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At a square in a Rio de Janeiro suburb plagued by drug trafficking and high rates of violent crimes, children and young adults get together every Tuesday night to fight, but not in the way one might think. Donning gloves and following rules, they spar in street boxing matches from around 10 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. in a weekly event that has been attracting a growing audience in Belford Roxo, a poor city in Rio state. It started around four months ago at local square Praca 1, and has since developed into a project called “Ultimate Fighting Praca 1,” or UFP1, said one of its creators, Michel dos Reis.
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