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Pages in category "Nicknames in boxing" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Brown Bomber; D.
" Os" (Afrikaans nickname, which means Ox) = Os du Randt, Prop "Kwagga" = Kwagga Smith, flanker "The Enforcer" = Bakkies Botha, lock "The Beast" = Tendai Mtawarira, Prop " l'Homme des Cavernes" (The Caveman) = Sébastien Chabal, number eight "Pocket Rocket" = Brent Russell, Utility players "Pocket Dynamo" = Gio Aplon, Fullback / Wing
Name Nationality Trainer Weight (lb) Division Style Team Years active Ranking; Michele Aboro UK: 54 kilograms (119 lb) Super Bantamweight: Boxing: 1995–2001 Conjestina Achieng Kenya: Middleweight: Boxing: 2000–2009 Marcela Acuña Argentina: 55 kilograms (121 lb) Super Bantamweight: Boxing: 1997– Nicola Adams England: 51 kilograms (112 lb ...
On 9 August 2024, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif defeated Yang Liu of China in the final to win an Olympic gold medal. [37] [38] Khelif therefore became Algeria's first female gold medalist in boxing, as well as the country's first boxer of any gender to win a medal since Mohamed Allalou in 2000 [39] and the first to win a gold medal since Hocine Soltani in 1996.
This is a list of nickname-related list articles on Wikipedia. A nickname is "a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name." [ 1 ] A nickname is often considered desirable, symbolising a form of acceptance, but can sometimes be a form of ridicule.
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Major U.S. promoter Bob Arum (Top Rank Boxing's head) had made their match the main event of a card (with otherwise male boxing matches) called "Million Dollar Lady". Each woman was guaranteed $250,000 (U.S.), with the winner receiving an extra $750,000; however, on July 20, it was announced that she had ruptured an Achilles tendon while ...
This is a list of notable female kickboxers. This list shows kickboxers and professional competitors of other martial arts such as bama-lethwei ( burmese boxing ), kickboxing , pradal serey (khmer boxing), sanshou (sanda), savate boxing and shoot boxing .