![]() ![]() ![]() Īfter 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. He eventually lost his opening match to Li Yang. While he fell in the first American qualifier to Idel Torriente, Conceição won all fights to get an Olympic spot. Just four months after entering the Brazilian boxing team, Conceição fought the qualifiers for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. His first coach was Luiz Dórea, who also managed world champion Acelino Freitas, Olympic medallist Adriana Araújo, and MMA fighter Junior dos Santos. 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. As an amateur he became the first Brazilian boxer to win an Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Olympics.īorn 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 is a two-time super featherweight world title challenger, having challenged for the WBC title in 2021, and the unified WBC, WBO and The Ring titles in 2022. Robson Donato Conceição (born 25 October 1988) is a Brazilian professional boxer. ![]()
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