Robson Conceição

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Robson Conceição
Gold medal Conceicao Robson from Brazil.png
Conceição at 2016 Summer Olympics
Statistics
Weight(s)
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Reach178 cm (70 in)
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1988-10-25) 25 October 1988 (age 33)
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights17
Wins16
Wins by KO8
Losses1
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Lightweight
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Almaty Lightweight
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Doha Lightweight
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara Lightweight

Robson Donato Conceição (born 25 October 1988) is a Brazilian professional boxer. He challenged for the WBC Super featherweight title in September 2021. As an amateur he became the first Brazilian boxer to win an Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Olympics.

Amateur career[]

Born in Salvador, capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia, Conceição started boxing at the age of 13 to stand his own in street fights. He had to walk 9 kilometers to his academy due to not having money for bus tickets, woke up early in the morning to help his grandmother who sold groceries, and helped his family by selling ice cream and being a kitchen helper.[1] His first coach was Luiz Dórea, who also managed world champion Acelino Freitas, Olympic medallist Adriana Araújo, and MMA fighter Junior dos Santos.[2]

Just four months after entering the Brazilian boxing team, Conceição fought the qualifiers for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. While he fell in the first American qualifier to Idel Torriente, Conceição won all fights to get an Olympic spot. He eventually lost his opening match to Li Yang.[3]

After losing in the first round of the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, in 2011 Conceição won two bouts before a close decision 18:19 to the eventual winner Vasyl Lomachenko. That same year he got a silver medal at the 2011 Pan American Games, losing the final to eventual Olympic medalist Yasniel Toledo and guaranteeing a second Olympic spot.[4][5] During the Pan Ams, Conceição proposed to his girlfriend, fellow boxer Érica Matos, whom he married in 2013. The following year the couple had a daughter, Sophia.[6]

The 2012 Summer Olympics in London had Conceição again losing his first match.[4][5] Hoping to take part in the 2016 Summer Olympics that would be hosted in Brazil, Conceição did not turn professional, instead signing with the Brazilian Navy to gain the scholarship and training facilities reserved for military sportspeople. Conceição won a silver and a bronze medal at the 2013 and 2015 tournaments, the latter guaranteeing him the Olympic spot. Before the Olympics, in 2015 Pan American Championships in Vargas, Venezuela, he won the gold medal after beating Cuban Lázaro Álvarez in the final, in the quarterfinals (his first fight) he won a 3–0 decision against Lindolfo Delgado of Mexico; in the semifinals he won a 3–0 decision against Luis Angel Cabrera of Venezuela; in the finals he won a 3–0 decision against Lázaro Álvarez of Cuba. Come the tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Conceição won four uncontested fights, including over three-times world champion Lázaro Álvarez and European silver medallist Sofiane Oumiha, to become the first Brazilian boxer to win an Olympic gold medal.[2][7]

After the 2016 Olympics, Conceição signed a professional promotion contract with Top Rank.[8] He finished his amateur career with a record of 405–15.[9]

Professional career[]

Conceição's professional debut happened on November 5, 2016 in Las Vegas, as one of the undercards in the Manny Pacquiao vs. Jessie Vargas event.[10] Fighting against Clay Burns of the United States, Conceição won via unanimous decision.[11]

Professional boxing record[]

Professional record summary
17 fights 16 wins 1 loss
By knockout 8 0
By decision 8 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
17 Loss 16–1 Mexico Óscar Valdez UD 12 10 Sep 2021 United States Casino del Sol, Tucson, Arizona, U.S. For WBC super featherweight title
16 Win 16–0 Mexico Jesus Antonio Ahumada TKO 7 (8), 1:20 10 Apr 2021 United States Osage Casino, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
15 Win 15–0 United States Luis Coria UD 10 31 Oct 2020 United States MGM Grand Conference Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
14 Win 14–0 Brazil Eduardo Pereira dos Reis TKO 2 (10), 0:28 29 Aug 2020 Brazil Arena de Lutas, São Paulo, Brazil
13 Win 13–0 Mexico Carlos Ruiz UD 8 8 Jun 2019 United States Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Reno, Nevada, U.S.
12 Win 12–0 Argentina Sergio Ariel Estrela TKO 1 (10), 1:54 31 Mar 2019 Brazil Portobello Resort & Safari, Mangaratiba, Brazil
11 Win 11–0 Mexico Hector Ambriz Suarez UD 8 18 Jan 2019 United States Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, New York, U.S.
10 Win 10–0 Canada Joey Laviolette UD 8 4 Nov 2018 United States Don Haskins Center, El Paso, Texas, U.S.
9 Win 9–0 United States Edgar Cantu UD 8 25 Aug 2018 United States Gila River Arena, Glendale, Arizona, U.S.
8 Win 8–0 United States Gavino Guaman TKO 3 (6), 0:53 30 Jun 2018 United States Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
7 Win 7–0 Canada Alex Torres Rynn UD 6 28 Apr 2018 United States Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
6 Win 6–0 United States Ignacio Holguin UD 6 16 Feb 2018 United States Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, Nevada, U.S.
5 Win 5–0 Nicaragua Carlos Osorio RTD 3 (8), 3:00 22 Sep 2017 United States Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
4 Win 4–0 Mexico Bernardo Gomez Uribe KO 1 (8), 0:53 21 Jul 2017 Puerto Rico Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel & Casino, San Juan, Puerto Rico
3 Win 3–0 United States Aaron Hollis TKO 2 (6), 0:36 17 Mar 2017 United States The Theatre at Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
2 Win 2–0 United States Aaron Ely KO 2 (6), 1:06 27 Jan 2017 United States Sportsmen's Lodge, Studio City, California, U.S.
1 Win 1–0 United States Clay Burns UD 6 5 Nov 2016 United States Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.

References[]

  1. ^ "Robson Conceição: o vendedor de picolé que chegou ao ouro". O Tempo.
  2. ^ a b "Robson Conceição, o pugilista que não se profissionalizou para ser campeão olímpico". Época.
  3. ^ "2008 Beijing Bio". olimpiadas.uol.com.br (in Portuguese).
  4. ^ a b "Robson Conceição". cob.org.br. Brazilian Olympic Committee.
  5. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Robson Conceição". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-10-05.
  6. ^ "Mulher de Robson delira ao lado de filha de 2 anos que ficará com o ouro". olimpiadas.uol.com.br.
  7. ^ "Robson Conceição". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06.
  8. ^ "Brazilian gold medalist Robson Conceicao signs with Top Rank". espn.com. ESPN.
  9. ^ "Robson Conceicao". Top Rank. Archived from the original on 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  10. ^ "Pacquiao, Donaire make weight for title bouts". sports.abs-cbn.com. ABS-CBN Sports. 5 November 2016.
  11. ^ "Ouro na Olimpíada, Robson Conceição vence luta na estreia como profissional". GloboEsporte.Globo.com. 5 November 2016.

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