Nigel Gregory Benn is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1987 to 1996. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBO middleweight title in 1990, and the WBC super-middleweight title from 1992 to 1996. Regionally he held the Commonwealth middleweight title from 1988 to 1989. Nicknamed "The Dark Destroyer" for his formidable punching power and aggressive fighting style, he retired with an 83.3% knockout-to-win ratio and is ranked by BoxRec as the fourth best British super-middleweight boxer of all time.
Michael Watson, is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 1991. He held the Commonwealth middleweight title from 1989 to 1991, and challenged three times for a world title between 1990 and 1991. Watson's career was cut short as a result of near-fatal injury sustained during a loss to Chris Eubank for the WBO super-middleweight title in 1991.
Stephen Collins is an Irish former professional boxer who competed from 1986 to 1997. Known as "The Celtic Warrior", Collins is the most successful Irish boxer in professional boxing history, having held the WBO middleweight and super-middleweight titles.
Thulani Malinga is a South African former professional boxer who competed from 1981 to 2000, and held the WBC super-middleweight title twice between 1996 and 1998.
Mike Gibbons was an American boxer from 1908 to 1922. The brother of heavyweight Tommy Gibbons, Mike claimed Middleweight Champion of the World status in 1909 following Stanley Ketchel's murder. Although he never won the title, Gibbons is regarded as one of the all-time best welter and middleweight boxers by historians. Statistical boxing website BoxRec lists Gibbons as the #18 ranked middleweight of all time, while The Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer placed him at #9. The International Boxing Research Organization rates Gibbons as the 17th best middleweight ever and boxing historian Bert Sugar placed him 92nd in his Top 100 Fighters catalogue. Gibbons retired due to deteriorating vision. Following his boxing career he entered business in his native St. Paul, and became a member of the Minnesota Athletic Commission. Gibbons was elected to the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame in 1958, the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1992, the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1997, and the Minnesota Boxing Hall of Fame in 2010.
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 fighting Piper has become a notable administrator in British boxing.
Juan Carlos Giménez Ferreyra is a Paraguayan boxer. During his career he was WBC International light heavyweight champion and unsuccessfully fought for the World Super Middleweight title four times, first against Mauro Galvano in 1992, then against Chris Eubank the same year, against Nigel Benn in 1994 and finally against Joe Calzaghe in 1998, losing via knockout.
Lindell Holmes is a retired American boxer who in 1990-91 held the IBF super-middleweight title.
Ray Close is a British retired boxer who fought for most of his career in the Super Middleweight division, ending his career in the Light Heavyweight division. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly Mormon. He grew up in east Belfast and attended Knockbreda High School.
Sam Storey is a former professional boxer. Storey fought at Super Middleweight and won the British Super Middleweight Title in 1995.
Christopher Livingstone Eubank Jr. is a British professional boxer. He has held the IBO super-middleweight title since February 2019 and previously from 2017 to 2018, and the WBA interim and British middleweight titles between 2015 and 2016.
Robert "Bravo" Brant is a middleweight professional boxer from Oakdale, Minnesota. He is the current WBA middleweight champion.
Danny Morgan is a retired professional super middleweight boxer from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Cornelius Carr is a British former professional boxer.
Henry Wharton born in Leeds is an English professional middle/super middle/light heavy/cruiserweight boxer of the 1980s and '90s who won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British super middleweight, European Boxing Union (EBU) super middleweight title, and Commonwealth super middleweight title, and was a challenger for the World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight title against Nigel Benn, and Robin Reid, and World Boxing Organization (WBO) super middleweight title against Chris Eubank, his professional fighting weight varied from 162 lb, i.e. middleweight to 179 lb, i.e. cruiserweight.
Renold Vatubua Quinlan is an Australian professional boxer of Indigenous and Fijian descent. Best known for knocking out former world champion Daniel Geale, Quinlan held the IBO super-middleweight title from 2016 to 2017.
Avni Yildirim is a Turkish professional boxer.
Thomas Langford is a British professional boxer. He held the British middleweight title from 2016 to 2018, and the Commonwealth middleweight title in 2016.
