Wikipedia:WikiProject Boxing/MOSGuidelines

This is a style guide for biographical articles about

An article should ideally begin with {{infobox boxer}}. Alternatively, {{infobox martial artist}} can be used if a boxer has competed at least once in MMA or kickboxing, or if their amateur boxing record is reliably sourced, but this should not replace {{infobox boxer}} without discussion at the article talk page.

Example Boxer
Boxer (right) vs. Opponent, 2006
Born	An Example Pugilist (1981-10-26) October 26, 1981 (age 42) Hamilton, Bermuda
Nationality	American Czech
Other names	Ex
Statistics
Weight(s)	Welterweight Light middleweight Middleweight Super middleweight Light heavyweight
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Reach	76 in (193 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	25
Wins	18
Wins by KO	8
Losses	3
Draws	2
No contests	2
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Czech Republic World Championships 2001 Belfast Lightweight Junior World Championships Buenos Aires 1998 Featherweight EU Championships Strasbourg 2003 Welterweight Olympic Games 2004 Athens Light welterweight European Championships 2002 Perm Welterweight

name

• The name by which a boxer is best known within mainstream English-language media, excluding middle names in most cases.
• Per
  Sergio Gabriel Martínez
  .

image

• Use an image if available (check Commons), in accordance with
  Wikipedia's image policies
  .
• For images containing large amounts of lightness or completely white space, use {{!}}border at the end of the filename extension: Filename.jpg{{!}}border

caption

• Last name only, and year if known: Holmes in 1997 or Foreman at [event], 2011. Sentence fragments should not use a closing period, per
  WP:CAPFRAG
  .
• If the image includes an opponent, use only the opponent's last name for brevity and pipe-link if possible: Frazier (left), vs. [[Muhammad Ali|Ali]], 1974

realname

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

nicknames

• List any verifiable nicknames, separated using {{plainlist}} rather than line breaks (<br> or <br />).
• For non-English nicknames, use italics, and if possible, provide a translation using quotes within brackets: El Flaco Explosivo<br>("The Explosive Thin Man"). Line breaks can be used in this instance, rather than a separate bullet.

weight

• List all weight classes in which they have notably competed, separated using {{plainlist}} and starting with the lightest first.
• If they have only competed a few times at a certain weight, with neither a major nor minor title at stake, do not include it. If at least a minor title was at stake for one fight, include that weight class.
• The various boxing sanctioning bodies each have their own naming format for weight classes, but Wikipedia's own article titles should be used in this field. For more on this usage, including formatting details such as case and hyphenation, see the
  Lead section
  below.
• The actual weight figure in brackets should not be included: Bantamweight (118 lbs)

height

• This field autoconverts the figure without the need for conversion templates: 5 ft 11 in or 1.80 m, depending on regional unit preference. If their height is disputed, BoxRec is usually a sufficient source, but a tale of the tape from recent fights (always specify the network) may be better: Showtime Championship Boxing tale of the tape prior to the Opponent fight.

reach

• Same as above, except use inches instead of feet and centimetres instead of metres: 182 cm or 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: [[United States Virgin Islands|U.S. Virgin Islander]], [[Guinea]]n, [[Suriname]]se, [[Myanmar|Myanma]].
• Nationalities in which the spelling changes accordingly may also be linked: [[Philippines|Filipino]].
• Do not link to articles about ethnicity, such as [[Filipinos|Filipino]] or [[Nigerians|Nigerian]], per
  WP:INFONAT
  .
• Flag icons must not be used, per
  WP:INFOBOXFLAG
  .
• Multiple nationalities should be separated with {{plainlist}}.

birth_name

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

birth_date

• Include either {{birth date and age}} or {{birth date}}. To force DMY format, use df=y.

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 [[Orthodox stance|Orthodox]] or [[Southpaw stance|Southpaw]], but not specialised techniques such as [[Switch hitter]] or [[Peek-a-Boo (boxing style)|Peek-a-boo]]; the latter are not stances.

losses

• Omit "0" even if they are undefeated, as this is rendered redundant by the total field. Same for draws and no contests; only fill them in when "1" or more applies.

medaltemplates

• If they have won medals at notable amateur events, include {{medal}} on a new line below the field.
• Note that flag icons should be used in this field only, as amateur boxers explicitly represent nationalities or national teams.
• Remove the field entirely if they never won any medals.
• For brevity, shorten
  World Amateur Boxing Championships to World Championships, and European Amateur Boxing Championships
  to European Championships.

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

Example lead sections

Active boxers

Boxer Name (born January 1, 1980) is an American

professional boxer who has held the IBF light heavyweight

title since 2013.

Boxer Name (born 1 November 1985) is an

WBA (Super) bantamweight

title twice between 2006 to 2009.

Boxer "Nickname" Name (born December 1, 1992) is a

professional boxer. He is a former world champion in three weight classes, having held multiple titles at featherweight, lightweight and welterweight, as well as an interim title at super bantamweight. As of September 2016, he is ranked as the world's ninth best active boxer, pound for pound, by BoxRec

.

Boxer Name (born 1 March 1983) is a Polish

WBA (Unified) and WBC titles since 2011; the IBF title since 2013; and the WBO, Ring magazine and lineal titles since 2014. As of July 2016, he is ranked as the world's best active boxer, pound for pound, by The Ring; BoxRec; and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board

.

Boxer Name (

light-welterweight bronze medal at the 2010 European Championships

.

Boxer Name (born June 1, 1989) is an Argentine

professional boxer who has held the unified WBC, IBF, and WBO super flyweight

titles since 2013.

Boxer Name (born January 1, 1988) is a Cuban

2000 Olympics, and heavyweight silver medals at the 2001 World Championships

.

Boxer Name (May 1, 1960 – June 1, 2015) was a

professional boxer who competed between 1979 to 2001. He held the IBO super featherweight title twice between 1990 and 1995, and challenged four times for the IBF lightweight

title between 1996 and 2000.

Boxer Name (born on August the 13th of 1994 in

Middleweight Title holder. He is promoted by Big Bucks Promotions and managed by Bux Kelinsky and trained by former American Light-Weight World Champion Eddie Trainer

. He has beaten 10 former World Champions including Boxer #1, Boxer #2, Boxer #3 and Boxer #4.

• If a boxer is no longer active, list the year ranges when they competed: ... competed from 1998 to 2005 if they had a steady career without long gaps, or ... competed between 2000 and 2011 if they spent many years out of the sport; e.g., George Foreman.
  • Use former professional boxer instead of retired professional boxer, as a retired athlete may still be in various forms of employment regardless of their age.
• It is not necessary to pipe link [[professional boxing|professional boxer]] or [[amateur boxing|amateur boxer]], as this is discouraged by
  MOS:NOPIPE
  . Also avoid splitting links: [[professional boxing|professional]] [[boxing|boxer]].
• Undefeated records for active boxers should not be emphasised, per
  neutral point of view
  .
  • If a boxer retired or died undefeated, particularly if they held a major world title at the time, link to the
    list of undefeated boxing world champions
    article.
• Notable wins or opponents should usually not be included in the lead section, as that does not represent a concise overview of the article; it does not present a neutral point of view; and there is no objective way to determine what makes a victory notable. If it is believed that a single notable victory should be added for a specific boxer, discuss it first on the article's talk page or on the talk page of this WikiProject to determine by consensus whether or not that information should go in the lead section.
• Trainers, promoters or managers should usually not be listed, per
  WP:PROMO, but can be mentioned in the Professional career
  section if they are relevant.

• As with the infobox, avoid pipe linking to commonly known nationalities such as [[United States|American]], [[Mexico|Mexican]], etc.
• If a boxer holds dual nationalities, relevant articles may be linked: [[Armenians in Germany|Armenian German]], [[Haitian American]], [[British Canadian]], [[Greek Australian]], etc.
  • Do not link to such articles if a boxer is no longer a citizen of their country of birth; only link to the nationalities they currently represent.
• Ethnicity, besides country of citizenship, should not be mentioned in this section, per
  MOS:BLPLEAD
  . They are better placed in the Early life or Personal life sections.
• For former boxers, use [Nationality] former professional boxer instead of the nonsensical former [Nationality] professional boxer, as boxers are unlikely to be made stateless.

Nicknames

• If they are exceptionally well known by their nickname, such as James "Buster" Douglas, Donovan "Razor" Ruddock or Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez, then that can be included as part of the opening sentence.
  • In almost every other case, state their nickname afterwards and expand upon it if there is an interesting story to tell. For more on the general usage of nicknames, see
    MOS:LEADALT
    .

Titles

• It is best practice to avoid the use of "current" for titleholders, per
  MOS:REALTIME
  . Where possible, try to use ... has held the IBF lightweight title since... rather than ... is the current IBF lightweight champion, although this becomes less feasible for unified titles won in different years.
• For past title reigns, use year ranges except for the current year; for title reigns beginning or ending in the current year, use month ranges.
• If a boxer has challenged for—but not won—a world, interim, European, British, or 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, 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: [[boxing pound for pound rankings#[whichever organisation applies]|pound for pound]].
• Rankings should be clarified with active boxer or all time.

Sanctioning body, weight class and championship formatting

These are the formats used by the four main sanctioning bodies, The Ring magazine, the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB), and Wikipedia's own articles:

Weight classes

• For weight classes composed of two words, do not use hyphens if a boxer is based within anywhere in the world except the United Kingdom and Canada: light heavyweight.
  • If a boxer is based within the UK and Canada, two-word weight classes should be hyphenated: super-middleweight.
• Weight classes are not proper nouns (see
  MOS:TITLE
  ), regardless of how the sanctioning bodies list them on their websites, therefore they must always be written in lower case: super welterweight, not 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: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 championships, and general use of the term "lineal", must be written in lower case and without italics: lineal, not Lineal.

Sanctioning bodies and their titles

World title terminology

If a boxer has won a title by only one sanctioning body in a weight class:

• Check the comparison table above or the website of that sanctioning body to see which format they use, then reproduce it using lower case.
• Therefore, use the sanctioning body-specific WBO junior heavyweight rather than WBO cruiserweight, as the redirect—
  junior heavyweight (boxing)
  —will point to the same article.
• Likewise, use WBC super lightweight or IBF junior welterweight rather than light welterweight.

If a boxer has won titles by multiple sanctioning bodies which use different formats for the same weight class:

• Wikipedia's own neutral article names (which are in accordance with amateur boxing) should be invoked so as to avoid
  cruft
  and confusion: WBC and IBF light middleweight instead of WBC super welterweight and IBF junior middleweight. Uninformed readers may interpret the latter to mean two different weight classes.
  • Wherever necessary, entire articles should be retroactively edited to reflect this: if a boxer holding the WBA super lightweight title later wins the WBO junior welterweight title, both formats must be consolidated to light welterweight only, which is how Wikipedia's own article is named.

If a boxer has won titles by multiple sanctioning bodies which share the same weight class format:

• They can be used together: WBA and WBC super bantamweight or IBF, WBO, and The Ring magazine junior featherweight.

Other major or non-world level sanctioning bodies: IBO [7], EBU [8], BBBofC [9], CBC [10].

• In the lead section and article body, most sanctioning bodies should be fully worded on the first mention: World Boxing Association (WBA). They can be abbreviated in tables and succession boxes.
  • Exceptions include European instead of European Boxing Union or EBU; British instead of British Boxing Board of Control or BBBofC; and Commonwealth instead of Commonwealth Boxing Council or CBC.
• For the lead section, do not link to Wikipedia's lists of champions by sanctioning body: [[list of IBF world champions#Flyweight|IBF flyweight]]. This is because simplicity must be retained for any readers unaware of boxing terminology and individual title histories. The sanctioning body and weight class should instead be linked separately: [[International Boxing Federation]] (IBF) [[flyweight]].
  • This also applies to other list articles such as
    list of undisputed boxing champions
    ; they should be linked as [[undisputed championship (boxing)|undisputed champion]].
  • In later sections containing more detail, namely
    Titles in boxing
    , the aforementioned lists of champions by sanctioning body should be used.
• To separate sanctioning bodies within prose or lists, use commas along with "and": WBA, WBC, and IBF. Not WBA, WBC & IBF or WBA/WBC/IBF.
• When referring to a specific sanctioning body, use title instead of championship for brevity. Also avoid the overly verbose champion[ship] of the world.
• Avoid using "world" after a sanctioning body: WBC world super featherweight title. This is redundant in that the WBA, WBC, and WBO already have "World" in their names, and they should be assumed to be world titles by default unless otherwise specified as regional titles.
• For active former champions, use ... is a former... instead of ... the former...; boxers are a former champion within a title's ongoing history, one of many, not the only champion.
• If a boxer has won a world (not interim) title in two weight classes, this can be expressed with a piped link: [[weight class (boxing)|world champion in two weight classes]].
  • For more than two weight classes, link to the articles for either
    sextuple, septuple, or octuple champion
    to convey the significance: [[triple champion|world champion in three weight classes]] or He/she has [[quintuple champion|won world titles in five different weight classes]].
• If a boxer holds world (not interim) titles by multiple sanctioning bodies, list them in the order of their establishment: WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO lightweight.
  • Interim titles (and their sanctioning bodies) should be listed after full world titles: IBF, WBO, and WBC interim middleweight.
  • IBO titles should be listed after interim titles, followed by any regional titles by the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO.
  • The Ring titles should be listed after all sanctioning bodies.
  • Undisputed titles should be listed after The Ring, followed by lineal titles.
  • Lastly comes European, British, then Commonwealth.
• When listing previously held titles, start with the lightest weight class first: ... the WBC featherweight, IBF and WBO junior featherweight, and Ring magazine lightweight titles.
  • Disregard the above if listing the year ranges when titles were held: ... held the WBA cruiserweight title in 1999, and previously the WBO and Ring magazine light heavyweight titles from 2001 to 2004.
• If a boxer holds two or more titles by the four main sanctioning bodies (not the IBO or Ring), include "unified" to convey the significance; ... the unified WBC and IBF mini flyweight titles.

• For interim titles, pipe link using [[interim championship|interim]].
• When invoking sanctioning bodies, use [sanctioning body] interim [weight class] instead of interim [sanctioning body] [weight class]: WBO interim lightweight title.
• WP:SEAOFBLUE tends to be unavoidable with strings such as "WBC interim heavyweight
  title".
• Affiliated regional organisations such as the
  USNBC, or NABO
  should be linked separately to the main organisation, with a dash (–): WBA–NABA, WBC–USBNC, WBO–NABO.
• WBC "Silver" title:

... redirects to World Boxing Council#WBC Silver

• WBC "Diamond" title:

[[WBC Diamond]] – "

WBC Diamond

"

... redirects to World Boxing Council#Diamond Championship

• WBC "Emeritus" title:

[[WBC Emeritus]] – "

WBC Emeritus

"

... redirects to World Boxing Council#Championship

• WBA "Super" and other titles:

[[WBA (Super)]] – "

WBA (Super)

"

[[WBA (Regular)]] – "

WBA (Regular)

"

[[WBA (Unified)]] – "

WBA (Unified)

"

[[WBA (Undisputed)]] – "

WBA (Undisputed)

"

... all redirect to World Boxing Association#Super titles

• WBO "Super" title:

[[WBO Super champion]] – "

WBO Super champion

"

... redirects to World Boxing Organization#Super titles

Lineal championships

There is no single canonical list of lineal champions. Do not include the lineal championship in lists of champions, record tables or succession boxes. Lineal champions are a point of view and should follow the

• Avoid stating it as a fact. A lineal championship is an opinion and should not be stated in
  Wikipedia's voice
  .
• Avoid
  undue weight by not including lineal championships in lead sections unless it is a widely held viewpoint; i.e, a range of sources are needed than just the lists at Cyber Boxing Zone or the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board
  .

This section should outline a boxer's life prior to getting involved with the sport. Include the details of their childhood: place of birth, schools attended, sibling information or parents' occupation is optional. Trainers with whom they worked, as well as boxing gyms attended, should be included here. Recent details such as information on the fighter's other careers, their marriage(s), children, pets, etc. should go in the Life after boxing/Personal life section instead. All content must be reliably referenced.

If a boxer fought as an amateur, list any highlights, notable opponents, and fight record if reliably sourced. Also describe any participation at such events as the

Describe a boxer's journey from their debut professional fight to their most recent one. Feel free to express your creativity and

If their early career did not have many highlights, skip to their first regional title fights if applicable. If they had a long streak of KO/TKO wins early on, mention that as a point of interest. World title fights should be expanded upon in as much detail as possible, so as to ensure

As with the lead section, if a boxer has won multiple titles in the same weight class, default to Wikipedia's neutral naming format: "On November 7, 2002, [Boxer] won the

Accolades such as Fighter of the Year, Fight of the Year, Knockout of the Year, or Upset of the Year should be included using piped links: [[The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]].

Trainers, promoters, and managers may be mentioned in this section if they are particularly relevant to the boxer's career.

If a boxer has led an eventful retirement, consider mentioning things such as:

• Relationships or marriages
• Community activities
• Becoming a trainer themselves
• Opening their own gym
• Awards received
• Health issues
• Troubles with the law (must be reliably sourced to comply with
  biographies of living persons
  )

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

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

Until 2016, almost all record tables used {{

Another parameter in need of removal from most record tables is font-size:95%, which does not adhere to

==Professional boxing record==
{{Boxing record summary
|draws=<!-- Draws -->
|nc=<!-- No contests -->
|ko-wins=<!-- Knockout wins -->
|ko-losses=<!-- Knockout losses -->
|dec-wins=<!-- Decision wins -->
|dec-losses=<!-- Decision losses -->
|dq-wins=<!-- Disqualification wins -->
|dq-losses=<!-- Disqualification losses -->
}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" 
|-
!{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!Result
!Record
!Opponent
!Type
!Round(s), time
!Date
!Location
!Notes
|-
|<!-- Fight number in descending order -->
|<!-- Win, loss, draw, or no contest -->
|<!-- Boxer's post-fight record -->
|style="text-align:left;"|<!-- Name of opponent -->
|<!-- Result type -->
|<!-- Round number if stopped, total number of scheduled rounds, and time of stoppage if available -->
|<!-- Fight date -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|<!-- Location -->}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|<!-- Titles at stake; reasons for TD, DQ, or NC -->}}
|}

|-
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• For the first table, use {{Boxing record summary}} and input the various statistics which apply. Similarly to the infobox, leave any non-applicable fields blank instead of including a "0", or remove the fields entirely if the boxer has retired.
• All links in the Location and Notes columns should begin from the bottom of the table, and only linked on the first instance without repeating. For more, see
  WP:OVERLINK
  .
  • Names in the Opponent column, in the case of rematches, are the only element which may be linked repeatedly.
• Location and Notes should use the {{small}} template, as they contain the largest amount of text compared to the other columns.

No.

• A boxer's total number of fights, in descending order (most recent on top).

Result

• Use one of five different outcomes:
  • Win – |{{yes2}}Win
  • Loss – |{{no2}}Loss
  • Draw – |{{draw}}Draw
  • No contest – |style="background:#DDD"|{{abbr|NC|No contest}}
  • Newspaper decision or draw – |style="background:#FEE1BC"|Win, |style="background:#FEE1BC"|Loss, or |style="background:#FEE1BC"|Draw

Record

• List a boxer's post-fight record, using a format of wins–losses–draws (no contests in brackets and small text), separated by unspaced en dashes (–).
• When no contests apply, use {{nowrap}}: {{nowrap|29–3–1 {{small|(2)}}}}
• For newspaper decisions or draws, use {{
  N/A
  }}, as they do not count towards their official record.

Opponent

• Per this RfC, no flag icons should be included in professional boxing record tables.
• Wiki-link only if an article exists; no
  red linking
  unless an article is guaranteed to be made soon.

Type

• Use one of the many different outcomes:
  • "UD" – unanimous decision or unanimous draw
  • "SD" – split decision or split draw
  • "MD" – majority decision or majority draw
  • "PTS" – points decision or points draw
  • "NWS" – newspaper decision or newspaper draw; this result type will only apply to historical boxers from the early 1900s
  • "TD" – technical decision or technical draw
    • If judges' scorecards are available, clarify in the Notes column if the TD was unanimous, split, majority, or on referee points, along with the reason: Split TD: ...
  • "KO" – knockout
  • "TKO" –
    technical knockout
  • "RTD" – corner retirement
  • "DQ" – disqualification
  • "NC" – 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 {{abbr}} to create hoverable tooltips starting from the bottom of the table on the first instance only: {{abbr|UD|Unanimous decision}}, which displays as "UD". This is essential to avoid confusion between the identically-named abbreviations.

Round(s), time

• Round in which the fight ended; followed by the total number of scheduled rounds in brackets, if available; and the exact time of stoppage (time elapsed, not remaining) if available, using M:SS in small text and brackets. Do not use line breaks.
• For decisions or draws which reached the full distance, the total rounds in brackets is redundant and should not be included.

Date

• For most boxers, use either MDY or DMY formats (three-letter months: Jan 1, 2016 or 1 Jan 2016), or YYYY-MM-DD for Japanese boxers (e.g., 2016-01-01), per
  MOS:DATEFORMAT
  . Dashes (–) or forward slashes (/) should not be used.
• If there is a separate article for the fight, or if a boxer fought on the undercard of an event which has an article, use a piped link: [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao|May 2, 2015]].

Location

• The abovementioned RfC regarding flag icons also applies here; they should not be included.
• 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.
• If a venue's 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
  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: [[Echo Arena Liverpool|Echo Arena]], Liverpool, England or [[Connecticut Convention Center|Convention Center]], Hartford, Connecticut, U.S..
  • For arenas with the city name forming the first part of the article title, a pipe is not necessary: Bolton Arena or Boston Garden.
• If possible, avoid describing the venue too broadly, such as a larger casino complex in which an arena is located. If there is an article for an arena within a venue, use that:
  • MGM Grand Garden Arena, not MGM Grand Las Vegas
  • The Joint, not Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas
  • Mohegan Sun Arena, not Mohegan Sun
  • The O2 Arena, not The O2
• Several casino venues in Atlantic City are too broadly described by BoxRec, when they actually took place in arenas or halls. All of the following will correctly link or redirect to the corresponding articles:
  • Harrah's Marina Resort
    )
  • Trump Taj Mahal
    )
  • Circus Maximus Showroom (at Caesars Atlantic City
    )
  • Resorts International
    )
    • BoxRec almost always incorrectly lists the Atlantic City Convention Hall (known as Boardwalk Hall from May 1997 onwards) as the Atlantic City Convention Center. For fights occurring before May 1997, use a pipe link of [[Boardwalk Hall|Convention Hall]].
    • Another mistake BoxRec sometimes makes is to refer to
      Bally's Park Place
      as the Atlantic City Convention Center. If in doubt, video footage may be needed to confirm such discrepancies.
• Many venues in Las Vegas are not actually in the
  city of Las Vegas proper, but rather within unincorporated towns in Nevada state. Therefore, check to see if a venue is in Paradise, Nevada; Winchester, Nevada; North Las Vegas, Nevada; Henderson, Nevada; or indeed Las Vegas itself. The broader Las Vegas Valley
  should not be used, as that is a metropolitan area.
• Do not include neighbourhoods, boroughs, or suburbs of a city (sometimes acceptable). Wherever possible, also avoid districts, regions, counties, departments, reservations, or metropolitan areas:
  • London, England, not Greenwich, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  • New York City, New York, US, not Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
  • Ledyard, Connecticut, not Mashantucket, Connectictut
  • Montville, Connecticut, not Uncasville, Connecticut
    • For some U.S. states this will vary greatly, particularly hamlets and towns of New York. In the absence of a city designator, the next highest should be a town.
• Wiki-link everything if possible, except for country, on the first instance only.
  • If a city name also contains the country name, pipe link only the city: [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]], Puerto Rico
• Use U.S. or US for the United States, depending on where a boxer is from, but not USA; per
  MOS:US
  .
• Use England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland as the top-level country suffix for the UK. "England, UK" is redundant, and is not equivalent to states within the U.S.; unlike UK countries, U.S. states are not represented at international sporting competitions.
• If a fight took place in a now-former country such as East and West Germany, the Soviet Union, or former colonies in Africa, use the name by which it was known at the time.

Notes

• This field is for listing details such as titles at stake; why a fight was ruled a no contest, technical decision, or disqualification; and if a fight was part of a notable tournament.
• Use the following terminology for title scenarios:
  • "Won..." – boxer gained title(s).
  • "Retained..." – boxer successfully defended title(s).
  • "Lost..." – boxer lost their title(s).
  • "... was/were at stake" – title(s) were on the line, but an NC rendered the result null and void.
• In most cases the contents of this column are sentence fragments, so there should be no periods in accordance with
  WP:BULLET
  . Semicolons should be used if line breaks (<br> or <br />) are present.
• Weight classes, as well as the word "title", are not proper nouns, so they must not be capitalised.
• Depending on the sanctioning body, and in the case of a world title, use a detailed link to point to the history of that particular title on the first instance only:

[[List of WBO world champions#Heavyweight|WBO heavyweight title]]

WBO heavyweight title

[[List of WBC female world champions#Flyweight|WBC female flyweight title]]

WBC female flyweight title

• For minor sanctioning bodies without a direct link to their title histories (see list of boxing organisations), or if the title is only a regional one by a major sanctioning body, split the links individually between sanctioning body and weight class:

[[International Boxing Association (professional)|IBA]] [[featherweight]] title

IBA featherweight title

[[World Boxing Association|WBA]] Inter-Continental [[bantamweight]] title

WBA Inter-Continental bantamweight

title

Lost [[list of European Boxing Union lightweight champions|European]], [[list of British lightweight boxing champions|British]], and [[list of Commonwealth Boxing Council champions#Lightweight|Commonwealth lightweight titles]]

Lost

European, British, and Commonwealth lightweight titles

Retained [[list of WBC world champions#Light heavyweight|WBC]] and [[list of IBF world champions#Light heavyweight|IBF light heavyweight titles]];<br>Won [[list of The Ring world champions#Light heavyweight|''The Ring'' light heavyweight title]]

Retained WBC and IBF light heavyweight titles;
Won The Ring light heavyweight title

• As with the lead and Professional career sections, if a boxer has won titles by multiple sanctioning bodies in the same weight class but which use different formats, use Wikipedia's own naming format instead of two different ones:

Retained [[list of WBA world champions#Super lightweight|WBA]] and [[list of WBO world champions#Junior welterweight|WBO light welterweight titles]]

Retained WBA and WBO light welterweight titles

• If any titles were vacant, list the non-vacant ones first; anything after "vacant" will be all-encompassing:

Won [[list of WBA world champions#Heavyweight|WBA (Regular)]], [[list of WBC world champions#Heavyweight|WBC]], vacant [[list of IBF world champions#Heavyweight|IBF]] and [[list of WBO world champions#Heavyweight|WBO heavyweight titles]]

Won WBA (Regular), WBC, vacant IBF and WBO heavyweight titles

• After any titles, include a note if a fight took place as part of a TV network tournament:

[[Prizefighter series#Prizefighter 29: The International Heavyweights III|Prizefighter 29: heavyweight quarter-final]]

Prizefighter 29: heavyweight quarter-final

• Replace any unused instances of |style="text-align:left;"| with |
• Exceptional fight-ending circumstances such as disqualifications, a boxer unable to continue after falling out of the ring (due to illegal punches or a push), or cuts from head clashes should be included using the abbreviated outcomes:
  • "Unanimous TD: Boxer cut from an accidental head clash"
  • "Majority TD: Opponent unable to continue from a knee injury"
  • "Split TD: both boxers unable to continue from an accidental head clash"
  • "Boxer disqualified for repeated holding"
  • "Opponent disqualified for an intentional low blow"
    • This also applies to no contests in which the result was later changed: Originally points TD win for Boxer #1, later ruled NC after they failed a drug test, or Originally SD, later ruled UD after an incorrect judge's scorecard
    • If a boxer is knocked out of the ring from legal punches, then that is still a TKO or KO under normal rules and does not need to be expanded upon.
    • Normal stoppages (TKO or RTD) from cuts or injuries should not be mentioned; only if a TD occurs.

Other things not to include

• "Professional debut" is redundant due to the fight number column, and should only be included if the date of a boxer's debut is disputed; e.g., Buster Douglas.
• Routine in-fight details such as knockdowns, point deductions, or scorecards.
• Title eliminators; most fights are for some kind of sanctioning body ranking, and eliminators do not always mean a guaranteed title opportunity.
• Honorary or non-transferable titles such as
  WBO Super, Lonsdale Belt
  , and other similar commemorative belts which are not world or regional championships.
• Listing undisputed titles is redundant, since the inclusion of the appropriate sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO after 2006) already covers it. Undisputed titles can, however, be listed in the
  succession box
  at the bottom of the article.
• Post-fight awards by The Ring, BWAA, ESPN, or other outlets; they are too numerous and also belong in the succession box.
• Details surrounding pre- or post-fight circumstances including catchweights, vacating, or being stripped; they are better served in the article body.
• Miscellaneous trivia such as "tied the record for...", "first twelve-rounder", "first bout on network TV", "first bout at [weight class]...", or other "firsts"; best explained in the article body.
• Extra rows for retirements, suspensions or other periods of inactivity; example.

Articles should be as thoroughly referenced as possible. The list of references can be automatically included in this section by including {{reflist}} below the section heading.

• Include a link to a boxer's official website or a profile on their promoter's site (but not both, per
  WP:ELMINOFFICIAL) if one exists. The {{official website
  }} template and a bullet can be used: *{{Official website|Insert URL here}}.
• Below this, include the {{
  boxrec
  }} template if it has not already been used as a reference: *{{Boxrec|id=Insert unique ID number here}}.
• Anything else of interest which has not been used as a reference, such as interviews, articles, or video links (used sparingly, per
  WP:FANCRUFT
  ) can also be included.
• Further below this section, various navigational boxes can be added from Category:Boxing navigational boxes.

Titles in boxing

In addition to the record table, a highly detailed summary of titles won by a boxer can be displayed using {{s-start}}. Below is an intricate example of how the parameters can be arranged for different scenarios such as a boxer winning, losing, vacating, being stripped of, or awarded a title(s). Ideally, with enough effort, every single title won—both regional and minor/major world level—should be included.

• Non-world titles should be listed under the heading of Regional boxing titles; e.g., International, Inter-Continental, Continental (Europe, Americas, etc.), Silver, European, British (including Areas), Commonwealth, and others similar.
• It can be very difficult, if not impossible, to determine the dates when certain titles were vacated. Therefore, examine a title's individual history using BoxRec's search function, check if it matches up with a boxer's record (e.g., when they no longer defended the title, competed at that weight, or the date when the next boxer held it), and select a month and/or year that appears logical.
• The rankings history search functions on the WBA website can be useful in determining when a boxer held any variation of "Super"/"Regular" titles.
• If a boxer has only won world titles by the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, The Ring, or undisputed titles, the section should only be named World boxing titles.
  • If they have won IBO, IBA, WBU, or other lower-level titles which are not regional, split the sections to Minor world boxing titles and Major world boxing titles where applicable.
• Each section—Regional, Minor, Major, and Honorary—should display titles in chronological order of when they were won.
  • If multiple major world titles are won in the same fight, use this order of hierarchy: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, The Ring, undisputed.
  • Different titles should not be stacked in a single slot using line breaks. Use individual slots even if the succession on either side is the same.
• Some regional titles and weight classes can result in unwieldy strings, so use line breaks where appropriate: WBC Inter-Continental<br>super middleweight champion
• The weight class and sanctioning body format from the lead, Professional career and Professional boxing record sections also apply here: if a boxer has held any combination of differently named titles in the same weight class, use Wikipedia's own neutral name instead of mixing together two formats.
• If a boxer won a title but the result was later overturned via no contest (NC), then it should not be listed at all. However, if an NC is subsequently overturned, include that title.
• If a boxer was stripped of a title under legitimate circumstances (not an NC), use Stripped after the date range, with a line break. To ensure brevity, no explanation is needed for why they lost their title; whether it was on the scales, or they were stripped by the sanctioning body for whatever reason.
  • If a title becomes vacant due to the winning boxer refusing to pay sanctioning fees, this does need to be explained with a pipe: Vacant after loss to [[Opponent's Full Article Name|Opponent]].
• When copying the template below, replace {{s-start-collapsible|header={{s-sports}} }} with:

{{s-start}}
{{s-sports}}

Example succession box

Add categories as appropriate, and select the correct nationality from Category:Boxers by nationality.

Mandatory categories:

• [[Category:insert year births]]
• [[Category:insert year deaths]] – if applicable
• [[Category:Living people]] – remove if applicable

Other categories that may be included:

• [[Category:(insert country) male boxers]]
• [[Category:(insert country) women boxers]]
• [[Category:People from insert city]]
• [[Category:Sportspeople from (insert city, town or state)]]
• [[Category:Boxers from (insert city, town or state)]]
• [[Category:(insert weight class) boxers]] – include amateur weights
• [[Category:World (insert weight class) boxing champions]] – remove the above category if including this one
• [[Category:World Boxing Association champions]]
• [[Category:World Boxing Council champions]]
• [[Category:International Boxing Federation champions]]
• [[Category:World Boxing Organization champions]]
• [[Category:International Boxing Organization champions]]
• [[Category:The Ring champions]]
• [[Category:African Boxing Union champions]]
• [[Category:European Boxing Union champions]]
• [[Category:British Boxing Board of Control champions]]
• [[Category:Commonwealth Boxing Council champions]]
• [[Category:Undefeated world boxing champions]] – only for retired boxers