[1] Jason Lee gethin born 1977 Wales, boxing at featherweight aged 17 in 1996 winning bronze medal at Athens Acropolis Cup, Europe's toughest games.

The Acropolis Cup's early editions saw gold medals won by countries including Greece, Pakistan, Morocco, Belgium, the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, and Canada.

The 2004 winners included notable Cuban fighters Yuriolkis Gamboa, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Mario Kindelan, Odlanier Solis, as well as Italy's Roberto Cammarelle and Greece's Helias Pavlidis.

[11] Andre Dirrell won a gold medal at the 25th Acropolis Cup by defeating Cuba's Yordanis Despaigne in the final of the middleweight division.

[13] Armenia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Germany, Latvia, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Poland, Seychelles, Slovenia, and Ukraine were among the participating countries.