After taking first place at the European Qualification Event in Turkey back in April, France’s Sofiane Oumiha arrived in Rio well-prepared to challenge the biggest names at Lightweight (60kg), and […]

The Men’s Lightweight (60kg), Welterweight (69kg) and Light Heavyweight (81kg) boxers took to the ring on Sunday morning, kicking off a second busy day at the Rio 2016 Boxing competition. […]

The opening bell rang on the Rio 2016 Boxing Tournament on Saturday, with the opening bouts at Light Flyweight (49kg), Lightweight (60kg), Light Heavyweight (81kg) and Heavyweight (91kg) setting the […]

The Rio 2016 Day One evening session saw the Light Flyweights (49kg) Leandro Blanc of Argentina and experienced 23 year-old Mexican Joselito Velazquez begin proceedings, with Velazquez looking every bit […]

AIBA President Dr Ching-Kuo Wu and Executive Director Karim Bouzidi were honoured to meet French President François Hollande following his arrival in Rio de Janeiro ahead of the 2016 Olympic […]

The Rio 2016 Boxing Tournament got underway on Saturday morning in Riocentro Pavilion 6, with the opening bouts at Light Flyweight (49kg), Lightweight (60kg), Light Heavyweight (81kg) and Heavyweight (91kg) […]

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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 […]