The Most Famous
BOXERS from Chile
This page contains a list of the greatest Chilean Boxers. The pantheon dataset contains 496 Boxers, 2 of which were born in Chile. This makes Chile the birth place of the 51st most number of Boxers behind Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Chilean Boxers of all time. This list of famous Chilean Boxers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Carlos Lucas (1930 - 2022)
With an HPI of 50.91, Carlos Lucas is the most famous Chilean Boxer. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Carlos Lucas Manríquez (4 June 1930 – 19 April 2022) was a Chilean boxer. He won the bronze medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. He also claimed the bronze in the same weight category at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago, United States.
2. Claudio Barrientos (1936 - 1982)
With an HPI of 50.17, Claudio Barrientos is the 2nd most famous Chilean Boxer. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Claudio "Tripa" Barrientos (born November 10, 1935, in Osorno — died May 7, 1982) was a Chilean boxer, who won the bronze medal in the bantamweight (119.5 pounds) division at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. A year earlier he won the silver medal at the Pan American Games in the featherweight division. His nickname was Tripa. Barrientos died at age 46.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Chilean boxers born between 1930 and 1936. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Chilean boxers include Carlos Lucas, and Claudio Barrientos. As of April 2024, 2 new Chilean boxers have been added to Pantheon including Carlos Lucas, and Claudio Barrientos.
