Comments Thread For: Brazil Plans To Make Big Run To Ensure Gold in 2016

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff expressed her hope on Tuesday that boxing would gift host Brazil a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Meeting brothers Esquiva and Yamaguchi Falcao, who won silver and bronze medals respectively at the London Olympics, Rousseff said she learned a lot about the sport from them.

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[Hougigo]

It'll be on home turf.... so yea, you're guaranteed one gold

[johncods]

Brazil is like the sleeping giant of boxing. I'm still waiting when boxing explodes over there. Probably not soon since most of their fighting idols are all in MMA. They need a Boxing superstar that will inspire young kids to take it up instead of soccer or MMA.

They are obviously a fighting nation. I mean they dominate MMA from all weight classes. They have the best strikers and best fighters.