Odlanier Solís Fonte was a Cuban professional boxer. He has challenged once for the WBC heavyweight title in 2011, and is a former top-rated contender in that division. As an amateur heavyweight, Solis was one of the most celebrated and decorated amateur stars of the 2000s, winning a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics, and three consecutive golds at the World Championships in 2001, 2003, and 2005. Odlanier Solís beat Luis Ortiz multiple times in the amateurs, never losing to him.
Viktor Valeryevich Zuyev, also spelled sometimes as Viktar Valeryevich Zuyeu is a former amateur boxer from Belarus, best known for winning the heavyweight silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Krzysztof Włodarczyk is a Polish professional boxer. He is a two-time former cruiserweight world champion, having held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) title from 2006 to 2007 and the World Boxing Council (WBC) title from 2010 to 2014.
Yoan Pablo Hernández Suárez is a Cuban-German professional boxer. He held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and Ring magazine cruiserweight titles between 2011 and 2015, and the World Boxing Association (WBA) interim cruiserweight title in 2011. He is the half-brother of Yoel Romero, a freestyle wrestler and mixed martial artist.
Aleksandr Vyacheslavovich Alekseyev is a professional cruiserweight boxer from Russia.
Osmay Acosta Méndez Duarte is a Cuban former amateur boxer, who competed between 2001 and 2010, best known to win the 2007 PanAm Games at Heavyweight with 201 lbs (91 kg) limit.
Clemente Russo is a retired Italian amateur boxer, best known for winning gold at the 2007 and 2013 World Amateur Boxing Championships at heavyweight. He boxed for the Italia Thunder team in the World Series of Boxing league.
Vyacheslav Valeriyovych Glazkov is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2016. He challenged once for the vacant IBF heavyweight title in 2016, losing to Charles Martin due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury. The injury eventually forced him to retire from the sport.
Elchin Alizade is an Azerbaijani amateur boxer best known for winning silver at the 2005 World championships at heavyweight 201 lbs limit.
Denys Poyatsyka is a Ukrainian amateur boxer, best known for winning the European title at 201 lbs in 2006.
John Mickael M'Bumba is a French amateur boxer, born in Anderlecht, Belgium, best known for winning a bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships as a heavyweight. He also fought in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
David Dolan is an English professional boxer who has competed at both heavyweight and cruiserweight. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the super heavyweight division.
Jasur Matchanov is an Uzbek amateur boxer from Tashkent who medaled repeatedly at 201 lbs in international tournaments.
Ismail Sillakh is a Ukrainian professional boxer who has medaled in important international tournaments as an amateur.
Elias Pavlidis, sometimes written Helias or Ilias Pavlidis, is a Greek amateur boxer best known to compete at the Athens Olympics 2004. He was born in Russia.
Olanrewaju Durodola is a Nigerian professional boxer who has held the African cruiserweight title since February 2020, and previously the WBC Silver cruiserweight title from 2015 to 2016. As an amateur he competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2009 World Championships, both at heavyweight.
Deivi ("Deivis") Julio Blanco is a Colombian amateur boxer best known to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Heavyweight division.
Egor Leonidovich Mekhontsev, is a Russian professional boxer, who among other achievements, won gold at 2012 London Olympics in the light heavyweight division.
Evgeny Andreyevich Tishchenko is a Russian professional boxer. He was the inaugural World Boxing Association (WBA) bridgerweight champion but was subsequently stripped after testing positive for banned substance. As an amateur, he won gold medals at the 2016 Olympics, 2015 World Championships, and the 2015 and 2017 European Championships and silver at the 2013 and 2017 World Championships.
Junior Anthony Wright Jr. is an American professional boxer who challenged for the WBA cruiserweight title in 2016. As an amateur, he was a three-time Chicago Golden Gloves champion and also fought in the National Golden Gloves tournament.
