Sunday morning saw the first boxing champion of Rio 2016 crowned, as Uzbekistan’s Hasanboy Dusmatov won the gold in emphatic fashion against Colombia’s first-ever boxing silver medalist Yurberjen Martinez. It […]

Sunday’s morning session saw the first gold medal of the Rio 2016 Olympic Boxing Tournament awarded to Uzbekistan’s Light Flyweight (49kg) Hasanboy Dusmatov following a brilliant Final performance against Colombia’s […]

It was a memorable day of Olympic Boxing on Saturday as the Men’s Olympic Flyweight (52kg) competition got up and running with eight preliminary bouts followed by the Welterweight (69kg) […]

Saturday’s afternoon session saw the big-hitting Super Heavyweights (+91kg) provide the thrills as Nigeria’s Efe Ajagba, Britain’s Joe Joyce and Uzbek Bakhodir Jalolov all delivered show-stopping wins to reach the […]

The stars came out for the 16th session of the Rio 2016 Olympic Boxing Tournament, with a true legend of the sport and former Olympic bronze medalist Floyd Mayweather watching […]

It was a memorable session of Olympic Boxing on Saturday morning, as the Men’s Olympic Flyweight (52kg) competition got up and running with four preliminary bouts followed by two Welterweight […]

Winner of both the gold medal and the Val Barker award for the best boxer at London 2012, Kazakhstan’s Serik Sapiyev has been keenly watching the Rio 2016 Boxing Tournament […]

The first women’s bouts of the Rio 2016 Boxing Tournament got underway on Friday in Riocentro Pavilion 6, with four bouts at Flyweight (51kg) and Lightweight (60kg). In the men’s […]

The women boxers got Friday’s evening session under way at Riocentro Pavilion 6, with Colombia’s Ingrit Valencia defeating the Central African Republic’s invitational boxer Judith Mbougnade by technical knockout after […]

AIBA President Dr Ching-Kuo Wu welcomed World Taekwondo Federation President Dr Chungwon Choue to Riocentro Pavilion 6 on Friday night as the 14th session of the Rio 2016 Boxing Tournament […]