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Alexander Yagubkin

Alexander G. Yagubkin (25 March 1961 in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR – 7 August 2013) was an amateur boxer, who won a gold medal at the 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships and was honoured as a Master of Sports of the USSR.

Tony Torcato

At the young age of 14, Torcato was an amateur boxer, winning the 1994 California Golden Gloves boxing championship, and continued to box until the age of 16 before turning to baseball full time.


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Adam Forsyth

Adam Forsyth (born 31 March 1981 in Kawerau, New Zealand) is an Australian amateur boxer who competed at the 2004 Olympics in the men's heavyweight division.

Adriana Araújo

Adriana Araujo (born 4 November 1981 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian female amateur boxer.She won the Bronze Medal in the Women's boxing Lightweight 60kg category in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Antony Fowler

Antony Fowler (born 10 March 1991) is an English amateur boxer in the middleweight division who competed at the 2013 World Championships, won the Bronze medal along with Artem Chebotarev of Russia.

Avon Barksdale

Avon, a former amateur boxer who once fought in a Golden Gloves Tournament, was taught by his father how to survive in "the game" at an early age.

Curt McCune

McCune was named the most outstanding boxer at the 1986 Alabama Sports Festival and was nationally ranked as an amateur boxer.

Dennis Sergeyev

:For the Russian amateur boxer, see Denis Sergeev.

Edgar Ross

Ross grew up in Tuscaloosa; his brother Ronnie played football for Auburn, but he was too violent for football, according to a childhood friends, and picked fights on the Tuscaloosa streets before turning to amateur boxing on the advice of a Tuscaloosa County deputy sheriff who, himself an amateur boxer, had seen Ross beat up on people in bars and parking lots.

Freddy Stephen Fuller

Freddy Fuller was one of an outstanding list of amateur boxer from British Columbia, Quebec, Washington State, Oregon and California to compete in the tournament that was highlighted with the appearance of undefeated former heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano.

Furkan

Furkan Ulaş Memiş (born 1991), Turkish amateur boxer who competed at the 2008 Olympics at flyweight

I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House

After spending a few years as a boxer in the army’s 101st Airborne Division, an amateur boxer in Las Vegas, and a stint as the bassist for Texas-based Mercury Records artist Tablet, Damron relocated to Portland, Oregon in the late 90's and began performing as a singer/songwriter.

Igor Vysotsky

Igor Vysotsky was an amateur boxer from Soviet Union, best known for twice defeating 1972, 1976, and 1980 Olympic Gold Medalist Teofilo Stevenson.

James Coward

James Ricky Coward (born 1966), American boxing trainer and former amateur boxer

John Dovi

John Dovi (born January 2, 1973 in Saint-Maurice-le-Girard, France) is a former French amateur boxer who medaled repeatedly in international competitions.

La Colonia Youth Boxing Club

Roberto Garcia a former IBF World Champion is the head trainer, His father Eduardo García was an amateur boxer and is also a Trainer.

Lloyd G. Davies

He said he was an amateur boxer in the heavyweight class and qualified for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles by winning a semifinal tournament but he did not compete in the Games themselves.

Natalie Brown

Natalie Brown (boxer) (born 1979), Jamaican/American amateur boxer who competed in the 67 kg weight class at the 2001 and 2002 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships

Nick Kisner

As an amateur boxer he accomplished (3x National Silver Gloves Championships, 2x Junior National Golden Gloves Championships, Junior Olympic Gold Medal, Ringside World Championship, Ohio State Fair Championship, Under-19 National Championship, and a National Pal Championship, where he defeated 2012 Olympian Lenroy Thompson in the finals.

Radlett murder

His killer was John Thurtell (1794–1824), a sports promoter, amateur boxer, a former Royal Marine officer and a son of the mayor of Norwich.

The Oil Palace

Manziel, a former amateur boxer, manager of boxer Buddy Turman, and close friend of World heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey, was a successful businessman who dreamed of a 20,000 seat complex in East Texas.

Vincenzo Picardi

Vincenzo Picardi (born October 20, 1983 in Casoria) is an Italian amateur boxer best known for winning a bronze medal in the flyweight division both at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago and at the Olympics 2008.

W.A.K.O. European Championships 1996

Notable winners in this category included Ivan Strugar who would go on to win multiple European and world kickboxing titles and Cengiz Koç who would also have some success as an amateur boxer.