By Ken Hissner: The next are Olympic Gold Medalists who grew to become world skilled champions. If any are lacking, please remark.

Lennox “The Lion” Lewis Tremendous Heavyweight 1988 Seoul Olympics Gold Medal for Canada. 1984 Montreal Olympics misplaced to Tyrell Biggs. 1988 Olympics defeated Riddick Bowe. WBC, WBA, IBF, and IBO champion from West Ham, London, UK. Professional File: 41-2-1 (32).

Wladimir “Dr. Steelhammer” Klitschko Tremendous Heavyweight 1996 Atlanta Olympics Gold Medal for Ukraine. WBA, WBO, IBF, and IBO champion from Kiev, Ukraine. Professional File: 64-5 (53).

Anthony “AJ” Joshua Tremendous Heavyweight 2012 London Olympics Gold Medal for Nice Britain. WBA, WBO, IBF, and IBO champion from Watford, Hertfordshire, UK. Professional File: 24-2 (22).

Floyd Patterson Middleweight Helsinki 1952 Olympics Gold Medal for the USA. NBA and NYSAC Heavyweight champion from Brookly, NY.

“Smokin” Joe Frazier Heavyweight 1964 Tokyo Olympics Gold Medal for the USA. Misplaced to Buster Mathis twice. NYSAC, WBC, and WBA champion from Philadelphia, PA. Professional File: 32-4-1 (27).

“Massive” George Foreman Heavyweight 1968 Mexico Olympics Gold Medal for the USA. WBC, WBA, and IBF champion from Houston, Texas, USA. Professional File: 76-5 (68).

Evander “The Actual Deal” Holyfield 1984 Montreal Olympics Gold Medal for the USA. WBA, WBC, and IBF Cruiserweight, WBA, WBC, and IBF Heavyweight champion from Atlanta, Georgia. Professional File: 44-10-2 (29).

Cassius Clay Mild Heavyweight 1960 Rome Olympics Gold Medal for the USA. Cassius Clay, aka Muhammad “The Biggest” Ali. NYSAC, WBC, and WBA Heavyweight champion from Louisville, KY. Professional File: 56-5 (37).

Leon “Neon” Spinks Mild Heavyweight 1976 Montreal Olympics Gold Medal for the USA. WBA and WBC Heavyweight champion from St. Louis, MO. Professional File: 26-17-3 (14).

Michael “Jinx” Spinks Middleweight 1976 Montreal Olympics Gold Medal for the USA. WBA, WBC, and IBF Mild Heavyweight champion. IBF Heavyweight champion from St. Louis, MO. Professional File: 31-1 (21).

Mate Parlov Mild Heavyweight 1972 Munich Olympics Gold Medal for Croatia. WBC Mild Heavyweight champion from Pula, Croatia. Professional File: 24-3-2 (12).

Slobodan Kacar Mild Heavyweight 1980 Moscow Olympics Gold Medal for Yugoslavia. IBF Mild Heavyweight champion from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Belgrade, Serbia. Professional File: 22-2 (12).

Vassili “The Tiger” Jirov Mild Heavyweight 1996 Atlanta Olympics Gold Medal for Kazakhstan. Beat Sven Ottke, Julio Cesar Gonzalez, and Antonio Tarver. IBF Cruiserweight champion from Balqash, KAZ, and Scottsdale, AZ. Professional File: 38-3-1 (32).

Andre “S.O.G.” Ward Mild Heavyweight 2004 Athens Olympics Gold Medal for the USA. WBA and WBC Tremendous Middleweight champion. WBO, WBA, and IBF Mild Heavyweight champion from Oakland, CA. Professional File: 32-0 (16).

Henry “Gentleman” Maske Middleweight 1988 Seoul Olympics Gold Medal for East Germany. Beat Sven Ottke and Jose Gomez. IBF Mild Heavyweight champion from Cologne, Germany. Professional File: 31-1 (11).

James “Chunky” DeGale Middleweight 2008 Beijing Olympics Gold Medal for Nice Britain. Beat Shawn Porter. IBF Tremendous Middleweight champion from St. Albans, Hertfordshire, UK. Professional File: 25-3-1 (15).

Ryota Murata Middleweight 2012 London Olympics Gold Medal for Japan. Beat Esquiva Falcao twice. WBA Middleweight champion from Tokyo, Japan. Professional File: 16-2 (13).

Frank Tate Mild Middleweight 1984 Los Angeles Olympics Gold Medal for the USA. Beat Reggie Johnson received and misplaced to Michael Nunn. IBF Middleweight champion from Houston, Texas. Professional File: 41-5 (24).

David “American Dream” Reid Mild Middleweight 1988 Atlanta Olympics Gold Medal for the USA. WBA Mild Middleweight champion from Philadelphia, PA. Professional File: 17-2 (7).

Giovanni “Nino” Benvenutti Welterweight 1960 Rome Olympics Gold Medal for Italy. WBA and WBC Mild Middleweight and WBA and WBC Middleweight champion from Slovenia and Trieste. Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. Professional File: 82-7-1 (35).

Mark Breland Welterweight 1984 Montreal Olympics Gold Medal for the USA. WBA Welterweight champion from New York, NY. Professional File: 35-3-1 (25).

Daniyar Yeleussinov Welterweight 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics Gold Medal for Kazakhstan. IBO Welterweight champion from Kayindy, KAZ, and Miami, Florida. Professional File: 11-0 (6).

“Sugar” Ray Leonard Mild Welterweight Montreal Olympics Gold Medal for the USA. WBC and WBA Welterweight, WBA Mild Middleweight, WBC Middleweight, WBC Tremendous Middleweight, and WBC Mild Heavyweight champion from Palmer Park, Maryland. Professional File: 36-3-1 (25).

Pernell “Candy Pea” Whitaker Light-weight 1984 Montreal Olympics Gold Medal for the USA. WBA, WBC, and IBF Light-weight, IBF Mild Welterweight, WBC Welterweight, and WBA Mild Middleweight champion from Norfolk, VA. Professional File: 40-4-1 (17).

Meldrick “The Child” Taylor Featherweight 1984 Montreal Olympics
Gold Medal for the USA. IBF Mild Welterweight and WBA Welterweight champion from Philadelphia, PA. Professional File: 38-8-1 (20).

Giovanni “Flash” Parisi Featherweight 1988 Seoul Olympics Gold Medal for Italy. WBO Mild Welterweight and WBO Mild Welterweight champion from Voghera, Lombardia, Italy. Professional File: 41-5-1 (29).

Vasyl “Loma” Lomachenko Featherweight 2008 London Olympics Gold Medal and Light-weight 2012 Beijing Olympics from Ukraine. WBO Featherweight, WBO Tremendous Featherweight, and WBO, WBA, and WBC Light-weight champion from Bilhorod- Dinistrovskyi, Ukraine. Professional File: 16-2 (11).

Patrizio Oliva Mild Welterweight 1980 Moscow Olympics Gold Medal for Italy and WBA Mild Welterweight champion from Napoli, Campania, Italy. Professional File: 57-2 (20).

Leo Randolph Flyweight 1976 Montreal Olympics Gold Medal for the USA. WBA Tremendous Bantamweight champion from Spanaway, Washington.

Johnny “Bump Metropolis” Bumphus 139 lb 1984 Moscow Olympics Gold Medal for the USA. WBA Mild Welterweight champion from Nashville, TN. Professional File 29-2 (20).

“King” Kennedy McKinney Bantamweight 1988 Seoul Olympics Gold Medal for USA and IBF and WBO Tremendous Bantamweight champion from Las Vegas, Nevada. Professional File: 36-6-1 (19).

Joel “El Cepillo” Casamayor Bantamweight 1992 Barcelona Olympics Gold Medal for Cuba and WBA Tremendous Featherweight and WBC Light-weight champion from Guantanamo, Cuba and Miramar, Florida. Professional File: 38-6-1 (22).

Oscar “Golden Boy” De La Hoya Light-weight 1992 Barcelona Olympics Gold medal for the USA and WBO Tremendous Featherweight, WBO and IBF Light-weight, WBC Mild Welterweight, WBC Welterweight, and WBC and WBA Mild Middleweight and WBO Middleweight champion from Los Angeles, California. Professional File: 39-6 (30).

Pascual “El Leon Mendocino Terrier” Perez 1948 London Olympics Gold Medal for Argentina and World Flyweight champion from Ciudad Mendoza, Argentina. Professional File: 84-7-1 (57).