Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States. Founded after the American Revolution as the seat of government of the newly independent country, Washington was named after George Washington, the first President of the United States and a Founding Father. As the seat of the United States federal government and several international organizations, Washington is an important world political capital. The city is also one of the most visited cities in the world, with more than 20 million tourists annually.
The Ring is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine. As the sporting legitimacy of professional wrestling came more into question, The Ring shifted to becoming exclusively a boxing oriented publication. The magazine is currently owned by Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Enterprises, which acquired it in 2007. Ring publishes boxers annual ratings since 1924.
Mark Anthony Breland is an American former world champion boxer who won five New York Golden Gloves titles and a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics. He is also an actor with a wide range of movie and television credits, having made his debut in The Lords of Discipline, and also appeared in the music video for The Pointer Sisters' 1985 hit single, "Dare Me." At 6' and two and a half inches tall, Breland is one of the tallest World Welterweight champions of all time.
Michael Gerard Tyson is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title at 20 years, four months and 22 days old. Tyson won his first 19 professional fights by knockout or stoppage, 12 of them in the first round. He won the WBC title in 1986 after stopping Trevor Berbick in the second round, and added the WBA and IBF titles after defeating James Smith and Tony Tucker in 1987. This made Tyson the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles, and the only heavyweight to successively unify them.
Baysmore won the USBA super featherweight title in 1984 TKOing Freddy Chumpitaz in the sixth round. After defending the title once he lost it to Roger Mayweather next year via a third round KO, losing his first fight after 20 victories. Mayweather went on to fight Julio César Chávez for the WBC super featherweight title, and Baysmore regained the vacated USBA title against Anthony English in 1986. He defended the title twice more, before losing it to Harold Knight in 1987.
Roger Mayweather is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1981 to 1999, and has since worked as a boxing trainer. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBA and lineal super featherweight titles from 1983 to 1984, and the WBC light welterweight title from 1987 to 1989. Additionally he held the IBO light welterweight title in 1994, and the IBO welterweight title from 1994 to 1995.
Julio César Chávez González, also known as Julio César Chávez Sr., is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 2005.
The World Boxing Council (WBC) is one of four major organizations which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the International Boxing Federation (IBF), World Boxing Association (WBA) and World Boxing Organization (WBO). Many historically high-profile bouts have been sanctioned by the organization with various legendary fighters having been recognised as WBC World champions. All four organizations recognise the legitimacy of each other, and each have interwoven histories dating back several decades.
Baysmore never fought for a major title again, his closest call being in 1994 when he lost to then reigning WBC lightweight world champion Miguel Ángel González in a non-title fight. He effectively finished his career in 1996, with one more fight in 2001. His professional record concluded 28-13-2, losing his last eight fights.
Miguel Ángel González Dávila, also known as Excelente compañero, is a Mexican professional boxer who held the world lightweight title. He also competed as a junior welterweight and welterweight, and is currently rated as a junior middleweight.
BoxRec or boxrec.com is a website dedicated to holding updated records of professional boxers, both male and female. It also maintains a MediaWiki-based encyclopaedia of boxing.
Rafael Limón Burgos, also known as Bazooka Limón is a former boxer and two-time Super Featherweight /Jr. Lightweight world champion.
Diego "Chico" Corrales Jr. was an American professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2007. He was a multiple-time world champion in two weight divisions, having held the IBF super featherweight title from 1999 to 2000; the WBO super featherweight title in 2004; the WBO lightweight title from 2004 to 2006; and the WBC, Ring magazine, and lineal lightweight titles from 2005 to 2006.
Joel Casamayor Johnson is a Cuban American former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2011. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBA super featherweight title from 2000 to 2002; and the WBC, Ring magazine and lineal lightweight titles between 2006 and 2008. As an amateur, Casamayor won a gold medal in the bantamweight division at the 1992 Olympics, after which he defected to the United States on the eve of the 1996 Olympics.
Carlos Manuel Baldomir is an Argentine former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2014. He held the WBC, Ring magazine, and lineal welterweight titles in 2006, and challenged once for the WBC super welterweight title in 2007.
Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2014. He is the third Mexican boxer to become a world champion in four weight classes, having held nine world championships including the WBA (Super), IBF and WBO featherweight titles between 2003 and 2007; the WBC super featherweight title from 2007 to 2008; the WBA (Super), WBO, Ring magazine and lineal lightweight titles between 2008 and 2012; and the WBO junior welterweight title from 2012 to 2013.
Ruben Castillo is a Mexican-American boxer who fought in the Featherweight division. Castillo went on to fight four World Championship fights against Hall of Famers Salvador Sánchez, Alexis Argüello and Julio César Chávez, as well as with Juan Laporte.
Phillip Ndou is a South African former professional boxer and world title challenger. He is known for his punching power, having won his first 30 of 32 fights all but two by knockout or stoppage, and currently boasting an 81% knockout ratio. In 2004, Ndou was forced into early retirement when he collapsed after a loss to Isaac Hlatshwayo. A subsequent brain scan revealed an abnormality that would have endangered Ndou's health at the time if he continued to box. However, he returned to the ring in 2009.
As in the 1980s, the 1990s in boxing's popularity focused on all divisions. When 1980s legends Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, as well as others retired, newer superstars filled the void: Pernell Whitaker, Julio César Chávez, in the early 1990s, Oscar De La Hoya, Félix Trinidad, Roy Jones Jr. and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. in the mid to late 1990s.
Stephen Phelipe "Stevie" Forbes is an American professional boxer. He is a former IBF Super featherweight champion. Forbes' nickname of "2 Pounds" was in recognition of the fact that he was born weighing only 2 pounds.
Daniel Ponce de León is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2014. He was a world champion two weight classes, having held the WBO super bantamweight title from 2005 and 2008, and the WBC featherweight title from 2012 to 2013. As an amateur, de León won a bronze medal in the flyweight division at the 1999 Pan American Games, and was a member of the 2000 Mexican Olympic team in the featherweight division.
Takashi Koshimoto is a former Japanese professional boxer in the featherweight division. He is a former WBC world featherweight champion.
István Kovács, nicknamed Ko-Ko or sometimes The Cobra is a Hungarian retired world champion boxer.
Carlo Pizarro, is an American professional boxer who currently resides in Springfield, Massachusetts. His professional record stands at 44-0-0 with 27 knockouts.
Abner Mares Martínez is a Mexican-American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the IBF bantamweight title from 2011 to 2012, the WBC super bantamweight title from 2012 to 2013, the WBC featherweight title in 2013, and the WBA (Regular) featherweight title from 2016 to 2018. As an amateur, Mares won numerous medals at international tournaments while representing Mexico. He grew up in the city of Hawaiian Gardens, California and holds dual citizenship with the United States and Mexico.
Kuniaki Shibata is a former Japanese professional boxer. He is a former WBC, WBA and lineal super featherweight champion.
Jesse Benavides is an American former professional boxer.
Boxing in the 2010s includes notable events about boxing which occurred during the decade of the years 2010 to 2019. The decade saw high intensity action in the welterweight division. The match between veterans Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao broke PPV records The broadcast of the fight in the Philippines was watched by nearly half the country's households. Mayweather retired at a record 50-0-0 while Pacquiao became the first eight division champion. Other talents in the division included Errol Spence Jr., Shawn Porter, Keith Thurman and undisputed light welterweight champion Terence Crawford. The middleweight division saw immense action in the later years of the decade. After a draw in 2017, Canelo Alvarez ended Gennady Golovkin's long reign in 2018. Daniel Jacobs was the other prominent boxer who fought in this division. The heavyweight division was dominated by Klitschko brothers before Wladimir's loss to Tyson Fury in 2015. Other talents that emerged in the division were Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder and undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksander Usyk.
Jim McDonnell is a British former boxer who won the European featherweight title and twice fought for World titles at super featherweight.
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