The Rio 2016 Olympic Boxing Tournament brought together athletes from 76 nations and 4 continents to Riocentro Pavilion 6 for 16 days of boxing – one of only two sports […]

Uzbekistan’s 23 year-old Olympic Light Flyweight Champion Hasanboy Dusmatov received the Val Barker Trophy for outstanding male boxer at Rio 2016 on Sunday as the Olympic Tournament drew to a […]

American Claressa Shields and Netherlands’ Nouchka Fontijn were first into the ring, both with an added incentive to win besides the glory of Olympic gold. For Shields, the prospect of […]

The USA’s 21 year-old Middleweight Claressa Shields made history on Sunday when she became the first American boxer to win two Olympic gold medals. Shields once again dominated the competition, […]

Tony Yoka capped a remarkable 12 months in Rio on Sunday afternoon by winning the Olympic Super Heavyweight title in Riocentro Pavilion 6. The top seed defeated Britain’s Joe Joyce […]

Uzbekistan’s Shakhobidin Zoirov became the new Olympic Flyweight Champion on Sunday afternoon, defeating Russia’s former World Champion Misha Aloian by unanimous decision. It was another composed display from the Uzbek, […]

Claressa Shields took her place in American boxing history on Sunday afternoon, when she became the country’s first boxer to win two Olympic gold medals. Shields once again dominated the […]

The Rio 2016 Olympic Boxing Tournament will draw to a close on Sunday afternoon, when a sell-out Riocentro Pavilion 6 will host four more champion-defining finals. The Women’s Middleweights (75kg) […]

It was a truly golden day of Olympic Boxing in Riocentro Pavilion 6 on Saturday, with three finals deciding the Rio 2016 Champions in the Women’s Flyweight (51kg), Men’s Bantamweight […]

Arlen Lopez made it two boxing gold medals for Cuba on Saturday afternoon as he defeated Uzbekistan’s Bektemir Melikuziev to become the Rio 2016 Men’s Olympic Middleweight Champion. In a […]