NEW DELHI: Olympic medallist pugilist M C Mary Kom said on Monday she has decided to quit boxing after the 2016 Rio Olympic Games as her body would not be able to cope with the rigours of the sport ...
The official draw for the Rio 2016 Olympic Boxing Tournament took place in Barra da Tijuca on Thursday morning, watched by technical commissions from the 76 nations taking part and the world’s media ...
Thomas Bach's refused to attend a medal ceremony at Rio 2016 following a boxing bout now known to have been fixed ©Getty Images Bach had been due to present the medals after the bout, where Russian ...
A bout manipulation system existed in boxing at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Richard McLaren, the head of the independent investigation commissioned by the sport's world governing AIBA, said in his report ...
After accusations of corruption from athletes at the 2016 Rio Olympics, the AIBA has suspended every boxing ref and judge that served at the games. The AIBA — the lead world amateur boxing ...
DUBLIN, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Irish Olympic boxing champion Katie Taylor will defend her title at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games after revealing on Thursday that she had rejected lucrative professional ...
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - On debut day for Olympic boxing, fighters said they were happy to be competing at the first Games since 1980 without protective headgear, welcoming better peripheral vision ...
International Boxing Association (AIBA) president Dr Wu Ching-kuo believes amateur boxers would be capable of holding their own against professionals in the Olympic Games. Wu last week said it is ...