
Fighters who either NOKI imitates in the book or are mentioned in the book:
- Muhammad Ali
- Alexia Arguello
- Joe Frazier
- Bill Conn
- Jack Dempsey
- Floyd Mayweather Jr.
- Willie Pep
- Bruce “The Mouse” Strauss
- Pernell Whitaker
- Benny Leonard
- James Toney
- Roberto Duran
- Marco Antonio Barrera
- Winky Wright
- Roy Jones, Jr.
- Joe Louis
- Julio Caeser Chavez Sr.
- Oscar De La Hoya
- Juan Manuel Marquez
- Freddie Pendleton
- Archie Moore
- Orlando Canizales
- James J. Braddock
- Sugar Ray Leonard
- Marvin Hagler
