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) […]

It was a star-studded first session of Rio 2016 Olympic Boxing on Tuesday, with reigning Champion Nicola Adams in the first of two Women’s Flyweight (51kg) Quarter-Finals, current World Champions […]

Britain’s Olympic Super Heavyweight gold medalist Anthony Joshua made his way to the Rio 2016 boxing competition on Monday to soak up some of the atmosphere, four years after his […]

Monday evening witnessed the second boxing gold medal bout of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, and it was Russia’s Evgeny Tishchenko who was crowned the new Heavyweight Olympic Champion as […]

Two bouts from the Women’s Lightweight (60kg) competition kicked off Monday’s action inside Riocentro Pavilion 6, with Katie Taylor beginning the defence of her London 2012 title followed by the […]