See every event of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, check event schedules and results at Rio2016.com.
The battle for Olympic medals will take place in 32 venues in Rio de Janeiro, plus five football co-host cities: Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Manaus, Salvador and São Paulo. For full details visit Rio2016.com.
Even if you’re not a boxing fanatic, chances are you’ve heard of guys like Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. But with both fighters in the twilight of their careers, the door is open for a new superstar to emerge. And the 2016 Olympics might be the perfect place for that to happen.
Rio de Janeiro will host some of the world’s best boxers in both the men’s and women’s divisions. Team USA has seen mixed results in recent years; middleweight Claressa Shields took home gold in 2012 in London, but an American male hasn’t won gold since Andre Ward did so in Athens in 2004. Read more at NESN.com.
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