Among the 206 proud athletes flying their countries’ flags at the Opening Ceremony of this year’s Olympic Games will be nine stars of the Rio 2016 boxing competition. Azerbaijan’s Teymur […]

With the Rio 2016 Olympic Boxing Tournament ready to get underway at 11am local time on the morning of 6 August in Barra da Tijuca’s Pavilion 6 venue, there are […]

The AIBA President Dr Ching-Kuo Wu played a Rio 2016 role of a different kind on Thursday afternoon, becoming a torchbearer as the Olympic Flame makes the final leg of […]

At the International Olympic Committee Executive Board meeting in Rio de Janeiro on 4 August, two days ahead of the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, AIBA President Dr […]

The official draw for the Rio 2016 Olympic Boxing Tournament took place in Barra da Tijuca on Thursday morning, watched by technical commissions from the 76 nations taking part and […]

In accordance with the decision of the IOC Executive Bureau (EB) of July 24th AIBA has carried out an individual analysis of the anti-doping record of each of the 11 […]

The Rio 2016 Olympic Boxing competition will see five reigning champions looking to defend their titles and become part of only a select few ever to have won multiple Olympic […]

The Rio 2016 Olympic Boxing tournament begins on 6 August, with 74 nations represented by at least one boxer. Great Britain and Kazakhstan will send the largest teams, both with […]

The super heavyweight boxers are the biggest of the Olympic pugilists, and several suitably sizeable reputations have been hard-earned in the rings since the category was introduced for the Los […]

The history of the Olympic heavyweight (91kg) boxing category has been one of the most interesting in the 112-years of the competition. Argentina was the first country to dominate, winning […]