Peter Seisenbacher (born March 25, 1960 in Vienna) is one of the most successful judo practitioners and participants of the Olympic Games from Austria. For his first Summer Olympics 1984 in Los Angeles, Seisenbacher exercised in Japan, where he found optimal training conditions. He won his first Olympic gold medal in the Men’s Middleweight... more »
Primo Carnera (October 26, 1906 – June 29, 1967) was an Italian boxer, nicknamed the Ambling Alp, who became the world heavyweight champion. Born in Sequals, then in the Province of Udine, now Province of Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Italy), Carnera was a remarkable 205 cm, tall and weighed 284 pounds (129 kg), at a... more »
Rocky Marciano is one of the hardest punchers ever who’s biggest claim to fame is being the only undefeated Heavyweight champion. Marciano wasn’t that smooth as far as finesse is concerned, but he made up for it by punishing his opponents with power. There’s been a back and forth Marciano debate for decades. Some... more »
Roy Jones, Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American professional boxer. As a professional, he has captured numerous world titles in the middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. He is the only boxer in history to start his career as a light middleweight (154 lbs), and go on to win a... more »
Ryoko Tani (born September 6, 1975) is a japanese female judoka. She is one of the world’s most famous and successful judoka. She is commonly known as ‘Yawara-chan’or ‘Tawara’ (from the title character of Yawara!, a popular judo manga). Since she won the International Women’s Judo Championships in 1990, ‘Yawara-chan’ has gone on to... more »
(born May 17, 1956, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, U.S.) American boxer, known for his agility and finesse, who won 36 of 40 professional matches and several national titles. As an amateur, he took an Olympic gold medal in the light-welterweight class at the 1976 Games in Montreal. By his mid-teens Leonard proved adept at... more »
Many consider Robinson to be the greatest pound for pound boxer of all time. Just boxing prowess considered, he might be. Robinson may be the best combination of boxing talent wrapped up in one man that the world has ever seen. He was a freakish enigma who somehow possessed awesome KO power in his... more »
Toshihiko Koga (born November 21, 1967) is a retired judoka who competed in the -71 kg and -78 kg divisions. Koga was born in Kitashigeyasu, Saga, Japan, and began judo in elementary school. He traveled to Tokyo during junior-high school to enter Kodogakusha, a judo school later attended by Olympic gold medalists Hidehiko Yoshida and... more »
Yoshihiro Akiyama (born July 29, 1975), also known as Choo Sung-hoon, is a Japanese mixed martial artist and judoka. He is a fourth-generation Japanese of Korean descent and acquired Japanese nationality in 2001. He won gold at the 2001 Asian Championships and 2002 Asian Games for South Korea and Japan respectively. As a mixed... more »