The Most Famous
BOXERS from Taiwan
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Taiwanese Boxers of all time. This list of famous Taiwanese Boxers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Lin Yu-ting (b. 1995)
With an HPI of 44.67, Lin Yu-ting is the most famous Taiwanese Boxer. Her biography has been translated into 21 different languages on wikipedia.
Lin Yu-ting (Chinese: 林郁婷; pinyin: Lín Yùtíng; born 13 December 1995) is a Taiwanese amateur boxer. She has won two gold medals at the IBA World Boxing Championships, in addition to two gold medals at the Asian Games and one at the Asian Amateur Boxing Championships. She competed for Taiwan at the 2024 Summer Olympics where she defeated Julia Szeremeta of Poland in the final of the women's 57 kg category (featherweight). Lin is the first Taiwanese boxer to win an Olympic gold medal.
2. Huang Hsiao-wen (b. 1997)
With an HPI of 32.69, Huang Hsiao-wen is the 2nd most famous Taiwanese Boxer. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Huang Hsiao-wen (Chinese: 黃筱雯; pinyin: Huáng Xiǎowén; born 31 August 1997) is a Taiwanese boxer. She is a three-time world champion having won gold medals in the bantamweight division at the 2019 and 2023 IBA Women's World Championships and in the 54kg category at the 2025 World Boxing Championships. Huang also won a bronze medal competing at flyweight at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Taiwanese boxers born between 1995 and 1997. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Taiwanese boxers include Lin Yu-ting, and Huang Hsiao-wen. As of April 2024, 2 new Taiwanese boxers have been added to Pantheon including Lin Yu-ting, and Huang Hsiao-wen.
