BOXER

Vernon Forrest

1971 - 2009

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Vernon Forrest (February 12, 1971 – July 25, 2009) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the WBC, IBF, Ring magazine and lineal welterweight between 2002 and 2003, and the WBC super welterweight title twice between 2007 and 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vernon Forrest has received more than 649,324 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Vernon Forrest is the 348th most popular boxer (down from 276th in 2019), the 16,919th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,352nd in 2019) and the 93rd most popular American Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 32.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Vernon Forrest ranks 348 out of 496. Before him are Shakur Stevenson, Mohamed Bahari, Roniel Iglesias, Murodjon Akhmadaliev, Susi Kentikian, and Zhang Xiaoping. After him are Beibut Shumenov, Jean Pascal, Shahin Imranov, Amir Khan, Adonis Stevenson, and Bermane Stiverne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Vernon Forrest ranks 892. Before him are Chesney Hawkes, Thérèse Coffey, Iulică Ruican, Patrick Sensburg, Dominic Cummings, and Rolando Tucker. After him are Marcelo Vega, Hideki Nagai, Óscar Sánchez, Eiji Sato, Jared Palmer, and Félicia Ballanger. Among people deceased in 2009, Vernon Forrest ranks 431. Before him are Jocelyn Quivrin, Test, Don Hewitt, Fernando Cornejo, Paula Hawkins, and Claiborne Pell. After him are Henry Surtees, Delara Darabi, Wayman Tisdale, Andy Hallett, Mark Leduc, and Yasmine Belmadi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vernon Forrest ranks 16,919 out of 20,380. Before him are John Baldacci (1955), Nicky Katt (1970), James MacDonough (1970), Adrienne Wilkinson (1977), James Vanderbilt (1975), and Blake Jenner (1992). After him are Heidi Heitkamp (1955), Cody Garbrandt (1991), Cassidy Freeman (1982), Vanessa Taylor (1970), Katy Mixon (1981), and Clark Duke (1985).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Vernon Forrest ranks 93. Before him are Antonio Margarito (1978), Howard Davis Jr. (1956), Andre Ward (1984), Errol Spence Jr. (1990), Timothy Bradley (1983), and Shakur Stevenson (1997). After him are Victor Ortiz (1987), Ryan Garcia (1998), Andre Berto (1983), Demetrius Andrade (1988), Jermain Taylor (1978), and Keith Thurman (1988).

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