BOXERS from Colombia

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Colombian Boxers of all time. This list of famous Colombian Boxers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Jorge Eliécer Julio (1969 - )

With an HPI of 29.60, Jorge Eliécer Julio is the most famous Colombian Boxer.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.

Jorge Eliécer Julio Rocha (born April 4, 1969) is a Colombian former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2003. He is a two-time bantamweight champion, having held the WBA title from 1992 to 1993 and the WBO title from 1998 to 2000. He won a bronze medal in the bantamweight division as an amateur at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

2. Cecilia Brækhus (1981 - )

With an HPI of 27.70, Cecilia Brækhus is the 2nd most famous Colombian Boxer.  Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Cecilia Carmen Linda Brækhus (born 28 September, 1981) is a Norwegian professional boxer and former kickboxer. She reigned as the undisputed female welterweight boxing champion from 2014 to 2020, and is the first woman in any weight class to hold the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO titles simultaneously. Brækhus is also one of only 11 boxers in history, female or male, to hold all four major world titles simultaneously. She also held the IBO title from 2016 to 2020. In 2017, the Boxing Writers Association of America named Brækhus their inaugural Female Fighter of the Year. Guinness World Records awarded her with three recognitions in 2018: the Longest Reigning Female Boxing Champion, the Longest Reign as a Four-Belt Undisputed Boxing Champion, and the Most Bouts Undefeated by a Female World Champion Boxer. Brækhus held the WBC and WBA titles for 11 years and 154 days between 14 March 2009 and 15 August 2020. As of December 2023, she is ranked as the world's best active female super welterweight by BoxRec and the fifth best active female junior middleweight by The Ring.

3. Yuberjen Martínez (1991 - )

With an HPI of 25.65, Yuberjen Martínez is the 3rd most famous Colombian Boxer.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Yurberjen Herney Martínez Rivas (born 1 November 1991) is a Colombian boxer. He won a silver medal in the light flyweight division at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In June 2021, he qualified to represent Colombia at the 2020 Summer Olympics; he decided that that would be the last Olympiad of his career.