UNDEFEATED THAD JEAN FACES NO. 1 RANKED SHAMIL MUSAEV FOR THE VACANT PFL WELTERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ON JULY 25 IN WASHINGTON, DC PFL’s Return to the Nation’s Capital Takes Place at CareFirst Arena and Airs Live in the U.S. on ESPN at 10 p.m. ET PFL D.C. Marks the Second of Three Consecutive Weeks of PFL Events Featuring World Championship […]
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DANIEL DUBOIS STOPS FABIO WARDLEY TO WIN THE WBO TITLE – VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS Sign up to DAZN Manchester, UK (May 14th, 2026)– Daniel Dubois defeated Fabio Wardley by 11th-round technical knockout (TKO) on Saturday, May 9, 2026, to capture the WBO heavyweight championship in a brutal, pulsating showdown at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, […]
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“BATTLE OF THE LEGENDS” FLOYD ‘MONEY’ MAYWEATHER TO FACE ‘IRON’ MIKE ZAMBIDIS IN FULL-CONTACT EXHIBITION BOUT, SATURDAY, JUNE 27, IN ATHENS, GREECE Five-Weight, 15-Time World Champion Mayweather Meets 18-Time World Champion Kickboxing King and Olympic Boxer Zambidis to Headline Global Pay-Per-View Event, Live from the Telekom Center, Athens at OAKA Olympic Complex Athens, Greece (May […]
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UFC 328 RESULTS, VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS, POST-PRESS CONFERENCE & SOCIAL MEDIA REACTION Newark, NJ (May 10th, 2026)– UFC 328 took place on Saturday, May 9, 2026, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The event was headlined by a middleweight title clash where Sean Strickland reclaimed the championship, handing Khamzat Chimaev the first loss of […]
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UFC FREEDOM 250 PRESS CONFERENCE Sign up to Paramount+ Las Vegas, NV (May 10th, 2026)– The UFC Freedom 250 press conference held on May 8, 2026, was marked by high tension and significant altercations as fighters prepared for the historic June 14 event at the White House. Heavyweight Josh Hokit was ejected from the stage […]
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Tale of Two Chambers: Rise and Fall of Steve and Eddie Chambers By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent A short thought to note life has been cruel of late and not particularly kind to the professional boxing careers of heavyweight contender Eddie Chambers and his brother, welterweight contender Steve Upsher […]
Vinny Paz Razzmatazz: Boose, Cars, Strippers, Gambling, Bankruptcy, and More By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Vinny Paz, formerly known as Vinny Pazienza, made millions during his professional career as a boxer. Between 1983 and 2004, fighting between 137 and 171 pounds, ‘The Pazmanian Devil’ compiled a ring record of […]
Can Kermit Cintron Return to Championship Form? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Welterweight Kermit ‘El Asesino’ Cintron has only five wins in his last 11 fights. At age 33, with a record of 34-5-2 with 28 knockouts, Cintron is at a crossroads turning point in his career. Cintron has beaten […]
Whatever Happened To Trevor Berbick? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Trevor Berbick was born on August 1, 1954, in Port Antonio, Jamaica. Berbick was 21 years old and had only 11 amateur fights when he represented Jamaica in the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games at heavyweight, losing to eventual […]
Macho Time in Summer Zenith, Overweight Hector Camacho Jr. Wins By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (August 10th, 2013)– It’s still ‘macho time’ in the zenith, the upper region of the sky, the point of the celestial sphere directly above the observer. Hector ‘Macho’ Camacho may […]
Tragic Story of Hector Camacho’s Tombstone: Mom Pawned His Macho Chain By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Hector Macho Camacho is at rest. His tombstone, pictured above, is adorned with boxing gloved, and is always surrounded by fresh flowers (for now). Hector’s tombstone is a beautiful tribute. […]
James Toney in Twilight After Winning Again in June By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent James ‘Lights Out’ Toney of Sherman Oaks, California, is now 44 years old, and his career is in twilight. With a career professional record of 75-8-3, with 45 knockouts, Toney’s last bout was an eight […]
Tommy The Duke Morrison in His Own Words on Maury Povich, and What Followed By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent When a medical test is not enough in the field of sports, sometimes the courts deal with people involved. Sometimes the person involved tell his or her own story. In […]
Emile Griffith Dies at 75, One of Bert Sugar’s All-Time Greats By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Twice during his career as a boxing writer, the late great boxing writer Bert Sugar came up with his list of the 100 greatest fighters of all-time. Emile Griffith was on both lists, and deservedly so. […]
What Ever Happened To The Good Old Days of Boxing? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Remember Hearns and Hagler, Leonard Hearns, Leonard and Duran, and Hagler and Duran? Remember the fan man who came crashing down in the middle of the world heavyweight title bout between Riddick Bowe […]
Pacquiao Challenges Floyd, Needs To Sign With Mayweather Promotions To Get Floyd By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Manny Pacquiao is over the hill, and has taken one punch too many. Pacquiao has been knocked out three times, and his last knockout lost to Juan Manuel Marquez was not funny. […]
Craziest Fight of 2013! The Most Bizarre Five Seconds You Will Ever See By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Dwayne McRae versus Dennis Benson, May 11, 2013, On May 11, 2013, heavyweights Dwayne McRae of Maryland and Dennis Benson of Virginia fought what is for sure the craziest […]
Paul Williams at 32: His Fate is in The Hands of The Gods By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent On July 27, 2013, Paul (The Punisher) Williams will turn 32 years old. 14 months after his motorcycle accident on May 27, 2012, Paul Williams remains the punisher in the dark […]
Wrestling Champion Nature Boy Ric Flair in Trouble With The Law Again By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Raleigh, NC (July 18th, 2013)– A North Carolina judge has issued an arrest warrant for the still active and ageless former world professional wrestling champion Ric Flair, AKA ‘Nature Boy’ age […]
When 500 Million Dollars Ain’t Enough: Iron Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Sugar Ray Robinson, James Jeffries, and Other Boxing Bankruptcies By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Light middleweight boxer James De La Rosa went bankrupt over credit card debts and medical bills. Top rated lightweight contender Henry […]
The Mountain Awaits Ronald Hearns, The Chosen One By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent RCM Editorial Chicago, IL (July 17th, 2013)– Middleweight Ronald ‘The Chosen One’ Hearns, 34, son of Hall of Fame boxing champion Thomas ‘Hitman’ Hearns, has not enjoyed the sort of fame or boxing career […]
Welterweight Mike Jones Has a Fading Star By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former top ranked welterweight prospect Mike Jones has a rapidly fading star. Jones, who has not fought since losing to Randall Bailey for the vacant international Boxing Federation welterweight title in June 2012, has been trying to make a contractual […]
Tubagus Sakti Tragedy Could Have Been Prevented By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Seventeen year old professional boxer Tubagus Sakti of Indonesia died in the ring this past January 2013 after being stopped in the eighth round of a scheduled 12 rounder against Ichal Tobida. With a record of […]
Bruce Lee and The Nunchakus in Martial Arts: Making Them Dangerous By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Before friend and fellow student Dan Inosanto introduced the late martial artist Bruce Lee in 1964 to nunchucks or ‘chain sticks’, Lee had no interest in them and thought nothing of […]
Boxing Rematches Past and Present Are Chess Matches: A Writer’s Perspective By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Rematches require a certain mindset. They either result in redemption or repeat. Experience can count, but tactics and a different game plan are clearly more important in a rematch. Quoting Tony Thompson after […]
Heavyweight Boxing Life and Times of Nelson Mandela July 1918-July 2013 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent As the lifetime of former South African President and anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela draws to a close in a vegetative state close to his 95th birthday on July 18, […]
The Three Wise Men: The Referee Has Not An Easy Job Folks By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The referees are always the unsung heroes in every amateur and professional sport. What they do is something between difficult an amazing. The athletes get credit. The officials get scrutinized. The […]
Could Football Be More Dangerous Than Boxing? A Sports Writer’s Perspective By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent New York Giants and New York Jets punter Dave Jennings died of Parkinson’s disease this week at age 61. Playing in the National Football League triples the risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease and […]
Where’s The Duke? Tommy Morrison 2013 Update By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY (June 17th, 2013)– A serious challenge for the boxing writer is to write a story about a famous name boxer when there’s virtually no information available. Former world heavyweight champion Tommy ”The Duke’ Morrison is […]
Reporters Telling The Truth in Boxing: An Online Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent New York,NY (June 15th,2013)– A boxing reporter is, by nature, a neutral and fair reporter of boxing in sports. He or she does not favor one promoter or another by design. The goal of […]
Adonis Stevenson Wipes Chad Dawson Off The Map, Claims WBC Title By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent Montrael, Canada (June 10th, 2013)– The late Emanuel Steward has trained another world champion. It’s just that 35 year old Adonis Stevenson of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, has been fighting out of Quebec, Canada, in […]
Floyd Will Knock Out Canelo Alvarez, The First Worldwide Prediction for Sept 14 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY (May 31st, 2013)–Floyd Mayweather Jr. versus Manny Pacquiao missed the boat. Never one to wait for the next promotion to become a sinking ship, Floyd Mayweather […]
Mayweather has marked Alvarez the chosen one. By Tom Mauriello Real Combat Media Correspondent Brooklyn, NY (May 30th, 2013)– Let me start this off by saying, Floyd Mayweather knows more about boxing then every one of us. Floyd had the opportunity to fight any fighter he wanted, but as he said on […]
When The Name of The Game is The Man in the Middle By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent Rare it is when a professional boxing world championship bout takes place, and everything goes smoothly because the referee sets a precise tempo for a super clean bout. Such was the case on […]
Can Hot and Cold Chicago Heavyweight Carl Davis Beat 18-0 Andy Ruiz Jr.? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent Chicago, IL (May 25, 2012)– In recent months, Chicago cruiserweight and heavyweight Carl ‘Iron Fist’ Davis has been walking the walk-and talking the talk-about possible pending bouts […]
Father and Son Fighters Oliver McCall and Elijah McCall Make History in Losing By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent Oliver McCall is a former world heavyweight champion, and his son Elijah McCall is a rising heavyweight prospect. At age 48, Oliver McCall ahs been stopped only once, in a rematch with […]
Maurice Harris in Another Heavyweight Comeback Bid. Is Mago Next? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media correspondent Maurice ‘No Better’ Harris is back at age 37, the veteran heavyweight having won a close split decision over six rounds over Jason Bergman on May 3, 2013, in Pennsylvania. Harris, now 26-17-2 […]
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