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The 15 Best Olympic Boxers Who Turned Professional

by YPB Team

Gold in the amateurs is one career. What each of them did next is the argument.

  1. Lennox Lewis — ranked #11
    Lennox Lewis
    Won heavyweight gold for Canada in Seoul in 1988 before boxing for Britain.
    1000pts
  2. Andre Ward — ranked #22
    Andre Ward
    The last American man to win Olympic boxing gold, in Athens in 2004.
    900pts
  3. Claressa Shields — ranked #33
    Claressa Shields
    Won gold in London and Rio, then became undisputed champion in three professional divisions.
    900pts
  4. Oleksandr Usyk — ranked #44
    Oleksandr Usyk
    Won heavyweight gold in London in 2012 and became undisputed in two professional divisions.
    812pts
  5. Vasiliy Lomachenko — ranked #55
    Vasiliy Lomachenko
    Won gold in Beijing and London with an amateur record reported at 396-1.
    771pts
  6. Joe Frazier — ranked #66
    Joe Frazier
    Won heavyweight gold in Tokyo in 1964 with a broken thumb.
    680pts
  7. Muhammad Ali — ranked #77
    Muhammad Ali
    Won light heavyweight gold in Rome in 1960 as Cassius Clay.
    680pts
  8. Anthony Joshua — ranked #88
    Anthony Joshua
    Won super heavyweight gold at his home Olympics in 2012.
    508pts
  9. Katie Taylor — ranked #99
    Katie Taylor
    Won lightweight gold in London in 2012 and headlined Madison Square Garden as a professional.
    508pts
  10. George Foreman — ranked #1010
    George Foreman
    Won heavyweight gold in Mexico City in 1968 and waved a small American flag in the ring.
    507pts
  11. Floyd Mayweather — ranked #1111
    Floyd Mayweather
    Took featherweight bronze in Atlanta in 1996 and never lost again as a professional.
    273pts
  12. Oscar De La Hoya — ranked #1212
    Oscar De La Hoya
    Won lightweight gold in Barcelona in 1992 and was sold as the Golden Boy from day one.
    273pts
  13. Sugar Ray Leonard — ranked #1313
    Sugar Ray Leonard
    Won light welterweight gold in Montreal in 1976 and turned professional the same year.
    0pts
  14. Guillermo Rigondeaux — ranked #1414
    Guillermo Rigondeaux
    Won bantamweight gold in Sydney and Athens before defecting and turning professional.
    0pts
  15. Wladimir Klitschko — ranked #1515
    Wladimir Klitschko
    Won super heavyweight gold in Atlanta in 1996, the same Games as Mayweather.
    0pts

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Featherweight bronze in Atlanta in 1996 puts Mayweather here; Pacquiao never went to an Olympics: https://youpick.best/articles/mayweather-vs-pacquiao-ranked

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