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Lenny McLean
Lenny McLean, 'The Guv'nor' (1949–1998), English bare-knuckle and unlicensed boxer, bouncer and actor called Britain's hardest man; famous for his three-fight Roy Shaw rivalry, the bestseller The Guv'nor, and Barry the Baptist in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
Lenny Montana
Lenny Montana (Leonardo Passafaro, 1926-1992), Italian-American wrestler turned actor, played Luca Brasi in The Godfather (1972) after being spotted on set as a Colombo family bodyguard; also wrestled as The Zebra Kid.
Leo Randolph
Leo Randolph (Leonard Randolph, born 1958) is an American boxer, 1976 Olympic flyweight gold medalist and WBA super bantamweight champion from May to August 1980, retired at 17-2.
Léo Santa Cruz
Léo Santa Cruz (Leodegario Santa Cruz, "El Terremoto", born 1988) is a Mexican-American boxer from Los Angeles who won world titles at bantamweight, super bantamweight, featherweight, and super featherweight; record 38-2-1, 19 KOs.
Leon Edwards
Leon Edwards, Jamaican-born British MMA fighter nicknamed "Rocky", UFC welterweight champion 2022-2024, won the title by head-kick KO of Kamaru Usman at UFC 278, defended twice, lost the belt to Belal Muhammad at UFC 304, trains in Birmingham.
Leon Pyrgos
Leon Pyrgos (Λεωνίδας Πύργος, born 1874 or 1871, Mantinea) was a Greek fencer who won the masters foil at the 1896 Athens Olympics, beating France's Joanni Perronet 3–1, the first Greek modern Olympic champion.
Leon Slater
Leon Slater (born 2004) is an English high-flying professional wrestler from Bradford, signed to TNA in October 2023. Known for the Swanton 450 finisher, RevPro British J-Cup win, and a record-tying 298-day TNA X-Division Championship reign.
Leon Spinks
Leon Spinks, "Neon Leon" (1953–2021), was an American boxer who won 1976 Olympic light heavyweight gold and upset Muhammad Ali to become heavyweight champion in 1978.
Leri Khabelovi
Leri Khabelovi (ლერი•ხაბელოვი), Georgian freestyle heavyweight wrestler born 1964 in Tbilisi; 1992 Olympic gold for the Unified Team, 1988 silver, five-time world champion, Georgian NOC president since 2012.
Lester Speight
Lester Speight, also known as Mighty Rasta, is an American actor and former professional wrestler born in 1963 in Baltimore, known for voicing Augustus "Cole Train" Cole in Gears of War.
Lethwei
Lethwei, or Burmese boxing (လက်ဝှေ့), is a bareknuckle full-contact combat sport from Myanmar where headbutts are legal and traditional fights are won only by knockout.
Leva Bates
Leva Bates (b. May 21, 1983, Madisonville, Kentucky), also Blue Pants and The Librarian, American cosplay wrestler; Team 3D Academy trainee, SHIMMER/SHINE tag champion, original AEW women's division signer (2019–2023) with backstage makeup, wardrobe, and PR roles.
Levan Saginashvili
Levan Saginashvili (ლევან საგინაშვილი), the Georgian Hulk, born 1988, is a Georgian superheavyweight armwrestler; multi-time world champion on both arms who beat Devon Larratt 6-0 in 2022 and 4-0 in 2024.
Levan Tediashvili
Levan Tediashvili (ლევან თედიაშვილი), Georgian freestyle wrestler for the USSR; two Olympic golds (1972, 1976), four freestyle world titles, 1973 sambo world champion; died 17 February 2024.
Levon Julfalakyan
Levon Julfalakyan (Լևոն Ջուլֆալաքյան), born 1964 in Gyumri, Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler; 1988 Seoul Olympic lightweight gold for the USSR, 1986 world and European champion, later Armenia's head coach and 2024 UWW Hall of Fame inductee.
Lex Luger
Lex Luger, ring name of Lawrence Pfohl, is an American retired professional wrestler known for NWA, WCW, and WWF runs, inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2025.
Li Hak Son
Li Hak Son (리학선, Ri Hak-son), born 1969, North Korean freestyle wrestler, 160 cm/56 kg. Won unexpected 52 kg flyweight gold at Barcelona 1992, beating Valentin Yordanov and Zeke Jones 8-1; 1989 world silver at 48 kg.
Li Jingliang (李景亮)
Li Jingliang (李景亮), 'The Leech', Chinese UFC welterweight born 1988 in Tacheng, Xinjiang; first Chinese fighter to win a UFC fight on American soil (2014), record 19-9, Chinese-fighter records of 17 fights, 11 wins, 8 KOs, 7 bonuses.
Li Na (olympedia 90774)
Li Na (李娜), Olympedia ID 90774, Chinese épée fencer born 1981 in Dandong, Liaoning; four-time Olympian, 2000 team bronze, 2012 team gold, 2011 world individual champion; distinct from tennis and diver namesakes.
Lia Maivia
Lia Maivia (Ofelia Maivia, née Fuataga, also Leah Maivia), Samoan wrestling promoter who ran Polynesian Pro Wrestling in Hawaii 1982–1988, promoted the 1985 A Hot Summer Night supercard, and joined the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024.
Liam McGeary
Liam McGeary, English light heavyweight MMA fighter (born 1982, Norfolk), Bellator light heavyweight champion Feb 2015 to Nov 2016, first British MMA world champion, 13-4 record, Team Renzo Gracie.
Liam Smith (boxer)
Liam 'Beefy' Smith, Liverpool boxer (born 1988), WBO light middleweight champion 2015-2016; beat Chris Eubank Jr by fourth-round TKO in 2023, lost rematches to Canelo Alvarez, Munguia, and Eubank Jr.
Lidia Domolky Sakovics
Lidia Domolky Sakovics (Lídia Dömölky-Sákovics, Sákovicsné Dömölky Lídia), Hungarian foil fencer born 1936 in Budapest; 1964 Olympic team foil champion, 1960 and 1968 silver medalist, 1955 individual world champion, later coach, journalist, and 2025 Nemzet Sportolója.
Light heavyweight
Light heavyweight is boxing's 175-pound (79.4 kg) weight class, one of the eight traditional divisions, created in 1903 for Jack Root; unified champion Dmitrii Bivol holds the IBF, WBO, and Ring titles.
Light middleweight
Light middleweight (junior middleweight, super welterweight) is boxing's 154-pound (69.9 kg) division between welterweight and middleweight; created by the 1920 Walker Law, re-established in 1962, with IBA amateur equivalent 67–71 kg.
Light welterweight
Light welterweight (junior welterweight, super lightweight) is a professional boxing division with a 140 lb (63.5 kg) limit, created by the 1920 Walker Law, first champion Pinky Mitchell in 1922.
Lightweight
Lightweight, a combat sports weight class: 135 lb (61.2 kg) limit in professional boxing, 155 lb in UFC/MMA. Created 1738 by Jack Broughton at 160 lb; boxing limit set at 135 lb in 1909.
Lilian Garcia
Lilian Garcia, WWE ring announcer who debuted on Raw in August 1999, first female to announce WrestleMania (WrestleMania 22), singer of albums ¡Quiero Vivir! and My Time, PFL cage announcer, and host of the podcast Chasing Glory.
Lin Yu Ting
Lin Yu Ting (林郁婷), born 1995 in Taoyuan, is a Taiwanese featherweight boxer, 2024 Paris Olympic gold medalist and Taiwan's first Olympic boxing champion, twice world champion (2018, 2022), cleared by World Boxing in 2026.
Lince Dorado
Lince Dorado (José Cordero) is a Puerto Rican masked luchador, WWE 2016-2021 with Lucha House Party (Kalisto, Gran Metalik), Chikara King of Trios 2008 winner, now coach and wrestler for AAA and WWE.