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 ...

* 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 ...

LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Brazilian Esquiva Falcao Florentino guaranteed Brazil their first men's boxing medal since 1968 with a dominant performance over Hungarian Zoltan Harcsa on Monday which ...

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 ...

LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Middleweight Esquiva Falcao Florentino ended Brazil's long wait for an Olympic boxing finalist in London's Docklands on Friday then watched his brother Yamaguchi fall ...

NEW DELHI: Hitesh Gulia has emerged as one of the most promising Indian pugilists in the men’s 70kg division after securing back-to-back podium finishes in the Brazil and Kazakhstan stages of the ...