The Most Famous
BOXERS from Czechia
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Czech Boxers of all time. This list of famous Czech Boxers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Josef Němec (1933 - 2013)
With an HPI of 44.54, Josef Němec is the most famous Czech Boxer. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Josef Němec (25 September 1933 – 10 September 2013) was a boxer from Czechoslovakia. Born in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia, he competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, going out in the quarter-finals of the heavyweight event. He returned to the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy, again as a heavyweight boxer where he went one better, going out in the semi-final to finish in third place. In Moscow 1963 he became European champion. Němec died in České Budějovice on 10 September 2013, aged 79.
2. Rudolf Kraj (b. 1977)
With an HPI of 32.74, Rudolf Kraj is the 2nd most famous Czech Boxer. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Rudolf Kraj (Czech pronunciation: [ˈrudolf ˈkraj]) (born 5 December 1977 in Mělník, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech boxer.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Czech boxers born between 1933 and 1977. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Czech boxers include Rudolf Kraj. The most famous deceased Czech boxers include Josef Němec. As of April 2024, 1 new Czech boxers have been added to Pantheon including Josef Němec.
