Taylor Duerr in Contractual Limbo: A Robert Brizel Editorial
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Author: Robert Brizel - Head Boxing Correspondent
Robert is the Head Boxing Correspondent for Real Combat Media Boxing since 2013. Robert is also a photographer and ringside reporter for the RCM Tri State region which includes NJ, NY and PA. Robert conducts exclusive interviews, provides historical boxing articles and provides editorial ringside coverage of major boxing events. You can contact or follow Robert on Facebook and by email at [email protected].
GARY RUSSELL JR. & GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX WIN IN ALLENTOWN & KEVIN LARENA WINS IN GERMANY
Rigondeaux Wins WBA Title at 39, Russell Outhustles Nyabayar, Arslan Loses at 49 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Guillermo Rigondeaux is the Cuban fighter you rarely see. At age 39, Rigondeaux has won the World Boxing Association World Bantamweight championship by 12 round split decision. Rigondeaux, 20-1 with 13 knockouts, […]
Ex-WBA World Super Lightweight Champion Johnny ‘Bump City’ Bumphus Dies at 59
Ex-WBA World Super Lightweight Champion Johnny ‘Bump City’ Bumphus Dies at 59 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Tacoma, Washington (February 9th, 2019)– Former World Boxing Association World Super Lightweight champion Johnny ‘Bump City’ Bumphus, a member of the 1980 United States Olympic Boxing team which did not travel to the […]
49-Year-Old German Southpaw First Arslan Battles for IBO World Title Against Kevin Larena
The Cruiserweight Rocky By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Goeppingen, Germany (February 7th, 2019)– At the age of 49, German southpaw First Arslan, 47-8-3 with 32 knockouts, Suessen, Germany, is truly the cruiserweight Rocky of the 200 pounds division. Rocky Marciano would have been a cruiserweight by today’s standards, so the […]
GARY RUSSELL JR. VS. TUGSTSOGT NYAMBAYAR, PREVIEW, FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES, PHOTOS & WEIGH-IN VIDEO
Speed Kills! Why Gary Russell Jr. Will Kayo Nyambayar on Showtime, Allentown Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Allentown, PA (February 8th, 2019)– Southpaw World Boxing Council World Featherweight champion Gary ‘Mr.’ Russell Jr., 30-1, 18 knockouts, Capitol Heights, Maryland, has the Bruce Lee virtues of speed and power. This […]
RCM Historical Boxing: Kirk Douglas Hosted a TV Documentary of Rocky Marciano
Actor Kirk Douglas Was A Big Fan of Rocky Marciano By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In 1970, the late Hollywood actor Kirk Douglas hosted a television documentary tribute to his friend, the late world heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano. Kirk Douglas met Rocky Marciano when he was in a Los […]
Robert Brizel Editorial: Nobody Wanna Fight Mike Hunter, Matchmaking Nightmare
Robert Brizel Editorial: Nobody Wanna Fight Mike Hunter, Matchmaking Nightmare By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Heavyweights Mike Hunter Jr. and Jarrell Miller have a common denominator. They are at the top of their heavyweight game, knocking at the door of a world heavyweight title, and nobody wants to fight them. […]
With Ten Thousand Sick, Face Masks Needed at Boxing & MMA Events Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
With Ten Thousand Sick, Face Masks Needed at Boxing & MMA Events Due to Coronavirus Pandemic By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Now that the Wuhan Coronavirus, which is spread from person to person, has become a worldwide pandemic with nearly ten thousand people sick, and 200 people dead, international health concerns […]
YouTuber Jake Paul, Destroys Gib in First Round Maul
God Bless YouTuber Jake Paul, Destroys Gib in First Round Maul By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Miami, FL (January 31, 2020)– YouTuber and cruiserweight Jake ‘The Problem Child’ Paul won the battle of professional debuts, dropping Ali Esson Gib three times in a first-round TKO maul which took all of two […]
Joseph Diaz Jr. Defeats Tevin Farmer – Paul, Akhmadaliev & Andrade Wins – DAZN Video Highlights
Joseph Diaz Jr. Defeats Tevin Farmer, Paul & Andrade Wins New Brizel Editorial: New Champion JoJo Diaz Defines The Hungry Fighter By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Miami, FL (January 31, 2020)– When the hungry fighter fighters, the hungry fighter is hungrier than the opposition. On Thursday, January 30, 2020, Joseph Diaz […]
Remembering Kobe Bryant, Basketball Star, Friend of Manny Pacquiao and Pro Boxing
Remembering Kobe Bryant, Basketball Star, Friend of Manny Pacquiao and Pro Boxing By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Chris Farina, Top Rank Kobe Bryant was more than just a 20-year veteran of the Los Angeles Lakers, with 18 all-star games, five world championship rings and two Olympic gold medal championships […]
European Welterweight Champ Garbis Zakaryan, Iron Fist of Turkey, Dies at 90
European Welterweight Champ Garbis Zakaryan, Iron Fist of Turkey, Dies at 90 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Istanbul, Turkey (January 27th, 2020)– Turkey’s first professional boxer, former Turkish and European Welterweight champion Garbis ‘The Iron Fist’ Zakaryan, has died is Istanbul, Turkey, at the age of 90. A fifth-grade dropout […]
Jose Ramirez vs. Viktor Postol Postponed Due to Coronavirus in China
Crisis! 400 Dead From Coronavirus, ESPN Top Rank Postol-Ramirez China Boxing Card Postponed By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent With over 400 dead from the new Wuhan Coronavirus, and millions of people in Mainland China wearing masks, Top Rank has postponed its ESPN boxing card scheduled for February 2, 2020, in Haikou, […]
UFC 246 RESULTS & VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS, SOCIAL MEDIA REACTION & POST PRESSER – MAYWEATHER HINTS AT REMATCH
UFC 246 Las Vegas Massacre! Conor McGregor Destroys Cowboy Cerrone in 40 seconds By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (January 19th, 2020)– In his second fastest MMA knockout win ever, Conor McGregor took out Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone in a welterweight showdown, apparently breaking his nose and ending the bout […]
Alvarez Kayos Seals With Monster Right Hand
Good Night Senor! One Shot Baby! Alvarez Kayos Seals With Monster Right Hand By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Verona, NY (January 19th, 2020)– Former World Boxing Organization World Light Heavyweight champion Eleider Alvarez, inactive for eleven months, knocked out Michael Seals with a monster right hook over the Seals […]
Scottish Jackie Brown, Flyweight Champ Who Shared Dressing Room with Muhammad Ali, Dies at 84
Scottish Jackie Brown, Flyweight Champ Who Shared Dressing Room with Muhammad Ali, Dies at 84 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Edinburgh, Scotland (January 15th, 2020)– Scottish Jackie Brown, who won the vacant BBBofC British Flyweight championship in February 1962 by decisioning Brian Cartwright over 15 rounds at the Embassy Sportsdome […]
Spike O’Sullivan Takes (35-0) Jaime Munguia on a Middleweight Trip to Hell – Video Highlights
Spike O’Sullivan Takes (35-0) Jaime Munguia on a Middleweight Trip to Hell By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent San Antonio, Texas(January 12th, 2020)– World Boxing Organization World Junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia, 35-0 with 28 knockouts, Tijuana, Mexico, moved up to middleweight and fringe contender Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan was supposed […]
Joe Smith Jr. Knocks Down and Defeats Jesse Hart
Philadelphia Jinx! Cinderella Man Joe Smith Jr. Knocks Down and Defeats Jesse Hart By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Philadelphia, PA (January 12th, 2019)– Light heavyweight contender Joe Smith Jr., who hits hard and mean, who knocked Bernard ‘B-Hop’ Hopkins clear out of the ring in the eighth round in […]
Meet Corey Lopez, Rising Pennsylvania Lightweight Prospect
Meet Corey Lopez, Rising Pennsylvania Lightweight Prospect By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent He hails from Altoona, Pennsylvania. At 1-0, rising lightweight prospect Corey Lopez is not your ordinary rising lightweight prospect. At age 28, Lopez is turning pro with hopes of becoming a future world champion a little late. In […]
Boxing Trainer Alan Blyweiss Collapses at Pro-Am Event, Now Recovering
Boxing Trainer Alan Blyweiss Collapses at Pro-Am Event, Now Recovering By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent My friend, veteran boxer and amateur boxing trainer Alan Blyweiss, after posing for this picture, collapsed later in the evening due to dehydration at the seven bout Pro-Am boxing event at the Eagles Club in Lebanon, […]
Ex-Cruiserweight Champ Carlos De Leon Dies of A Heart Attack on New Year’s Day at 60
Ex-Cruiserweight Champ Carlos De Leon Dies of A Heart Attack on New Year’s Day at 60 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former World Boxing Council World Cruiserweight champion Carlos ‘Sugar’ De Leon, who held the WBC world cruiserweight championship on four different occasions, most times of any fighter in […]
LEON SPINKS MEDICAL UPDATE
Wife of Leon Spinks Says He is Home From Hospital After Prostate Treatment By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent According to Brenda Spinks, wife of former World Heavyweight champion ‘Neon’ Leon Spinks, her husband, age 66, is current battling prostate cancer which has spread to his bladder. “It’s going to […]
New Year’s Blast! LWSC Promotions Pro-Am Lebanon Pa Boxing Card Preview
New Year’s Blast! LWSC Promotions Pro-Am Lebanon Pa Boxing Card Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Lebanon, PA (January 3, 2020)– Promoter Julio Alvarez, NBC and LWSC Promotions and matchmaker Mike Melendez will present an exciting eight-bout card of amateur and professional boxing entitled New Year’s Blast at the Fraternal Order […]
Ray Cooper Wins with Liver Shot, Kayla Harrison Wins & Six PFL Champions Earn Millions at the Garden
Cooper Ices Michaud with Liver Shot, Six PFL Champions Earn Millions at the Garden By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media MMA Correspondent New York, NY (January 1, 2020)– Iron Mike Tyson presented the championship belts inside the cage as six new Professional Fighter’s League second season world champions were crowned at Hulu Theater at […]
Chisora vs. Usyk Is Possible for March
Manchester March Matchroom Madness: Chisora vs. Usyk on Eddie Hearn’s 2020 Table By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom boxing has now proposed ex-World Cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk fight heavyweight contender Dereck Chisora on March 7, 2020, in Manchester Arena, United Kingdom. The southpaw Usyk, 17-0 with 13 knockouts, Kiev, […]
WBC Light Flyweight Champion Ken Shiro, The Amazing Boy of Japan
WBC Light Flyweight Champion Ken Shiro, The Amazing Boy of Japan By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent He is undefeated, and consider to be the best fighter in the world in his weight class. World Boxing Council World Light Flyweight champion Ken Shiro (Kenshiro Tiraki), nicknamed ‘The Amazing Boy’, age 27, […]
2016 Olympian Featherweight Muhammad Ali (No Relation) Signs with Queensberry Promotions
2016 Olympian Featherweight Muhammad Ali (No Relation) Signs with Queensberry Promotions By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent 2016 Olympian, featherweight Muhammad Ali (no relation to the former World heavyweight champion Muhammad ‘The Greatest’ Ali) has signed a professional contract with Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions. Muhammad Ali ‘the younger’ won the silver medal […]
Flyweight Champion Moruti Mthalane Sends Third Consecutive Japanese Contender To Cleaners
Flyweight Champion Mthalane Sends Third Consecutive Japanese Contender To Cleaners By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent International Boxing Federation World Flyweight champion Moruti ‘Baby Face’ Mthulane, in retaining his world title, has set a new professional record for world champions, by defeating his third consecutive Japanese challenger on December 23, 2019, with […]
Christmas Tragedy: Cuban Cruiserweight Yendris Valdez Shot to Death in Miami
Christmas Tragedy: Cuban Cruiserweight Yendris Valdez Shot to Death in Miami By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Miami, FL (December 26th, 2019)– Ten bout cruiserweight veteran Yendris ‘El Veloz’ Rodriguez Valdez, age 30, a native of Havana, Cuba now fighting out of Miami, Florida, was shot to death after an argument at […]
Bruce Lee’s Daughter Shannon Sues Kungfu Restaurant Chain for Illegal Use of His Image
Bruce Lee’s Daughter Shannon Sues Kungfu Restaurant Chain for Illegal Use of His Image By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Los Angeles, CA (December 26th, 2019)– Shannon Lee, the daughter of the late martial artist and international acting superstar Bruce Lee, is suing Guangzhou restaurant chain Kungfu Catering Management, also known […]
Thabiso Mchunu Wins WBC Silver Title and Retires Ex-Champ Denis Lebedev
Thabiso Mchunu Wins WBC Silver Title and Retires Ex-Champ Denis Lebedev By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent South African and African Boxing Union Cruiserweight champion Thabiso Mchunu won the vacant World Boxing Council Silver Cruiserweight title with an upset unanimous decision on December 21, 2019, at the Ivan Yarygin Sports Palace in […]
Jacobs Makes Chavez Jr. Quit & Hooker Stops Perez – Video Highlights
Hooker Stops Late Sub Perez, Jacobs Stops Overweight Chavez on DAZN By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Phoenix, Arizona(December 21, 2019)– Former World Boxing Organization World Super Lightweight champion Maurice Hooker, returning at welterweight five months after losing his title in a unification bout to WBC World champion Jose Carlos […]
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