Pioneer/s and Known People
Objectives:
1. Recognize the individual/s behind the development of boxing,
2. Acknowledge boxer who created impact to the sport, and;
3. Acknowledge local and international athletes with great feats in the sport.
Pioneers
Jack Brownton
In 1743 Jack Brownton was the one who changed boxing into
a real athletic competition; he wrote the Code of Rules. Some
of the rules were that boxers are forbidden to punch under
the belt; the fight will last until one of the boxers is unable to
take his stand in front of his opponent. The biggest thing that
Jack Brownton did was inventing mufflers, the first boxing
gloves ever made to protect the face and hands, after that
Brownton was called the Father of Boxing.
Joe Louis
Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981) was an
American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951.
Nicknamed the Brown Bomber, Louis is widely regarded as one
of the greatest and most influential boxers of all time. He reigned
as the world heavyweight champion from 1937 until his
temporary retirement in 1949. He was victorious in 25
consecutive title defenses, a record for all weight classes. Louis
had the longest single reign as champion of any boxer in history.
He is widely regarded as the first person of African-American
descent to achieve the status of a nationwide hero within the
United States, and was also a focal point of anti-
Nazi sentiment leading up to and during World War II because
of his historic rematch with German boxer Max Schmeling in
1938. He was instrumental in integrating the game of golf,
breaking the sport's color barrier in America by appearing
under a sponsor's exemption in a PGA event in 1952.
Christy Martin
Christy Renea Salters Martin born on June 12, 1968 is an
American former professional boxer. Her nickname was the
Coal Miner's Daughter. Competing from 1989 to 2012, she
held the WBC female super welterweight title in 2009. Martin
is said to be “the most successful and prominent female boxer
in the United States” and the person who “legitimized”
women’s participation in the sport of boxing.
Foreign Boxers
Muhammad Ali—56 wins (37 knockouts)
and 5 losses
He was born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr on
January 17, 1942 and died on June 3, 2016.
He was an American professional boxer,
activist, entertainer, poet and philanthropist. At
18, he won a gold medal in the light
heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer
Olympics and turned professional later that
year. Ali was the first fighter to win the world
heavyweight championship on three
separate occasions and successfully
defended this title 19 times.
He was nicknamed The Greatest. He is widely regarded as one of the most
significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century. He is frequently ranked
as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time and as the greatest sportsman of the
20th century by Sports Illustrated and the Sports Personality of the Century by the
BBC.
Sugar Ray Robinson— 173 wins (109 knockouts),
19 losses and 6 draws
His real name is Walker Smith Jr. (May 3, 1921 – April
12, 1989). He was an American professional boxer who
competed from 1940 to 1965, moving between
welterweight and middleweight, winning titles in both
divisions. Robinson is well-known for combining pure
boxing skill with scintillating one-punch knockout power.
He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of
Fame in 1990. He is often regarded as the greatest
pound for pound boxer of all time.
Titles Held: Welterweight (1946), Middleweight (1951)
Joe Frazier— 32 wins (27 knockouts), 4 lossess
and 1 draw
Joseph William Frazier born on January 12, 1944 –
November 7, 2011, nicknamed "Smokin' Joe", was
an American professional boxer who competed from
1965 to 1981. He was known for his strength,
durability, formidable punching power, and
relentless pressure fighting style and was the first
boxer to beat Muhammad Ali. Frazier reigned as
the undisputed heavyweight champion from 1970
to 1973 and as an amateur won a gold medal at
the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Frazier emerged as the top contender in the late
1960s, defeating opponents that included Jerry Quarry, Oscar Bonavena, Buster
Mathis, Eddie Machen, Doug Jones, George Chuvalo, and Jimmy Ellis en route to
becoming undisputed heavyweight champion in 1970, and he followed up by
defeating Ali by unanimous decision in the highly anticipated Fight of the Century in
1971. Two years later, Frazier lost his title to George Foreman. Frazier fought on and
beat Joe Bugner, lost a rematch to Ali, and beat Quarry and Ellis again.
Frazier's last world title challenge came in 1975, but he was beaten by Ali in the
brutal rubber match, the Thrilla in Manila. Frazier retired in 1976 after a second loss
to Foreman but made a comeback in 1981. He fought just once before retiring for
good, finishing his career with a record of 32 wins, 4 losses, and 1 draw. The
International Boxing Research Organization rates Frazier among the ten greatest
heavyweights of all time.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. — 50 wins (27
knockouts) and 0 loss
He was born Floyd Joy Sinclair on February 24,
1977 at Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States.
Alias: Money, Pretty Boy. He is an
American professional boxer and undefeated
professional boxer.
During his career, he won fifteen major world
championships from super featherweight to light
middleweight, including the Ring magazine title
in five weight classes, the lineal
championship in four weight classes (twice
at welterweight), and retired with an undefeated
record. As an amateur, Mayweather won a bronze medal in
the featherweight division at the 1996 Olympics, three U.S. Golden
Gloves championships (at light flyweight, flyweight, and featherweight), and the U.S.
national championship at featherweight.
Mayweather was well known for his speed, stamina, defense, and his excellent
boxing schema.
Lineal Titles
World Junior Lightweight Title (1998-2002)
World Lightweight Title (2002-2004)
(World Welterweight Title (2006-2008, 2010-2015) (2x)
World Junior Middleweight Title (2013-2015)
Major World Titles
WBC super featherweight champion (130 lbs)
WBC lightweight champion (135 lbs)
WBC super lightweight champion (140 lbs)
The Ring Magazine titles
IBF welterweight champion (147 lbs) The Ring lightweight champion (135 lbs)
The Ring welterweight champion (147 lbs) (2×)
WBC welterweight champion (147 lbs) (2×)
The Ring light middleweight champion (154 lbs)
WBA (Super) welterweight champion (147 lbs)
WBO welterweight champion (147 lbs)
WBC light middleweight champion (154 lbs) (2×)
WBA (Super) light middleweight champion (154 lbs)
Claressa Shields—11 wins (2 knockouts)
and 0 loss
Claressa Maria Shields born on March 17,
1995 is an American professional boxer and
mixed martial artist. She has held multiple
world championships in three weight classes,
including the undisputed female light
middleweight title since March 2021; the
undisputed female middleweight title from
2019 to 2020; and the unified WBC and IBF
female super middleweight titles from 2017 to
2018. Shields currently holds the record for
becoming a two and three-weight world
champion in the fewest professional fights.
Shields is the only boxer in history, female or male, to hold all four major world titles
in boxing—WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO—simultaneously, in two weight classes.
In her decorated amateur career, Shields won gold medals in the women's
middleweight division at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, making her the first American
boxer to win two consecutive Olympic medals.
Katie Taylor—19 wins (6 knockouts) and 0 loss
Katie Taylor born on 2 July 1986 is an
Irish professional boxer and former footballer. Her
nickname was KT or The Bray Bomber. She is a two-
weight world champion and the
current undisputed lightweight champion, having held
the WBA title since 2017; the IBF title since 2018; and
the WBC, WBO, and Ring magazine titles since 2019,
as well as having held the WBO junior-
welterweight title in 2019.
Also, she became one of only eight boxers in history
(female or male) to hold all four major world titles in
boxing—WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO—simultaneously.
In her amateur boxing career, Taylor won five
consecutive gold medals at the Women's World Championships, gold six times at
the European Championships, and gold five times at the European Union
Championships.
Taylor turned professional in 2016 under Matchroom Boxing. As of November 2020,
Taylor is ranked as the world's best active female lightweight by BoxRec and the best
active female, pound-for-pound, by The Ring and BoxRec. She is known for her fast-
paced, aggressive boxing style.
Amanda Serrano—41 wins (30 knockouts), 1 loss
and 1 draw
Amanda Serrano born on October 9, 1988 is a
Puerto Rican professional boxer, mixed martial
artist and professional wrestler. Her nickname was
The Real Deal. As a boxer, she is
the unified featherweight world champion, having
held the WBO title since 2019; the WBC title since
February 2021; and the IBO title since March 2021.
She is the only female, and Puerto Rican, to win
world titles in more than four weight classes, and
holds the Guinness World Record for the most
boxing world championships won in different
weight-classes by a female.
Serrano has been recognized with the Female
Boxer of the Year Award twice (2016 and 2018) by the WBO, an entity that also
granted her the first "Super World Championship" awarded to a woman. As of March
2021, she is ranked as the world's best active female featherweight by The Ring
and BoxRec, and the third best active female, pound for pound, by ESPN and third
by The Ring.
Filipino Boxers
Manny Pacquiao— 62 wins (39
knockouts), 8 losses (3 knockouts) and
2 draws
His full name is Emmanuel Dapidran
Pacquiao, byname Pac-Man. He was
born on December 17, 1978, Kibawe,
Bukidnon province, Mindanao, Philippines.
Pacquiao is the only eight-division world
champion in the history of boxing and has
won twelve major world titles. He was the
first boxer to win the lineal
championship in five different weight
classes (flyweight, featherweight, super
featherweight, light welterweight and welterweight ) and the first boxer to win major
world titles in four of the eight "glamour divisions"
(flyweight, featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight), and is the only boxer to hold
world championships across four decades (1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s). In July
2019, Pacquiao became the oldest welterweight world champion in history at the age
of 40, and the first boxer in history to become a recognized four-time welterweight
champion after defeating Keith Thurman to win the WBA (Super) welterweight title.
On last August 21, 2021, Pacquaio fought Yordenis Ugás of Cuba and lost by
unanimous decision.
Titles Held: WBA welterweight world title (2019), and world titles at welterweight
(2016, 2013 to 2014, 2009 to 2011), super middleweight (2010), super lightweight
(2009), lightweight (2008), super featherweight (2008), super bantamweight (2001),
and flyweight (1998).
Nonito Gonzales Donaire Jr. — 41 wins (27
knockouts) and 6 losses
Born on November 16, 1982 and is
a Filipino professional boxer. He has held
multiple world championships in four weight
classes from flyweight to featherweight, including
the WBC bantamweight title since May 2021. In
addition to being the oldest boxer in history to
become a bantamweight world champion, Donaire
holds the distinction of being the first three-time
champion in that weight class. He has also held
world championships across three consecutive
decades: the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s, being the
sixth boxer to do so after Evander Holyfield, Manny
Pacquiao, Bernard Hopkins, Érik Morales, and Floyd
Mayweather Jr.
In total, Donaire has held nine world titles by the main four boxing sanctioning bodies,
as well as the IBO flyweight title, the WBA interim super flyweight title, and
the Ring magazine and lineal super bantamweight titles. As of June 2021, Donaire is
ranked as the world's second best active bantamweight by The Ring, BoxRec and
the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.
Donaire is popularly known as "The Filipino Flash" due to his fast hand speed and
punching power, and is a two-time winner of The Ring's Knockout of the Year award,
in 2007 and 2011. He reached a peak pound for pound ranking of third by The
Ring in 2011, and was named Fighter of the Year in 2012 by the Boxing Writers
Association of America. Donaire is one of a select few Asian boxers to win world
titles in at least four weight classes, along with fellow Filipinos Manny
Pacquiao and Donnie Nietes.
Major world titles
IBF flyweight champion (112 lbs)
WBC bantamweight champion (118 lbs)
(2x)
WBO bantamweight champion (118 lbs) Interim titles
WBA (Super) bantamweight WBA interim super flyweight champion
champion (118 lbs) (115 lbs)
WBO super bantamweight The Ring Magazine title
champion (122 lbs) (2×)
IBF super bantamweight The Ring super bantamweight
champion (122 lbs) champion (122 lbs)
WBA (Undisputed) featherweight
champion (126 lbs)
Onyok Velasco
Mansueto Velasco Jr. born on June 26, 1972 is a
Filipino boxer from Bago City, Negros Occidental.
He competed in the Men's 48 kg (light-flyweight)
category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta,
and took home the silver medal, the Philippines' only
medal of the games. He is the twin brother of Roel
Velasco, winner of the Olympic bronze in the 1992
Summer Olympics, who is also a light-flyweight.
Before this, he was one of the three Filipino boxers
who clinched gold medals in the 1994 Asian Games
held in Hiroshima, Japan.
Velasco retired from boxing due to lack of government support. Supporting a family
of his own, he found that ipursuing an acting career is more financially sustainable.
Carlo Paalam
He was born on July 16, 1998, in Talakag, Bukidnon.
He is a Filipino boxer. He competed in the men’s
flyweight division at the 2021 Olympic games in Tokyo,
Japan and took home the silver medal that made him
to become the fourth medalist to bring home an
Olympic medal for the Philippines. He is also a gold
medalist in 30th SEA Games light flyweight division.
Nesthy Alcayde Petecio (born April 11, 1992) is
a Filipino amateur boxer. She won a silver medal in the
inaugural women's featherweight event at the 2020
Summer Olympics, becoming the first Filipino woman to
win an Olympic medal in boxing. She also won a silver
medal at the 2014 World Championships and gold at
the 2019 edition.
Representing the Philippines, Petecio went on to compete
in several international competitions. She clinched silver
medals at the 2014 AIBA Women's World
Championships and the 2011 and 2013 Southeast Asian
Games; a bronze medal in the 2012 Asian Championships;
and a gold medal in the 2015 Indonesia President’s Cup.
At the 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in Ulan-Ude, Petecio won
gold in the featherweight division. She ended the year with another gold medal, this
time at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.
Prepared by:
MA. ZSARELL D. DIMAYUGA
BSEd Mathematics II
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