Robson Conceição

Robson Donato Conceição (born 25 October 1988) is a Brazilian professional boxer who has held the World Boxing Council (WBC) super featherweight title from July 2024 to November 2024.

Born in Salvador, capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia, Conceição started boxing at the age of 13 to stand on his own in street fights.

[1] His first coach was Luiz Dórea, who also managed world champion Acelino Freitas, Olympic medallist Adriana Araújo, and MMA fighter Junior dos Santos.

[3] After losing in the first round of the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, in 2011 Conceição won two bouts before a close 18:19 decision to the eventual winner Vasyl Lomachenko.

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 sportspersons.

[6] 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.

[26] Conceição challenged the newly-minted WBC super featherweight champion Óscar Valdez on September 10, 2021, at the Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Arizona, United States.

The fight with Conceição would still happen however, as the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Athletic Commission went by WADA guidelines, which only prohibit stimulants in-competition.

[31][32] On December 21, 2021, it was revealed that Conceição would face the unbeaten Xavier Martinez in a WBC super-featherweight title eliminator.

[34] Conceição was booked to face the unified WBC, WBO, and The Ring super featherweight champion Shakur Stevenson in the main event of an ESPN broadcast card, which took place on September 23, 2022, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

[38] Conceição faced Nicolas Polanco on June 10, 2023, on the undercard of the Josh Taylor and Teofimo Lopez super lightweight title bout.

[40] Conceição was scheduled to face Jose Ivan Guardado Ortiz on April 13, 2024 in Corpus Christi, Texas.

[42] Conceição was scheduled to challenge O'Shaquie Foster for his WBC super featherweight title at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on July 6, 2024.

[44][45][46] On August 29, 2024 it was reported that Conceição would make the first defense of his WBC super featherweight title in a championship rematch against former champion O'Shaquie Foster on November 2, 2024 in Verona, New York.