Cito" Bertinetti.
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.
Franco Riccardi
Franco Riccardi (13 June 1905 – May 1968) was an Italian épée fencer who won four Olympic medals: team gold 1928, team silver 1932, and individual and team gold at Berlin 1936, where Italy swept the individual épée podium.
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 Dux
Frank W. Dux (born 1956, Toronto) is the martial artist behind the Kumite story that inspired Bloodsport (1988); his claims of a secret 1975 Bahamas tournament, 56 straight knockouts, and covert CIA work remain unverified and widely disputed.
Frank Lewis
Frank Wyatt Lewis (1912–1998) was an American freestyle wrestler who won the welterweight gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the only American wrestling champion at those Games.
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 Mir
Frank Mir (born 1979, Las Vegas) is a retired American MMA heavyweight, two-time UFC heavyweight champion, 19-13 record, famous for submitting Brock Lesnar at UFC 81 and losing the UFC 100 rematch.
Frank Shamrock
Frank Shamrock (born Dec. 8, 1972, Santa Monica) is a retired American MMA fighter, first UFC middleweight/light heavyweight champion (1997-1999, 703 days, four defenses, 5-0 UFC), also champion in Pancrase, WEC, and Strikeforce; record 23-10-2.
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.
Frank Wieneke
Frank Wieneke (born 1962, Hannover) is a German judoka, Olympic half-middleweight (≤78 kg) champion 1984 and silver medalist 1988 for West Germany, European champion 1986, and national men's head coach 2000-2008 who coached Ole Bischof to 2008 Olympic gold.
Frankie Edgar
Frankie Edgar, "The Answer" (born 1981, Toms River, NJ), former UFC lightweight champion (2010-2012) who beat B.J. Penn as a +620 underdog, defended three times, later fought at featherweight and bantamweight, and entered the UFC Hall of Fame in 2024.
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 Kazarian
Frankie Kazarian, the ring name of Frank Benedict Gerdelman, is an American professional wrestler of Armenian descent, signed to TNA, where he is World and Triple Crown Champion.
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.