Olympic Boxing Champions and Professional World Champions (39)

Athlete Nation(s) Sport(s) Role(s) Era Notes
Brahim Asloum FRA BOX Olympics 2000 Olympic Gold - 2000 Light-Flyweight; Professional World Champion - WBA Light-Flyweight (2007-2009).
Nino Benvenuti ITA BOX Olympics 1960 Olympic Gold - 1960 Welterweight; Professional World Champion - WBC Middleweight (1967-1967); WBC Middleweight (1968-1970); WBA Middleweight (1967-1967); WBA Middleweight (1968-1970); Undisputed Middleweight (1967-1967); Undisputed Middleweight (1968-1970).
Mark Breland USA BOX Olympics 1984 Olympic Gold - 1984 Welterweight; Professional World Champion - WBA Welterweight (1987-1987); WBA Welterweight (1989-1990).
Joel Casamayor CUB BOX Olympics 1992 Olympic Gold - 1992 Bantamweight; Professional World Champion - WBA Super-Featherweight (2000-2002); WBC Lightweight (2006-2007).
Cassius Clay USA BOX Olympics 1960 Olympic Gold - 1960 Light-heavyweight; Professional World Champion - Undisputed Heavyweight (1964-1964); WBC Heavyweight (1964-1967); Undisputed Heavyweight (1967-1967); Undisputed Heavyweight (1974-1978); WBA Heavyweight (1978-1979).
Oscar De La Hoya USA BOX Olympics 1992 Olympic Gold - 1992 Lightweight; Professional World Champion - WBO Lightweight (1994-1996); WBO Super-Featherweight (1994-1994); IBF Lightweight (1995-1995); WBC Light-Welterweight (1996-1997); WBC Welterweight (1997-1999); WBC Welterweight (2000-2000); WBC Light-Middleweight (2001-2003); WBA Light-Middleweight (2002-2003); WBO Middleweight (2004-2004); WBC Light-Middleweight (2006-2007.
James DeGale GBR BOX Olympics 2008 Olympic Gold - 2008 Middleweight; Professional World Champion - IBF Super-Middleweight (2015-2017, 2018- )
Jackie Fields USA BOX Olympics 1924 Olympic Gold - 1924 Featherweight; Professional World Champion - Undisputed Welterweight (1929-1930).
George Foreman USA BOX Olympics 1968 Olympic Gold - 1968 Super-heavyweight; Professional World Champion - Undisputed Heavyweight (1973-1974); IBF & WBA Heavyweight (1994-1995); IBF Heavyweight (1995-1995).
Joe Frazier USA BOX Olympics 1964 Olympic Gold - 1964 Super-heavyweight; Professional World Champion - WBC Heavyweight (1968-1970); Undisputed Heavyweight (1970-1973).
Yuriorkis Gamboa CUB BOX Olympics 2004 Olympic Gold - 2004 Flyweight; Professional World Champion - WBA Featherweight (2009- ); IBF Featherweight (2010-2011).
Frankie Genaro USA BOX Olympics 1920 Olympic Gold - 1920 Flyweight; Professional World Champion - NBA Flyweight (1928-1931).
Anthony Joshua GBR BOX Olympics 2012 Olympic Gold - 2012 Super-heavyweight; Professional World Champion - IBF Heavyweight 2016
Slobodan Kačar SRB
YUG
BOX Olympics 1980 Olympic Gold - 1980 Light-heavyweight; Professional World Champion - IBF Light-Heavyweight (1985-1986).
Volodymyr Klychko UKR BOX Olympics 1996 Olympic Gold - 1996 Super-heavyweight; Professional World Champion - WBO Heavyweight (2000-2003); IBF Heavyweight (2006- ); WBO Heavyweight (2008- ).
István Kovács HUN BOX Olympics 1992—1996 Olympic Gold - 1992 / 1996 Bantamweight; Professional World Champion - WBO Featherweight (2001-2001).
Fidel LaBarba USA BOX Olympics 1924 Olympic Gold - 1924 Flyweight; Professional World Champion - Undisputed Flyweight (1925-1927).
Sugar Ray Leonard USA BOX Olympics 1976 Olympic Gold - 1976 Light-welterweight; Professional World Champion - WBC Light-Heavyweight (1988-1988); WBC Middleweight (1987-1987); WBC Super-Middleweight (1988-1990); WBA Super-Welterweight (1981-1981); WBC Welterweight (1979-1980); WBC Welterweight (1980-1982); WBA Welterweight (1981-1982).
Lennox Lewis CAN BOX Olympics / Other 1984—1988 Olympic Gold - 1984 / 1988 Super-heavyweight; Professional World Champion - WBC Heavyweight (1992-1994); WBC Heavyweight (1997-1999); IBF, WBA & WBC Heavyweight (1999-2000); IBF & WBC Heavyweight (2000-2001); IBF & WBC Heavyweight (2001-2002); WBC Heavyweight (2002-2004).
Henry Maske GDR BOX Olympics 1988 Olympic Gold - 1988 Middleweight; Professional World Champion - IBF Light-Heavyweight (1993-1996).
Kennedy McKinney USA BOX Olympics 1988 Olympic Gold - 1988 Bantamweight; Professional World Champion - IBF Super-Bantamweight (1992-1994); WBO Super-Bantamweight (1997-1997).
Ray Mercer USA BOX Olympics 1988 Olympic Gold - 1988 Heavyweight; Professional World Champion - WBO Heavyweight (1991-1991).
Patrizio Oliva ITA BOX Olympics 1980 Olympic Gold - 1980 Light-welterweight; Professional World Champion - WBA Super-Lightweight (1986-1987).
Giovanni Parisi ITA BOX Olympics 1988 Olympic Gold - 1988 Featherweight; Professional World Champion - WBO Lightweight (1992-1993); WBO Super-Lightweight (1996-1998).
Mate Parlov CRO
YUG
BOX Olympics 1968—1972 Olympic Gold - 1968 / 1972 Light-heavyweight; Professional World Champion - WBC Light-Heavyweight (1978-1978).
Floyd Patterson USA BOX Olympics 1952 Olympic Gold - 1952 Middleweight; Professional World Champion - Undisputed Heavyweight (1956-1959); Undisputed Heavyweight (1960-1962).
Pascual Pérez ARG BOX Olympics 1948 Olympic Gold - 1948 Flyweight; Professional World Champion - Undisputed Flyweight (1954-1960).
Leo Randolph USA BOX Olympics 1976 Olympic Gold - 1976 Flyweight; Professional World Champion - WBA Super-Bantamweight (1980-1980).
David Reid USA BOX Olympics 1996 Olympic Gold - 1996 Light-middleweight; Professional World Champion - WBA Super-Welterweight (1999-2000).
Willie Smith RSA BOX Olympics 1924 Olympic Gold - 1924 Bantamweight; Professional World Champion - British Pro Bantamweight (1927).
Leon Spinks USA BOX Olympics 1976 Olympic Gold - 1976 Light-heavyweight; Professional World Champion - Undisputed Heavyweight (1978-1978); WBA Heavyweight (1978-1978).
Michael Spinks USA BOX Olympics 1976 Olympic Gold - 1976 Middleweight; Professional World Champion - IBF Heavyweight (1985-1987); IBF Light-Heavyweight (1984-1985); WBC Light-Heavyweight (1983-1985); WBA Light-Heavyweight (1981-1985).
Maurizio Stecca ITA BOX Olympics 1984 Olympic Gold - 1984 Bantamweight; Professional World Champion - WBO Featherweight (1989-1989); WBO Featherweight (1991-1992).
Frank Tate USA BOX Olympics 1984 Olympic Gold - 1984 Light-middleweight; Professional World Champion - IBF Middleweight (1987-1988).
Meldrick Taylor USA BOX Olympics 1984 Olympic Gold - 1984 Featherweight; Professional World Champion - IBF Super-Lightweight (1988-1990); WBA Welterweight (1991-1992).
Andre Ward USA BOX Olympics 2004 Olympic Gold - 2004 Light-heavyweight; Professional World Champion - WBA Super-Middleweight (2009- ).
Pernell Whitaker USA BOX Olympics 1984 Olympic Gold - 1984 Lightweight; Professional World Champion - WBC Lightweight (1989-1995); IBF Super-Lightweight (1992-1992); WBA Super-Welterweight (1995-1995); WBC Welterweight (1993-1997); WBC,WBA,IBF Lightweight (1990-1992).
Vasily Zhirov KAZ BOX Olympics 1996 Olympic Gold - 1996 Light-heavyweight; Professional World Champion - IBF Cruiserweight (1999-2003).
Zou Shiming CHN BOX Olympics 2004—2012 Olympics - 2004 Light-Flyweight (Bronze) 2008 Light-Flyweight (Gold) 2012 Light-Flyweight (Gold) - WBO Flyweight Champion (2016-2017)