AIBA welcomed fifteen children from the Celeiro do Boxe boxing gym in Jacarepagua on Thursday afternoon for their first slice of live Olympic Boxing action. Following the cheers in Pavilion […]

Julio Cesar La Cruz became Cuba’s first-ever Light Heavyweight (81kg) World Champion on Day Thirteen of the Rio 2016 Olympic Boxing Tournament, beating Kazakhstan’s Adilbek Niyazymbetov in a memorable final. […]

Cuba’s Julio Cesar La Cruz became the Rio 2016 Olympic Light Heavyweight (81kg) Boxing Champion on Thursday afternoon in Riocentro Pavilion 6 with a unanimous win over Kazakhstan’s Adilbek Niyazymbetov. […]

Further to the decision taken yesterday by AIBA with regard to the reassessment of the judges and referees officiating during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the AIBA Vice Presidents and […]

Daniyar Yeleussinov became Kazakhstan’s fourth successive Olympic Welterweight Champion on Wednesday afternoon after defeating Uzbekistan’s Shakhram Giyasov in a high-tempo final in Riocentro Pavilion 6. The country’s dominance of the […]

As the winner of the inaugural Women’s Olympic 400 metres hurdles competition at Los Angeles 1984, Nawal El Moutawakel took a keen interest in the debut of women’s boxing at […]

Daniyar Yeleussinov of Kazakhstan won the Rio 2016 Men’s Olympic Welterweight (69kg) gold on Wednesday afternoon after a high-tempo final against Uzbekistan’s Shakhram Giyasov in the Riocentro Pavilion 6 boxing […]

Brazilian APB boxer Robson Conceição was crowned Olympic Champion on Tuesday evening in Rio de Janeiro as 9,000 fans raised the roof inside the Riocentro Pavilion 6 venue. Up against […]

The crowd raised the roof inside a packed Riocentro Pavilion 6 on Tuesday night as Robson Conceição and Sofiane Oumiha of France entered the arena for the Men’s Lightweight (60kg) […]

The crowd raised the roof inside a packed Riocentro Pavilion 6 on Tuesday night as Robson Conceição and Sofiane Oumiha of France entered the arena for the Men’s Lightweight (60kg) […]