Ancient Champions: Cleoxenus, Illegible of Samos, Damoxenidas, Eukles

In 240 BC Cleoxenus went un-pointed against in the 4 major hellenic games, Pythian, Namean, Isthmian, and Olympian, to earn the title Periodnikes, Absolute Victor, similar to a modern undisputed champion.


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Eusebius Chronicle.

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Papyrus 222 records a Samosian champion in 380BC whose name is yet to be confidently deciphered leaving very little chance to finding any more information about the man.

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Oxy.222

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y these is set up a statue of Eucles, son of Callianax, a native of Rhodes and of the family of the Diagoridae. For he was the son of the daughter of Diagoras, and won an Olympic victory in the boxing-match for men. His statue is by Naucydes.

Eukles of Rhodes hails from the Diagorean dynasty. He is the grandson of Diagoras, nephew to Akousilaos, and son of Diagoras' daughter Kallipateira. Unfortunately it seems the deeds of his family have seriously outshone his own so little can be said about the man. His trainer mother was the first recorded woman at Olympia, after she revealed herself as a female they changed the rules so that even trainers had to be nude.

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Pausanias, Descriptions

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Hell let's add a forth. I'll edit later

Nicodamus, the sculptor from Maenalus, made the statue of the boxer Damoxenidas of Maenalus

Damoxenidas of Mainalos was victorious in boxing at Olympia in 384 BC. He had won a prior two crowns at the Namean games.

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Pausanias, Descriptions



Heavyweight Champions from Ancient to Present