All 28 fighters made weight at UFC Vegas 124. Full card records, weights and odds, main card film study and weigh-in video for Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Johnny Walker.
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Under Men’s Rules 10×3 Rounds, Turhan vs. Baumgardner Heads MVP Texas Card By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Prediction Record: (184-44-10), (9-5-1) in Main Events Arlington, Texas (November 6th, 2026)– In the main event of a ten bouts ESPN, ESPN Deportes and Sky Sports UK televised card promoted by Jake Paul’s MVP […]
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Ex-World Heavyweight Champion Oliver McCall, 61, Stops Jeremiah Williams in Fifth By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Corpus Christi, Texas (November 6th, 2026)– At age 61, former World Heavyweight champion Oliver McCall, age 61, continues to be the Jack Johnson of the modern era. McCall, 62-14-1 with 41 knockouts, Corpus Christi, Texas, […]
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Dana White announces Deontay Wilder vs. Jai Opetaia on the Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua card on December 11 in Cardiff, with Opetaia making his heavyweight debut.
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Jake Paul vs. Cédric Doumbé is official for December 24 at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. Get the fight details, tale of the tape, press conference dates and what we know about how to watch.
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Five Decade Career of Super Lightweight Champion Saoul Mamby Ends at Age 72 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Brooklyn, NY (December 21, 2019)– The five decades career and boxing life of former world super lightweight champion Saoul Mamby, who was in the gym his entire life long after the spotlight […]
CSAC Denies Logan Paul Appeal Over Two Point Deduction in KSI Bout By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Los Angeles, CA (December 20th, 2019)– The California State Athletic Commission has denied the appeal of social media star Logan Paul’s two-point deduction in the fourth round of his split decision loss […]
Jeff Horn Saves Career With Punch From The Gods, Defeats Zerafa by Majority Decision By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent South Brisbane, Australia (December 19th, 2019)– A bloody Jeff Horn, bleeding profusely from a horrific cut on the side of the left eye, landed ‘A Punch From The Gods’ which decked […]
DAZN Chavez vs. Jacobs Approved for Dec. 20 as Nevada Judge Lifts Chavez Suspension By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Phoenix, Arizona (December 18th, 2019)– The off again, on again 12 round bout between super middleweights Daniel Jacobs versus Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is now on again, and it is going to […]
Five British Prospects Lose in Saturday Nightmare Golden Contract Tournament By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In a Saturday night nightmare of a boxing card at Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, Essex, East London, United Kingdom on Saturday, December 14, 2019, five of the six top United Kingdom light heavyweight promising prospects […]
Brizel Disagrees Editorial: Russian Boxing Federation Will Boycott 2020 Tokyo Olympics Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent General Secretary Umar Kremlev of The Russian Boxing Federation, in an official statement released this week to Associated Press, stated all Russian amateur boxers will boycott the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games next year. Sec. […]
Ortiz Stops Solomon to Defend WBA Gold Title at Fantasy Springs By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Indio, Ca (December 14th, 2019)– World Boxing Association Gold welterweight titleholder Vergil Ortiz Jr. retained his title in spectacular fashion, dropping Solomon three times en route to a main event fifth-round knockout victory […]
Bob Arum Says It’s A 100 Million Dollar Rematch! Tyson Fury vs. Wilder February 2020 Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Despite taking 47 stitches due to a cut below his right eye incurred during his 12 rounds decision win over Otto Wallin in September 2019 at T-Mobile Arena […]
David Lemieux Taken on 2 Knockdown 10 Round Split Decision Trip to Hell by Bursak By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former middleweight contender and middleweight world title challenger David Lemieux, making a comeback returning to the ring after 14 months of inactivity, got taken on a 10 rounds super […]
Ex-Champ Leon Spinks Battling Pneumonia in Intensive Care, Still Fighting For His Life By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (December 13th, 2019)– Former World Heavyweight champion ‘Neon’ Leon Spinks, 66, who defeated Muhammad Ali to win the lineal world heavyweight championship in 1978, remained hospitalized in Las […]
Update: Ex-Champ Leon Spinks Remains Critical, Fighting For Life in Las Vegas Hospital By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Here is the updated official Statement from the family of former World Heavyweight champion ‘Neon’ Leon Spinks regarding Leon Spinks’ hospitalization in Las Vegas, Nevada, and current medical situation, which remains […]
K9 Bundrage and Erika Newman Interview: Famous Boxers Have No Privacy By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The way former World Boxing Association World Super Welterweight champion Cornelius ‘K9’ Bundrage of Detroit tells it, after he became world champion, people on the street would call out to him and shout “Hey […]
Heavyweight Champion Leon Spinks Hospitalized in Critical Condition in Las Vegas By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former World Heavyweight champion ‘Neon’ Leon Spinks, 66, who shocked the boxing world by winning a 15 round split decision over Muhammad Ali on February 15, 1978, at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, […]
Iraqi Featherweight Prospect Basil Ali Nasser Rises in Dearborn Heights By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Iraqi featherweight prospect Basil Ali Nasser is now 4-0 at only 22 years old. Born in Iraq, Nasser immigrated at four months old with his family to the United States. A native of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, […]
Some Things Don’t Come Easy, Bocachica and Walker Win by Decision at Ford Center *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Dearborn, MI (December 8th, 2019)– ‘Some Things Don’t Come Easy’ is a classic song by England Dan and John Ford Coley, the opening lines which […]
Anthony Joshua Outboxes The Heavier Ruiz, Regains World Heavyweight Title in Jabathon By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Diriyah, Saudi Arabia (December 8th, 2019)– The spectacle in Saudi Arabia was every bit the hype the Saudis intended it to be at the newly constructed Diriyah Arena. The main event bout between Anthony […]
Andy Ruiz Jr. in Diriyah: Eye of The Fatman, or Eye of The Tiger? New Brizel Editorial Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent To the blaring music of ‘Rocky’, Gonna Fly Now, Andy ‘Destroyer’ Ruiz Jr., the current world heavyweight champion of four organizations, has yet to prove he […]
Second2None Promotions Presents Seven Bout Dearborn Card at Ford Civic Center By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Dearborn, MI (December 5th, 2019)– Kenny Moore and Vi Tran’s Second2None Promotions and TopBreed Promotions will present an exciting five bout card of area boxing at the Dearborn Ford Community & Performing Arts […]
Parr Upsets Mundine By Split Decision Down Under By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The comeback attempt of former light middleweight, middleweight, and super middleweight world champion and rugby star Anthony Mundine has ended in an upset 10 round split decision loss to MMA fighter John Wayne Parr in a super […]
December 7 Bombs Away! Heavyweight Clash on Dunes DAZN Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Diriyah, Saudi Arabia (November 29th, 2019)– National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, which is celebrated annually on December 7, commemorates the attack on Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii, during World War II. Many American servicemen and women […]
CONOR MCGREGOR VS. COWBOY CERRONE IS OFFICIAL! Notorious Conor McGregor Returns! January 2020 vs. Cowboy Cerrone UFC 246 Vegas By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Boxing MMA Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (November 29th, 2019)– The UFC 246 super-fight will take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to UFC President Dana White. […]
Grave Restored of Rev. Bendigo Thompson, Brobdingnagian Bare Knuckles Champion By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Photo Credit: Emma Percival Photo, Gedlingeye.co.uk In September of 2019, the grave of the former world bare-knuckles boxing champion was restored, a man from an era long before the rules of the Marquess de Queensberry. The […]
FLOYD MAYWEATHER 2020 POSSIBLE OPPONENTS? Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Only recently, Floyd Mayweather Jr. said he was done with the brutal sport of boxing. Floyd, 50-0 with 27 knockouts, Las Vegas, Nevada, who has won world titles in five divisions, will be joining promotional forces with UFC President […]
Ortiz’ Ego Began Disrespecting Wilder, Creating The Opening of Doom in Round Seven By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz won on at least five of the first six rounds on the scorecards, by visual observation and two of the actual scorecards as well. It appeared to be […]
Taylor Duerr Wins NABF Title in Detroit MotorCity Casino Llinas Main Event By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Detroit, MI (November 24th, 2019)– In the main event of a nine bout boxing card at Detroit’s MotorCity Casino Soundboard on Friday evening, November 22, 2019, promoted […]
Pride of Providence, Light Heavyweight Peter Manfredo, Wins Comeback at Age 38 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Comeback Media Boxing correspondent The ‘Pride of Providence’, light heavyweight contender Peter Manfredo, has made a successful comeback at age 38. Manfredo, 41-7-1 with 22 knockouts, Providence, Rhode Island, knocked out Kentucky journeyman Melvin Russell, 11-8-2 with seven […]
Jorge Luis Gonzalez Remembered, Trash Talk Pissed’Em Off Heavyweight Contender By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The ring has a history of pro boxers who, after fighting for a world title and not winning it, either abandoned their career or simply faded off the map due to various factors. Personal motivation […]
RCM Prospect of the Month Nov. 2019 Australian Cruiserweight Jai Opetaia is On Fire By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Rising southpaw Samoan Australian cruiserweight prospect Jai Opetaia of New South Wales, Australia, now 19-0 with 15 knockouts, is on fire. His latest victory, on November 16, 2019, an eighth-round stoppage of […]
Yamileth Mercado Wins WBC Female Super Bantamweight Title By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Chihuahua, Mexico (November 17th, 2019)– Mexico is home to some of the world’s best world boxing champions. Mexico is also home to some of the world’s most beautiful women. On rare occasions in professional boxing, the two […]
Night of Knockouts XVIII: Duerr vs. Obregon NABF Title Detroit CLIP Motor City Card By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Taylor ‘Machine Gun’ Duerr will fight his second consecutive World Boxing Council regional title bout against Neller Obregon in the main event of an eight-bout Carlos Llinas CLIP Promotions boxing […]
Hero, Heroin or Murder? Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston Showtime Documentary By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent * Photo Credit: boxinghalloffame.com Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Charles ‘Sonny’ Liston, an 89 minute documentary or shockumentary of the controversial life of the former world heavyweight champion (depending on how one interprets […]
Heavyweight Anthony Mosco vs Birdman Smith-True Story of 22 Sec. YouTube Viral Bout By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Historically speaking, Anthony Bosco versus Jimmy ‘Birdman’ Smith is considered to be the classical example of the worst televised heavyweight bout ever seen. Mosco, a former New York and Florida Heavyweight Golden […]
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