# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vernon-forrest
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:20:44.175Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vernon-forrest"
name: "Vernon Forrest"
slug: "vernon-forrest"
description: "Vernon Forrest was an American professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the WBC, IBF, Ring magazine and lineal welterweight between 2002 and 2003, and the WBC super welterweight title twice between 2007 and 2009. In 2002, Forrest was named Fighter of the Year by The Ring and the Boxing Writers Association of America."
tagline: "American boxer (1971–2009)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1971-01-12"
deathDate: "2009-07-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.01
  momentum:             3.616438356164384
  historical:           14.16592933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Вернон Форрест"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فيرنون فورست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فيرنون فورست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vernon Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Forrest"
    title: "Vernon Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Forrest"
    title: "Vernon Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "ورنون فورست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Forrest"
    title: "Vernon Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Forrest"
    title: "Vernon Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Forrest"
    title: "Vernon Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Forrest"
    title: "Vernon Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88"
    title: "バーノン・フォレスト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Forrest"
    title: "Vernon Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Forrest"
    title: "Vernon Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Forrest"
    title: "Vernon Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Форрест, Вернон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump