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Josh Mathews
Josh Mathews (Joshua Lomberger), American wrestling broadcaster from Sea Isle City, NJ; Tough Enough runner-up, WWE interviewer/commentator 2002–2014, Impact lead announcer then Senior Producer, AEW line producer since 2025.
Josh Padley
Josh Padley, nicknamed "Paddy", is an English super featherweight boxer from Doncaster, a former electrician who fought Shakur Stevenson for the WBC lightweight title on four days' notice in 2025 and is now EBU European champion.
Josh Taylor (boxer)
Josh Taylor (born 1991), the Tartan Tornado, Scottish southpaw boxer; first UK male undisputed four-belt champion, at light-welterweight in 2021; retired 2025 with a 19-3 record due to a retinal eye injury.
Josh Thomson
Josh Thomson (born 1978), nicknamed 'The Punk', is a retired American MMA lightweight, former Strikeforce champion, AKA fighter, and later Bellator commentator and Weighing In podcast co-host with John McCarthy.
Josh Warrington
Josh Warrington, "The Leeds Warrior" (born 1990, Leeds), English featherweight boxer; two-time IBF world featherweight champion (2018-2022), first world champion from Leeds; later lost to Lara, Lopez, Wood, and Cacace.
Joshua Buatsi
Joshua Buatsi, British-Ghanaian light-heavyweight boxer, Rio 2016 Olympic bronze medalist, former British champion, record 20-1 with 13 KOs, known for the 2024 win over Dan Azeez.
Joshua Van
Joshua Van, Burmese UFC flyweight champion, won the title from Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 323 (Dec 2025) and defended it against Tatsuro Taira (UFC 328) and Pantoja again (UFC 331, 2026).
Jouko Salomaki
Jouko Salomäki (born 1962, Kauhajoki) is a Finnish Greco-Roman wrestler, 1984 Los Angeles Olympic welterweight (74 kg) champion and 1987 world champion; his 1984 gold remains Finland's latest Olympic wrestling gold. Banned two years in 1990 for steroid smuggling.
Jovana Prekovic
Jovana Preković (Јована Прековић), Serbian karateka born 1996, Olympic gold medalist in women's kumite -61 kg at Tokyo 2020, two-time world champion (2018, 2021) and 2021 European champion.
Jozef Grudzien
Jozef Grudzien (Józef Grudzień, 1939–2017), Polish amateur lightweight boxer, Legia Warszawa; Olympic gold Tokyo 1964 (beat Barannikov 5:0), silver Mexico 1968 (lost to Ronnie Harris), European champion 1967.
Jozsef Rady
Jozsef Rady (Rády József, born Katzenbach, 1884–1957), Hungarian sabre fencer and army officer; Olympic sabre team gold 1928 and silver 1924, pioneer of Hungarian épée, 1930 European sabre team champion.
JTG
JTG (Jayson Anthony Paul, born 1984), American pro wrestler from Brooklyn; half of WWE's Cryme Tyme with Shad Gaspard (2006-2010), later a SmackDown singles act; released June 2014; author of two WWE memoirs.
Juan Carlos Lemus
Juan Carlos Lemus García (born 1965, Pinar del Río) is a Cuban boxer, 1992 Barcelona Olympic light-middleweight (71 kg) gold medalist, 1991 world amateur champion, and 1987 and 1991 Pan American Games champion.
Juan Francisco Estrada
Juan Francisco Estrada, "El Gallo", Mexican boxer from Puerto Peñasco, Sonora; WBO/WBA flyweight champion (2013) and WBC/WBA super flyweight champion who beat Román González twice in their trilogy, later losing to Jesse Rodríguez (2024) and Tenshin Nasukawa (2026).
Juan Hernandez Perez
Juan Hernandez Perez (Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez), Cuban boxer born 1962 in Pilón, Granma; won bantamweight (54 kg) gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, beating Bernardo Piñango in the final, and later Central American and Caribbean Games welterweight titles.
Juan Manuel Márquez
Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez, 'Dinamita', Mexican boxer born 1973 in Mexico City; four-division world champion (featherweight to junior welterweight), 56-7-1 (40 KOs), famed for four Pacquiao fights ending in a 2012 sixth-round knockout and 2020 Hall of Fame induction.
Judgment Day (2002)
Judgment Day (2002) was WWE's first pay-per-view under the WWE name, held May 19, 2002 in Nashville before 14,521, headlined by Undertaker beating Hulk Hogan for the WWE Championship.
Judit Agoston Mendelenyi
Judit Ágoston-Mendelényi (Mendelényiné Ágoston Judit, 1937–2013), Hungarian foil fencer; won women's team foil gold at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, three World Championship team medals, and later coached at BVSC.
Judo (柔道)
Judo (柔道), the gentle way, is a Japanese martial art and Olympic combat sport founded in 1882 by Jigoro Kano at the Kodokan in Tokyo; scored by ippon and waza-ari under IJF rules, Olympic since 1964.
Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics (Tokyo 2020, held July 2021): 15 events at Nippon Budokan, 393 judoka from 128 nations; Japan won a record nine golds, France took the debut mixed team title.
Juice Robinson
Juice Robinson (Joseph Ryan Robinson, born 1989, Joliet, Illinois) is an American pro wrestler, three-time IWGP US Heavyweight Champion and first American to hold that title, now in AEW's Bang Bang Gang; formerly WWE's CJ Parker.
Jujie Luan
Jujie Luan (栾菊杰), born 1958 in Nanjing, is a Chinese-Canadian foil fencer, 1984 Olympic champion and first Asian Olympic fencing gold medalist, who competed in four Games for China and Canada and coaches in Edmonton.
Jujutsu (柔術)
Jujutsu (柔術, jiu-jitsu, yawara), the traditional Japanese unarmed martial art of throws, chokes, pins, joint locks, and strikes; organized into schools from 1532, flourishing in Edo-period Japan, and the basis of judo and aikido.
Julia Beljajeva
Julia Beljajeva, born 1992 in Tartu, Estonia, is a right-handed épée fencer who won team gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and individual world gold in 2013.
Julia Hart (wrestler)
Julia Hart (Julia Rose Hart, born 2001) is an American professional wrestler signed to AEW and Stardom, former cheerleader, House of Black member, and AEW TBS Champion (November 2023, 155-day reign).
Julian Jackson (boxer)
Julian Jackson (Julian Alexis Jackson, "The Hawk", born 1960, Saint Thomas, USVI) is a retired two-division world champion boxer, WBA junior middleweight and WBC middleweight, retired 55-6 (49 KOs), famed as one of boxing's hardest punchers.
Julianna Peña
Julianna Peña, "The Venezuelan Vixen," American UFC women's bantamweight fighter, two-time champion; beat Amanda Nunes at UFC 269, regained the belt from Raquel Pennington at UFC 307, lost it to Kayla Harrison at UFC 316.
Julien Mertine
Julien Mertine (born 1988, Saint-Germain-en-Laye) is a French right-handed foil fencer of Cercle d'Escrime de Rueil-Malmaison, Olympic team foil gold medalist at Tokyo 2020 and bronze medalist at Paris 2024, world team champion 2014.
Julien Pillet
Julien Pillet, French sabre fencer born 1977 in Dijon; double Olympic team champion (2004, 2008), world team champion 1999 and 2006, individual world silver 2001 and 2002.
Julio César Chávez
Julio César Chávez (born 1962, Ciudad Obregón, Sonora) is a Mexican former boxer, 107-6-2 (88 KOs), three-division world champion, unbeaten in his first 90 bouts, IBHOF inductee 2011.