Dariusz Tomasz Michalczewski is a Polish-German former professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 2005. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the WBA, IBF, WBO and lineal light-heavyweight titles between 1994 and 2003, and the WBO junior-heavyweight title from 1994 to 1995. BoxRec currently ranks him No.63 in its ranking of the greatest pound for pound boxers of all time.
Julio César González Ibarra was a Mexican professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2011, and held the WBO and lineal light heavyweight titles from 2003 to 2004.
Virgil Eugene Hill is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2007, and in 2015. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBA light heavyweight title twice, from 1987 to 1997; the IBF and lineal light heavyweight titles from 1996 to 1997; and the WBA cruiserweight title twice, from 2000 to 2002 and 2006 to 2007. As an amateur, Hill won a silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics. In 2013, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Light heavyweight, also referred to as junior cruiserweight or light cruiserweight, is a weight class in combat sports.
Jean-Marc Gilbert Mormeck is a French former professional boxer who competed from 1995 to 2014. He is a two-time unified world cruiserweight champion, having held the WBA, WBC and The Ring world titles twice between 2005 and 2007. He was the first boxer to hold unified cruiserweight title since Evander Holyfield in 1988, and the first fighter to hold The Ring cruiserweight title since Carlos De León in 1987. He was ranked by BoxRec as the world's top 10 cruiserweight from 2001 to 2005 and in 2007, and was ranked No.1 in 2003 and 2004. Mormeck also challenged for the unified world heavyweight title in 2012.
Fabrice Tiozzo is a French former boxer who competed from 1988 to 2006. He was a two-time light heavyweight champion as well as a one time cruiserweight champion.
Montell Julian Griffin is an American former professional boxer. He held the WBC light heavyweight title in 1997, and challenged twice for a world title.
Brian Matthew Minto is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2002 to 2016. He challenged once for the WBO cruiserweight title in 2010. During his career he faced former world champions and contenders Dillian Whyte, Joseph Parker, Axel Schulz, Luan Krasniqi, Chris Arreola, Marco Huck, Shane Cameron, Tony Tubbs, and Artur Szpilka. He also faced Israel Adesanya, who later on became the UFC Middleweight Champion, losing to him by split-decision.
Graciano Rocchigiani was a German professional boxer who competed from 1983 to 2003. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the IBF super-middleweight title from 1988 to 1989, and the WBC light-heavyweight title in 1998. At regional level he held the European light-heavyweight title from 1991 to 1992.
Nicky Piper MBE is a retired Welsh super middleweight and light heavyweight boxer from Culverhouse Cross, Cardiff. His career was at its peak in the 1990s; he became the Commonwealth Light-heavyweight champion in 1995. He was trained by Charlie Pearson and managed by Frank Warren. Since retiring from boxing, Piper has become a notable administrator in British boxing and currently works for The City Hospice as their Corporate Partnerships Manager.
Noel Magee is a retired Irish professional boxer and former Commonwealth light heavyweight title holder. He fought at super middleweight but also fought as a light heavyweight and cruiserweight towards the end of his career.
Olawale O. "Ola" Afolabi is a British professional boxer. He is a two-time former WBO interim cruiserweight champion, as well as a two-time former IBO cruiserweight champion. Nicknamed "Kryptonite", Afolabi was known in the ring for his slickness, counterpunching skills and durability. Born to Nigerian parents, Afolabi resides in California, where he also trained for the most of his career.
Anthony Lewis Bellew is an English former professional boxer who competed from 2007 to 2018. He held the WBC cruiserweight title from 2016 to 2017, and challenged for the undisputed cruiserweight championship in his final fight. At regional level, Bellew held the British and Commonwealth light-heavyweight titles between 2010 and 2014, the European cruiserweight title from 2015 to 2016, and is a three-time ABA heavyweight champion as an amateur. He portrayed antagonist boxer Ricky Conlan in the 2015 Rocky film Creed.
George Arias is a Brazilian retired heavyweight boxer based in São Paulo. He challenged once for the WBO world cruiserweight title in 2001.
Daren Tomas Zenner was a Canadian professional boxer that competed in the super middleweight and light heavyweight weight divisions. He challenged once for the WBO light heavyweight title in 1997.
Ruediger May is a prolific German cruiserweight boxer known for his stinging jab. He challenged once for the WBO world cruiserweight title in 2004.
Tom Collins is British former boxer who held the British and European light heavyweight titles and fought for three world titles.
Néstor Hipólito Giovannini is an Argentine former professional boxer. He held the WBO cruiserweight title from 1993 through 1994 and also contested for the WBC light-heavyweight title.
Anthony Dwayne Duncan Yarde is a British professional boxer. He has challenged once for the WBO light-heavyweight title in 2019, and has held the Commonwealth light-heavyweight title since 2021.
Paris Saint-Germain Boxing, commonly known as Paris Saint-Germain and familiarly as PSG Boxing, was a French professional boxing club founded in 1992, and based in the city of Paris in France. The club was the boxing department of Paris Saint-Germain until 1997.
