An upcoming boxing match this summer will take place between Brazilian UFC legends Shogun Rua and Glover Teixeira.

* Conceicao is Brazil's first Olympic boxing champion * France's Oumiha takes silver * Bronzes for Cuba and Mongolia (adds details) By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Robson Conceicao ...

In a country where sport is dominated by football (soccer), Esquiva Falcão (3-0, 1 KO) has the unenviable task of trying to win the attention of a public which when it does show interest in combat ...

While the focus this year has been on the upcoming World Cup in soccer-crazed Brazil, the anticipated pro debut of a popular Olympian could give boxing a shot in the arm in that country. Middleweight ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Robson Conceicao couldn’t step up onto a medal podium without thinking about where his climb began. His mind is never far from his impoverished neighborhood, where he discovered and ...

SAO PAULO, July 10 (Reuters) - Beatriz Ferreira's journey in boxing began in her family's garage at the age of four. Now, 27 years after first picking up the gloves, the Brazilian, daughter of twice ...

Glover Teixeira and ‘Shogun’ Rua are former UFC champions ...

Wanderlei Silva was suspended for 180 days for his role in the Spaten Fight Night 2 brawl last weekend in Brazil. “The Axe Murderer” got disqualified during his boxing match against Popo Freitas, ...

Nearly 27 years after their first fight at UFC Brazil, Vitor Belfort and Wanderlei Silva are set to meet again — this time in the boxing ring. Belfort and Silva have agreed to square off at Spaten ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Lightweight Robson Conceicao won Brazil's first ever Olympic boxing gold medal on Tuesday, with a raucous home crowd roaring him on to a unanimous points victory over French ...