![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lennox Lewis</span> British-Canadian boxer (born 1965)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Lenox_Lewis_2010.jpg/320px-Lenox_Lewis_2010.jpg)
Lennox Claudius Lewis is a boxing commentator and former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2003. He is a three-time world heavyweight champion, a two-time lineal champion, and held the undisputed championship. Holding dual British and Canadian citizenship, Lewis represented Canada as an amateur at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics; in the latter, he won a gold medal in the super-heavyweight division.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">World Boxing Council</span> Sanctioning organization for professional boxing bouts](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7f/World_Boxing_Council_logo.png)
The World Boxing Council (WBC) is an international professional boxing organization. It is among the four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO).
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heavyweight</span> Weight class in boxing](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Andrew_Golota_vs_Kevin_McBride.jpg/320px-Andrew_Golota_vs_Kevin_McBride.jpg)
Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling.
The European Boxing Union (EBU), formerly known as the International Boxing Union (IBU), is a pan-European governing body that sanctions championship bouts in professional boxing. The EBU governs the most-prestigious continental title in Europe, the EBU European Championship, in addition to their EBU EU Championship for competitors from within the European Union and the EBU EE Championship for those outside the European Union. It is a federation affiliated with the World Boxing Council (WBC).
In boxing, the undisputed champion of a weight class is the boxer who simultaneously holds world titles from all major organizations recognized by each other and the International Boxing Hall of Fame. There are currently four major sanctioning bodies: WBA, WBC, WBO, and IBF. There were many undisputed champions before the number of major sanctioning bodies recognizing each other increased to four in 2007, but there have been only 19 boxers to hold all four titles simultaneously.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chess boxing</span> Hybrid game of chess and boxing](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Schachboxen1.jpg/320px-Schachboxen1.jpg)
Chess boxing, or chessboxing, is a hybrid sport that combines two traditional disciplines: chess and boxing. Two combatants play alternating rounds of blitz chess and boxing until one wins by checkmate or knockout. It is also possible to win by time penalty as in normal chess, and by boxing decision if there is a draw in the chess round.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Megasport Sport Palace</span> Indoor sporting arena located in Russia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82_31.03.2024_%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4.jpg/320px-%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82_31.03.2024_%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4.jpg)
Megasport Sport Palace, formerly Khodynka Arena or Ice Sport Palace, is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in Moscow, Russia. The arena is situated in the Khodynka Field and has a maximum seating capacity of 13,926 people. Opened in 2006, the arena is primarily used to host basketball and ice hockey games.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mate Parlov</span> Croatian boxer](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Mate_Parlov_1972.jpg/320px-Mate_Parlov_1972.jpg)
Mate Parlov was a Croatian-Yugoslavian boxer and Olympic gold medalist who was European and World Champion as an amateur and as a professional. Parlov was voted the Best Balkan Athlete of the Year for 1974.
The North American Boxing Federation (NABF) is a not-for-profit regional sanctioning body that awards regional boxing titles. It is a boxing federation within the World Boxing Council (WBC).
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Natascha Ragosina</span> Russian boxer and kickboxer](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/RagozinaNatalia7.JPG/320px-RagozinaNatalia7.JPG)
Natalia Yurievna Ragozina, better known as Natascha Ragosina, is an undefeated retired Russian professional boxer who spent much of her career ranked as the top female super middleweight in the world.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicola Adams</span> British boxer (born 1982)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Nicola_Adams_-_Our_Greatest_Team_Parade.jpg/320px-Nicola_Adams_-_Our_Greatest_Team_Parade.jpg)
Nicola Virginia Adams is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2017 to 2019. She retired with an undefeated record and held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) female flyweight title in 2019. As an amateur, she became the first female boxer to become an Olympic champion after winning gold at London 2012, and the first double Olympic champion following a second gold medal at Rio 2016, both in the flyweight division. As of 27 May 2016 she was the reigning Olympic, World and European Games champion at flyweight, and won the entire set of amateur championships available to her – Olympic, Commonwealth and European Games' titles, and the World, European and European Union championships.
Boxing in Armenia is a popular sport, that existed in the Armenian Highland since ancient times. Amateur boxing schools in the country appeared in early 1900s, by the mid-1950s boxing became one of the traditional sports in Armenia. In 1956, Vladimir Yengibaryan won a gold medal at the Olympics for the Soviet team. In the early 21st century, professional and amateur boxing in Armenia reached another peak. Most notably Arthur Abraham and Vic Darchinyan won several professional world champion titles. Dozens of amateur boxers have been placed in the top 3 of world and European competitions for various weight categories. Vladimir Yengibarian was among the first individuals to open professional boxing schools in Armenia. The sport is regulated by the Armenian Boxing Federation.
Esra Yıldız is a Turkish amateur boxer who won a bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 2016 European Championships. She was named as a competitor for the 2020 Summer Olympics.