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Ilunga Makabu
Ilunga Makabu (Ilunga Junior Makabu), born 1987 in Kananga, DRC, is a Congolese southpaw boxer, first DRC world champion, WBC cruiserweight titleholder 2020-2023, record 30-4 (26 KOs).
Ilya Mate
Ilya Mate (Илья Фёдорович Мате), Ukrainian-born Soviet freestyle heavyweight wrestler, born 1956 in Starohnativka to a Greek family; 1980 Moscow Olympic champion, 1979 and 1982 world champion, 1979 European champion.
Im Su Jeong
Im Su Jeong (임수정, also Lim Su-Jeong), born 1986, South Korean taekwondo athlete; won 2008 Beijing Olympic gold in women's featherweight (≤57 kg), 2009 world title at −62 kg, and 2011 world bronze.
Imane Khelif (إيمان خليف)
Imane Khelif (إيمان خليف), born in 1999, is an Algerian boxer who won gold in women's welterweight at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the first for an Algerian woman.
Impact Wrestling
Impact Wrestling, also known as TNA or Total Nonstop Action, is an American professional wrestling promotion founded in 2002 that used the Impact name from 2011 to 2024.
Imperium (professional wrestling)
Imperium was a WWE villainous wrestling stable led by Gunther (formerly WALTER) with Ludwig Kaiser, Giovanni Vinci, Marcel Barthel, Fabian Aichner, and Alexander Wolfe, formed in NXT UK in 2019 from the wXw group Ringkampf and disbanded in late 2024.
Imre Bujdosó
Imre Bujdosó (born 1959, Berettyóújfalu) is a Hungarian sabre fencer, 1988 Olympic team champion and 1992 silver medalist, two-time world team champion, later a fencing coach in Koblenz, Germany.
Imre Harangi
Imre Harangi (Harangi Imre, 1913–1979), Hungarian amateur lightweight boxer, 1936 Berlin Olympic gold medalist, 1934 European silver medalist, six-time Hungarian champion; nicknamed Tatár; later a pilot and coach.
Imre Hodos
Imre Hódos (Hódos Imre), Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler, 1952 Helsinki Olympic bantamweight (≤57 kg) gold medalist, 1953 world silver medalist, three-time Olympian, later FILA international referee; distinct from other Hungarian wrestlers named Hodos.
Imre Polyak
Imre Polyak (Polyák Imre, 1932–2010) was a Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler, Olympic featherweight champion at Tokyo 1964 after silvers in 1952, 1956, and 1960, three-time world champion, and namesake of a UWW Ranking Series memorial in Budapest.
Imre Rajczy
Imre Rajczy (Rajczy Imre, born Rasztovich), Hungarian sabre fencer, 1936 Berlin Olympic team gold medallist, 1937 world team champion; later Argentine national coach and Olympic administrator, died Buenos Aires 1978.
In Your House
In Your House: WWF/WWE pay-per-view series from May 14, 1995 to 1999, two-hour $14.95 shows between the big five events, later revived (30 editions, most recent June 4, 2022).
Independent circuit
The independent circuit is the decentralized network of professional wrestling promotions outside major companies like WWE and AEW, where freelancing wrestlers work multiple promotions; it grew from the 1980s territory collapse and now streams via IWTV and MyAEW.
Indi Hartwell
Indi Hartwell (Samantha De Martin, born 1996) is an Australian professional wrestler, former NXT Women's Champion and NXT Women's Tag Team Champion in WWE's The Way, now in TNA as Knockouts World Champion.
Indian martial arts
Indian martial arts: Kalaripayattu of Kerala (oldest living martial art, over 1,500 years), Silambam of Tamil Nadu, Gatka, Thang-Ta, and wrestling traditions, from Dhanurveda through colonial suppression to modern Khelo India recognition.
Ingemar Johansson
Ingemar Johansson (Ingo), Swedish heavyweight boxer, 1952 Olympic silver medalist, who knocked out Floyd Patterson seven times in three rounds on 26 June 1959 to win the world heavyweight title, lost rematches in 1960 and 1961, and retired in 1963.
Ingo Weißenborn
Ingo Weißenborn (born 1963, Bernburg) is a German foil fencer, 1992 Olympic team gold medalist and 1991 world individual foil champion, later coach for Germany, Austria, and TSV 1880 Neu-Ulm.
Inna Deriglazova
Inna Deriglazova (Инна Васильевна Дериглазова), born 1990, is a Russian foil fencer who won individual gold at Rio 2016, team gold at Tokyo 2020, and six World titles.
Insane Championship Wrestling
Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) is an independent pro wrestling promotion founded by Mark Dallas in Glasgow, Scotland, on 15 October 2006. Known for the Square Go battle royal, Fear & Loathing Hydro shows, WWE Network content, and Triller TV streaming.
Interim championship
Interim championship: a temporary title in boxing and MMA awarded when a reigning champion cannot defend. Introduced by the WBA in 1998; the interim holder unifies with or is elevated to full champion; criticized as belt proliferation.
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation (IBF) is a professional boxing sanctioning body formed in 1983 from the USBA, based in Springfield, New Jersey, and one of the four major bodies, with the WBA, WBC, and WBO, that crown world champions.
International Boxing Hall of Fame
International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF), museum and hall of fame in Canastota, New York, founded 1984, opened 1989; inducts boxers via BWAA writers and international historians; first class of 53 in 1990; Class of 2026 led by Golovkin, Benn, Tarver.
International Boxing Organization
The International Boxing Organization (IBO) is a boxing sanctioning body founded in 1988 in Coral Gables, Florida, publishing computerized rankings and awarding championship belts across 34 divisions.
International judo federation
The International Judo Federation (IJF) is the world governing body for judo, founded in London in 1951 and based in Budapest with 205 member federations.
International kendo federation
International Kendo Federation (FIK, formerly IKF, 国際剣道連盟), founded 1970 in Tokyo, governs kendo, iaido, and jodo worldwide; 64 affiliates as of July 2024, president Tadahiro Ajiro, runs the triennial World Kendo Championships and AIMS membership.
International Taekwon-Do Federation (국제태권도연맹)
International Taekwon-Do Federation (국제태권도연맹, ITF), founded by General Choi Hong Hi in Seoul on 22 March 1966, is a federation of member associations in over 120 countries teaching original Taekwon-Do, distinct from Olympic World Taekwondo.
Ioannis Georgiadis
Ioannis Georgiadis (Ιωάννης Γεωργιάδης, 1876-1960), Greek sabre fencer, won gold at Athens 1896 and the 1906 Intercalated Games, later professor of forensics at the University of Athens.
Ion Cuțelaba
Ion Cuțelaba, "The Hulk" (born 1993), Moldovan UFC light heavyweight, southpaw wrestler-sambo stylist; pro record 20-12-1 (1 NC), UFC 9-11-1, 16 first-round finishes, debut June 2016.
Ion Draica
Ion Draica (born 1958, Constanța) is a Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler, 1984 Olympic middleweight (82 kg) champion, 1978 world champion, and three-time European champion (1977-1979).
Ionuț Iancu
Ionuț Iancu is the shared name of two Romanian kickboxers: Ionuț Alin Iancu "Tănculeț" (born 1998, heavyweight, GLORY) and "The Titan" (born 1990, light heavyweight, DFS). Covers records, GLORY results, and database discrepancies.