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;realname

*Full name, including middle or other names, but leave blank if it is the same as that of the '''name''' field. Consider using {{tl|nowrap}} if the name slightly exceeds the width of the infobox.

;birth_name

*If they have legally changed their name from their birth name to their current one.

;birth_date

*Include either {{tl|birth date and age}} or {{tl|birth date}}. To force DMY format, use <code>df=y</code>.

;birth_place

*Reasonable detail can be used here: boroughs, city, county, regionCity, state/province, and country (including former country names, in the case of boxers born in the [[Soviet Union]] or [[East Germany]]).

;nationality

*Their current citizenship or nationality, but only if different from their country of birth, per [[WP:INFONAT]].

*Do not link to commonly known nationalities such as American, Russian, British, Mexican, Canadian, Australian, German, etc., per [[WP:OVERLINK]].

*For less commonly known nationalities, linking may be used: {{xt|<nowiki>[[United States Virgin Islands|U.S. Virgin Islander]]</nowiki>}}, {{xt|<nowiki>[[Guinea]]n</nowiki>}}, {{xt|<nowiki>[[Suriname]]se</nowiki>}}, {{xt|<nowiki>[[Myanmar|Myanma]]</nowiki>}}.

*Nationalities in which the spelling changes accordingly may also be linked: {{xt|<nowiki>[[Philippines|Filipino]]</nowiki>}}.

*Do not link to articles about ethnicity, such as {{!xt|<nowiki>[[Filipinos|Filipino]]</nowiki>}} or {{!xt|<nowiki>[[Nigerians|Nigerian]]</nowiki>}}, per [[WP:INFONAT]].

*Flag icons ''must not be used'', per [[WP:INFOBOXFLAG]].

*Multiple nationalities should be separated with {{tl|plainlist}}.

;nicknames

*List any verifiable nicknames, separated using {{tl|plainlist}} rather than line breaks (<nowiki><br></nowiki> or <nowiki><br /></nowiki>).

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;reach

*Same as above, except use inches instead of feet and centimetres instead of metres: {{xt|182 cm}} or {{xt|71+1/2 in}}. The latter results in "71½ in".

;nationality

*Their current citizenship or nationality, but only if different from their country of birth, per [[WP:INFONAT]].

*Do not link to commonly known nationalities such as American, Russian, British, Mexican, Canadian, Australian, German, etc., per [[WP:OVERLINK]].

*For less commonly known nationalities, linking may be used: {{xt|<nowiki>[[United States Virgin Islands|U.S. Virgin Islander]]</nowiki>}}, {{xt|<nowiki>[[Guinea]]n</nowiki>}}, {{xt|<nowiki>[[Suriname]]se</nowiki>}}, {{xt|<nowiki>[[Myanmar|Myanma]]</nowiki>}}.

*Nationalities in which the spelling changes accordingly may also be linked: {{xt|<nowiki>[[Philippines|Filipino]]</nowiki>}}.

*Do not link to articles about ethnicity, such as {{!xt|<nowiki>[[Filipinos|Filipino]]</nowiki>}} or {{!xt|<nowiki>[[Nigerians|Nigerian]]</nowiki>}}, per [[WP:INFONAT]].

*Flag icons ''must not be used'', per [[WP:INFOBOXFLAG]].

*Multiple nationalities should be separated with {{tl|plainlist}}.

;birth_name

*If they have legally changed their name from their birth name to their current one.

;birth_date

*Include either {{tl|birth date and age}} or {{tl|birth date}}. To force DMY format, use <code>df=y</code>.

;birth_place

*Reasonable detail can be used here: boroughs, city, county, region, state/province, and country (including former country names, in the case of boxers born in the [[Soviet Union]] or [[East Germany]]).

;style

*Use either {{xt|<nowiki>[[Orthodox stance|Orthodox]]</nowiki>}} or {{xt|<nowiki>[[Southpaw stance|Southpaw]]</nowiki>}}, but not specialised techniques such as {{!xt|<nowiki>[[Switch hitter]]</nowiki>}} or {{!xt|<nowiki>[[Peek-a-Boo (boxing style)|Peek-a-boo]]</nowiki>}}; the latter are not stances.

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==Lead section==

{{See also|MOS:BLPLEAD|Wikipedia:Manual of Style (lead section)|Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies)}}

{{Shortcut|MOS:BOXING/LEAD}}

The lead section should include basic information about a boxer and an overview of their notable accomplishments. Below are several examples depending on whether a boxer has held a world/regional title, if they are a multi-weight world champion, whether they are active or retired, when they competed, if they are living or dead, if their name uses a foreign script, the use of nicknames, or which [[MOS:ENGVAR|variety of English]] is preferable.

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===Example lead sections===

====Active boxers====

{{quotation|'''Boxer Name''' (born January 1, 1980) is an American [[professional boxer]] who has held the [[International Boxing Federation|IBF]] (IBF) [[light heavyweight]] title since 2013.}}

{{quotation|'''Boxer Name''' (born '''Different Name'''; 1 February 1990) is a British [[professional boxer]] who has held the [[WBAWorld (Regular)Boxing Association]] (WBA) [[super-middleweight]] title ([[WBA (Regular)|Regular version]]) since 2015. As an [[amateur boxer]] he represented England at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]], winning a [[light-middleweight]] gold medal.}}

{{quotation|'''Boxer Name''' (born 1 November 1985) is an [[Ivory Coast|Ivorian]] [[professional boxer]] who held the [[WBAWorld (Super)Boxing Association]] (WBA) [[bantamweight]] title ([[WBA (Super)|Super version]]) twice between 2006 to 2009.}}

{{quotation|'''Boxer''' "'''Nickname'''" '''Name''' (born December 1, 1992) is a [[Philippines|Filipino]] [[professional boxer]]. He is a former [[triple champion#Boxing|world champion in three weight classes]], having held multiple titles at [[featherweight]], [[lightweight]] and [[welterweight]], as well as an [[interim championship|interim]] title at [[super bantamweight]]. As of September 2016, he is ranked as the world's ninth best active boxer, [[pound for pound]], by [[boxing pound for pound rankings#BoxRec|BoxRec]].}}

{{quotation|'''Boxer Name''' ({{lang-langx|hy|օրինակ, մարզիկ 10}}; born 1 February 1987), best known as '''Common Name''', is an [[Armenian Canadian]] [[professional boxer]]. She has held the [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] (WBC) female [[super-welterweight]] title since 2009, and previously the [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]] (WBO) female [[welterweight]] and [[junior welterweight]] titles between 2007 and 2009.}}

{{quotation|'''Boxer Name''' (born 1 March 1983) is a Polish [[professional boxer]]. He is the reigning [[undisputed champion|undisputed]] world [[heavyweight]] champion, having held the [[WBA (Unified)]] and [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] titles since 2011; the [[International Boxing Federation|IBF]] title since 2013; and the [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]], ''[[The Ring (magazine)|Ring]]'' magazine and [[lineal championship|lineal]] titles since 2014. As of July 2016, he is ranked as the world's best active boxer, [[pound for pound]], by ''[[boxing pound for pound rankings#The Ring|The Ring]]''; [[boxing pound for pound rankings#BoxRec|BoxRec]]; and the [[boxing pound for pound rankings#Transnational Boxing Rankings Board|Transnational Boxing Rankings Board]].}}

{{quotation|'''Boxer Name''' ({{lang-langx|ru|Пример спортсмен 12}}; born 1 April 1975) is a Russian [[professional boxer]]. He held the [[European Boxing Union|European]] [[middleweight]] title from 1999 to 2004, the [[European Boxing Union|European Union]] middleweight title three times between 2006 and 2011, and has challenged twice for a [[super-middleweight]] world title in 2012 and 2015. As an [[amateur boxer]] he won a [[light-welterweight]] bronze medal at the [[2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships|2010 European Championships]].}}

{{quotation|'''Boxer Name''' (born June 1, 1989) is an Argentine [[professional boxer]] who has held the unified [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] (WBC), [[International Boxing Federation|IBF]] (IBF), and [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]] (WBO) [[super flyweight]] titles since 2013.}}

{{quotation|'''Boxer Name''' (born January 1, 1988) is a Cuban [[amateur boxer]]. He won consecutive [[light heavyweight]] gold medals at the [[1996 Olympics|1996]] and [[2000 Olympics]], and [[heavyweight]] silver medals at the [[2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships|2001 World Championships]].}}

====Former boxers====

{{quotation|"'''Nickname'''" '''Boxer Name''' (born March 1, 1970) is a Mexican former [[professional boxer]] who competed from 1991 to 2004,. andHe held the [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]] (WBO) [[junior heavyweight (boxing)|junior heavyweight]] title in 1998.}}

{{quotation|'''Boxer Name''' (May 1, 1960 – June 1, 2015) was a [[Suriname]]se [[professional boxer]] who competed between 1979 to 2001. He held the [[International Boxing Organization|IBO]] (IBO) [[super featherweight]] title twice between 1990 and 1995, and challenged four times for the [[International Boxing Federation|IBF]] (IBF) [[lightweight]] title between 1996 and 2000.}}

{{quotation|'''Boxer Name''' ({{lang-langx|uk|Приклад спортсмен 6}}; born 1 July 1978) is a Ukrainian former [[amateur boxer]] who won a [[super-heavyweight]] gold medal at the [[1996 Olympics]].}}

[[File:Red x.svg|15px|link=]] An example lead section with just about ''everything'' wrong:

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*If a boxer has challenged for—but not won—a world, [[interim championship|interim]], [[European Boxing Union|European]], [[British Boxing Board of Control|British]], or [[Commonwealth Boxing Council|Commonwealth]] title, mention how many times and at which weight class.

*If they have never won a world title but have defeated a significant number of past or future world champions, then that can be mentioned for notability.

====Rankings====

*[[Pound for pound]] or weight class rankings by ''[[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]]'' magazine, [[Transnational Boxing Rankings Board]], [[ESPN]] and [[BoxRec]] may be included if a boxer has been ranked inside the top ten at any point in their career. Include at least a year when this occurred, with sources from the official websites.

*When referring to these rankings, use pipe links from the [[boxing pound for pound rankings]] article: {{xt|<nowiki>[[boxing pound for pound rankings#</nowiki>''[whichever organisation applies]''<nowiki>|pound for pound]]</nowiki>}}.

*Rankings should be clarified with {{xt|active boxer}} or {{xt|all time}}.

===Sanctioning body, weight class and championship formatting===

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**If a boxer is ''based within'' the UK and Canada, two-word weight classes should be hyphenated: {{xt|super-middleweight}}.

*Weight classes are not proper nouns (see [[MOS:CAPS]] and [[MOS:TITLE]]), regardless of how the sanctioning bodies list them on their websites, therefore they must always be written in lower case: {{xt|super welterweight}}, not {{!xt|Super Welterweight}}.

**The same applies to the words "title", "champion[ship]", "world", "unified", "undisputed", and "interim"; use lower case only. For more on this usage, see [[MOS:ROLEBIO]] and [[MOS:JOBTITLES]].

**Exceptions include the in-house names of certain titles by sanctioning bodies: Continental, International, Inter-Continental, Silver, Super, Regular, Unified, Undisputed, Asia Pacific, Pan Pacific, Latino, Fedelatin, Junior, etc. The weight classes themselves must still be in lower case.

**[[Lineal championship]]s, and general use of the term "lineal", must be written in lower case and without italics: {{xt|lineal}}, not {{!xt|''Lineal''}}.

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All boxers should ideally have two tables displaying both their professional record and a collapsible summary. [[BoxRec]] is usually the best source for detailed information, but for some fights there are often missing elements such as total rounds; round-end times; reasons for an unusual ending such as a TD, DQ, or NC; or incorrect result types (KO instead of TKO, etc.) Such details can be verified using video footage if available. Although references are not needed within the table, be prepared to provide one if challenged on anything in particular, especially if it contradicts BoxRec.

A fight should not be added to the record until after it has been [[WP:V|verified]] to have taken place; it is not intended to be a schedule of events. Professional boxing fights are subject to cancellation on the same day, even if widely confirmed by promoters, TV networks or via press conferences. Speculative or potential fights absolutely must not be added, per [[WP:CRYSTAL]]; they can instead be mentioned using prose in the ''Professional career'' section above.

Fight records can be time-consuming to create, therefore they are not essential if an article is only in its early stages, or if a boxer is not particularly notable. However, a complete fight record is necessary for [[WP:GA|good article]] or [[WP:FA|featured article]] status.

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|6

|style="background:#DDD"|{{abbr|NC|No contest}}

|{{nowrap|3–1–1 {{small|(1)}}}}

|style="text-align:left;"|Opponent

|{{abbr|NC|No contest}}

|TKO

|7 (12), {{small|1:24}}

|Jun 2, 2010

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**Loss – <code><nowiki>|{{no2}}Loss</nowiki></code>

**Draw – <code><nowiki>|{{draw}}Draw</nowiki></code>

**No contest – <code><nowiki>|style="background:#DDD"|{{abbr|NC|No contest}}</nowiki></code>

**Newspaper decision or draw – <code><nowiki>|style="background:#FEE1BC"|Win</nowiki></code>, <code><nowiki>|style="background:#FEE1BC"|Loss</nowiki></code>, or <code><nowiki>|style="background:#FEE1BC"|Draw</nowiki></code>

;Record

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**"RTD" – [[corner retirement]]

**"DQ" – [[disqualification (boxing)|disqualification]]

**"NC" – [[no contest (combat sports)|no contest]]

**"NC" – [[no contest (combat sports)|no contest]]; use only if a fight was actually declared as such at the time (e.g., ended before the completion of four rounds, per Unified Rules of Boxing), otherwise retain the original outcome and indicate a no contest using the ''Result'' column

*To let uninformed readers know what the abbreviations mean, use {{tl|abbr}} to create hoverable tooltips starting from the bottom of the table on the first instance only: <code><nowiki>{{abbr|UD|Unanimous&nbsp;decision}}</nowiki></code>, which displays as "{{abbr|UD|Unanimous decision}}". This is essential to avoid confusion between the identically-named abbreviations.

;Round(s), time

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*The order should be: venue, city/town/commune/municipality, state/province (U.S. and Canada only), and country; all separated by commas.

*If the venue is not known, listing only the city—or at a bare minimum, country—is acceptable.

*The unsponsored name of the venue should be primarily used where one exists and not the sponsored name at the time as per [[WP:COMMONNAME|common name rules]]. If a venue does not have a common unsponsored name and/or the sponsored name (where thethere is no common unsponsored name) has since changed, use the name by which it was known at the time of the fight. There is usually no need to pipe link the current name, as Wikipedia's own [[WP:REDIRECT|redirect]] will usually handle it, or one can be manually created.

*In general, if the article for a venue contains the city or state name in the title, use a pipe link to avoid redundancy: {{xt|<nowiki>[[Liverpool Arena]]</nowiki>, England}} or {{xt|<nowiki>[[Connecticut Convention Center|Convention Center]]</nowiki>, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.}} or {{xt|<nowiki>[[Ice Arena Wales|Ice Arena]]</nowiki>, Cardiff, Wales}}.

**For arenas with the city name forming the first part of the article title, a pipe is not necessary: [[Bolton Arena]] or [[Boston Garden]].

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