* 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 ...

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 ...

An upcoming boxing match this summer will take place between Brazilian UFC legends Shogun Rua and Glover Teixeira. Sherdog.com first reported the news that Shogun will fight Teixeira at Spaten Fight ...

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, Brazil – Fighting in his native country for the first time, Miami-based prospect Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira had a memorable homecoming, knocking-out Junior “Dangerous” Ramos in ...

Former WBO and WBA super featherweight and lightweight champion Acelino Freitas may have acquired a taste for celebrity boxing matches. Having fought one of the most popular Brazilian comedians and ...

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 ...

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, ...