Serafim Simeonov Todorov is a former Bulgarian Olympic boxer. He won three consecutive gold medals at both the World and European Championships, and silver at the 1996 Olympics. He is the last boxer to defeat Floyd Mayweather Jr., via a controversial decision at the 1996 Games.
Detelin Dalakliev is a boxer from Bulgaria. He competed in the Bantamweight division, and won the gold medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Milano 2009.
The European Amateur Boxing Championships is the highest competition for boxing amateurs in Europe, organised by the continent's governing body EUBC, which stands for the European Boxing Confederation. The first edition of the tournament took place in 1924, although the first 'competitive' championships were hosted by the city of Stockholm (Sweden) in 1925.
Ali Hallab is a French former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2013, holding the WBO European super bantamweight title from 2012 to 2013. As an amateur, he won the bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships.
Shahin Imranov is a boxer from Azerbaijan. He is best known for winning two featherweight silver medals at European championships.
Chris Finnegan MBE was a British professional boxer of Irish descent born in Iver, Buckinghamshire, England.
István Énekes was a Hungarian boxer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Joseph Murray is a former amateur boxer from Levenshulme, Manchester, England. He is best known for winning a medal at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships at bantamweight and has signed professional terms with Hatton Promotions. His brother John is the former British Lightweight champion. He got married in Wilmslow Cheshire in March 2014. He is a former pupil of Wright Robinson Sports College in Gorton, Manchester.
David Valeryevich Ayrapetyan is an Armenian-Russian amateur boxer. He is a six-time Champion of Russia, European Champion, World and Olympic medalist. Ayrapetyan was awarded the Honored Master of Sports of Russia title in 2009.
Bruno Visintin was a boxer from Italy. He was born in La Spezia, Italy. Visintin was a Light Welterweight (140 lb/63.5 kg) Olympic Bronze Medalist at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. In 1951 he won the European Amateur Boxing Championships in Milan. He died at the age of 82 in January 2015 at a hospital in La Spezia.
Hovhannes Danielyan is an Armenian light flyweight amateur boxer. He is a European Champion and Olympian.
John Joseph Nevin, is an Irish professional boxer. He is a two-time Olympian, and a London 2012 silver medalist.
Teymur Mammadov is a heavyweight amateur boxer from Azerbaijan. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and reached quarterfinals at the 2016 Games, where he served as the flag bearer for Azerbaijan during the Parade of Nations.
Pavlo Olehovych Ishchenko is an Olympic Ukrainian-Israeli boxer who competes as a bantamweight. He won the gold medal at the 2013 European Amateur Boxing Championships as a Lightweight (60 kg) for Ukraine. In 2017, boxing for Israel, he won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Amateur Boxing Championships as a Lightweight.
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.
Don Diego Rivelino Alfredo Poeder is a former Dutch professional boxer. After his pro debut in 1994, Poeder was undefeated for 21 consecutive boxing matches. He gained the WBU cruiserweight title with a knock out over American Terry Ray in 1997, defending it once against Courtney Butler before falling to former world champion Robert Daniels in a bid for the IBO title.
Loren Berto Alfonso Domínguez is a Cuban-Azerbaijani boxer who has competed in the light heavyweight, cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions.
Salvatore Cavallaro is an Italian boxer. He won three bronze medals at the European Amateur Boxing Championships in the middleweight events. He also competed at the 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships, winning the bronze medal in the middleweight event.
Sam Hickey is a Scottish professional boxer.
Hari Singh Thapa, also known as Hari Singh, was an Indian boxer, who won a silver medal in men's 75 kg at the 1958 Asian Games. He defeated Leon Khachatourian by points in the semifinals, before losing by points to Chang Lo-pu in the final.
