“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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UFC 328 WEIGH-IN, COUNTDOWN SHOW & PRESS CONFERENCE Newark, NJ (May 8th, 2026)– The UFC 328 pre-fight press conference for Chimaev vs. Strickland took place on Thursday, May 7, 2026, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, and it was a memorable one. The event was notoriously volatile, highlighted by a physical altercation where […]
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UFC PERTH AUSTRALIA RESULTS & VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS Perth, Australia (May 2nd, 2026)– At UFC Fight Night in Perth, Australia Carlos Prates defeated Jack Della Maddalena via TKO (punches) at 3:17 of Round 3 in the main event. In the co-main event, Quillan Salkilld defeated Beneil Dariush via first-round TKO. Local fighter Steve Erceg also secured […]
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The Hard Luck Road of Tigre, Welterweight Adrian Granados Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Top 25 junior welterweight and welterweight Adrian ‘Tigre’ Granados of Woodland Hills, California, has a deceiving record of 20-8-2 with 14 knockouts and has only been stopped once in 30 professional contests. Originally fighting out […]
Brizel’s Perspective: Rating the Top Middleweights in the World in 2020 Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez of Mexico is currently the best middleweight boxer in the world. However, when Alvarez moves up to light heavyweight to challenge Sergey Kovalev for a share of the world title at […]
Do or Die Heavyweight Bouts Coming Up By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Do or die heavyweight bouts means the winner advances, and the loser could call it a career, or will be in a very downslide position in terms of the division. There are several interesting do or die heavyweight […]
Horrible Matchups of The Month By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Unscrupulous boxing promoters will do anything to sell a fight, and television will usually provide a mismatch. Of recent, some of the worst matchups ever seen have been made, which in the viewpoint of this reporter, are like sending a lamb […]
Should Heavyweight Champion Andy Ruiz Jr. Be Allowed to Box for Mexico at 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Andy Ruiz Jr. says he would be honored to represent Mexico in the heavyweight division at the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo, Japan, after his upcoming world title rematch […]
Magomed Abdusalamov-The 22 Million Dollar Man By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent With a significant number of boxing deaths and career-ending injuries in professional boxing, the story of Magomed Abdusalamov is not a new tune. Benny Kid Paret, Willie Classen, Greg Page, Sam Baraudi, Jimmy Doyle, and Beethoven Scottland were among better-known […]
Heavyweight Wild Card! Michael Hunter Wanted Joshua Last Minute, Defeats Kuzmin By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Heavyweight contender Michael Hunter is a wow wild card in the division! Michael Hunter lost one close decision to Oleksandr Usyk for the WBO world cruiserweight title in 2017. Hunter and Usyk eventually moved up […]
By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Michael Zerafa Upsets Jeff Horn in Australia – Editorial My good friend, noted boxing promoter and trainer Mike Melendez, has often said whenever two men step into the ring, anything can happen, and never underestimate your opponent. On Saturday night, August 31, 2019, as the summer […]
What Happened? Spider Man Cedric Marks: From MMA to Burglary & Murder Charges By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media MMA Correspondent Fighting out of Chula Vista, Texas, between 1998 and 2018, Cedric ‘Spider Man’ Marks, 44, was once a feared MMA Bellator fighter with a record of 31-27 with one no contest, a veteran […]
Is Another Title Shot in the future For Julio Chavez Jr.? Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Julio Chavez Jr. emerged in his famous world champion father Julio Cesar Chavez Sr.’s footsteps, but has yet to emerge from his championship shadow. At age 33, 50-3-1 with 32 knockouts, Culican, Mexico. Julio […]
Middleweight Curtis Stevens Loses in Wrong Division, Needs To Go Back To 160 Pounds Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent One of the most powerful and feared of middleweight contenders, middleweight Curtis’ The Cerebral Assassin’ Stevens, 34, made the strangest move of his 15-year career when he agreed to fight a […]
Buddy McGirt’s Wise Decision: Seeing The Light in The Dark Side By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent With one round left, former world champion and championship trainer Buddy McGirt, made the decision in the corner of 13-0 rising unbeaten Russian prospect Maxim Dadashev, fighting an International Boxing Federation eliminator bout, to stop […]
Brizel Editorial: Dangers of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Boxing By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The dangers of alcohol and drug abuse, especially cocaine, can affect athletes in boxing, as well as all sports, who fall prey to addiction. The late Pernell Whitaker and the late Rocky Lockridge were known to […]
The Difficult Road of Antonio DeMarco Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In losing five of his last seven bouts by decision, plus getting stopped twice by the late Edwin Valero and Adrien Broner in world title bouts, Antonio DeMarco has not beaten the odds against big promoters in big money […]
Heavyweight Joey Dawejko’s Last Shot Opportunity Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Once upon a time, Greg Page was rumored to have decked Mike Tyson in sparring practice. More recently, Anthony Joshua was rumored to have been decked by sparring partner Joey Dawejko in […]
Joshua, Never Underestimate Your Opponent, Ringside Lessons of a Lifetime Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent When ‘The Bayonne Bleeder’, bar-room brawler and liquor salesman Chuck Wepner, decked Muhammad Ali in the ninth round of their March 1975 World Heavyweight title bout in Richfield Coliseum in Richfield, Ohio, the boxing establishment, […]
The World According to Anthony Joshua After Ruiz Fact, With Lennox Lewis Reply Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In this self-made Anthony Joshua video, several weeks after losing his world heavyweight title to Andy Ruiz Jr., Joshua emphasizes losing is all part of the game, like chess, like PlayStation. This […]
Why Referee Michael Griffin Ruled Anthony Joshua Unable to Continue By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Daily Express UK Neutral referee Michael Griffin did not ask Anthony Joshua to take a few steps forward. In an already sunken ship like a bad monopoly game, World Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua did […]
Top 20 WBC USNBC Welterweight Champion Anthony Young Rises: Juice Is On The Loose By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Welterweight contender Anthony ‘Juice’ Young got it correct when he stated after defeating former world champion Sadam Ali that Ali was no longer the same […]
Tattoo Latino Mike Tyson! Argentine Heavyweight Champion Gonzalo Omar Basile By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Newly crowned South American Heavyweight champion Gonzalo Omar ‘El Paton’,Basile, of Buenos Aires, Argentina, a veteran of 86 professional bouts at age 45, is truly the king of the ‘B’ heavyweight fighters. His tattooed face makes […]
The Middleweight Eraser of UFC, Paulo Costa By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media MMA Correspondent His record of 12 wins includes 11 knockouts and one submission, with all opponents being ‘erased’ within the distance. Costa fights for Champion Team, Team Rubens Dorea, and the Caveirinha Jiu-Jitsu Family. Paulo Costa debuted in the UFC in 2017, […]
The Highs and the Lows of Lateef Kayode’s Boxing Career Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent He was once undefeated in his first 23 pro bouts, a Freddie Roach protégé, and a legitimate world ranked challenger for both the world cruiserweight and world heavyweight titles. A loser of his last four […]
Rise and Fall of Don Da Bomb By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent A 34-3 amateur, he was once undefeated in his first 20 fights, a hard hitter who was one of the feared super middleweights in the world. At 25-7-2 with 22 knockouts, but with only one win in his last […]
Era of The Monster Heavyweights Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Joe Louis, even with 25 world title defenses, would be out of place in the current era of the super heavyweight monster heavyweight. Primo Carnera, Jess Willard, Nicolay Valuev and Mike White were considered talented boxing odd oddities. Recent results […]
No Detroit Love Lost for J’Leon Love & David Benavidez on March 16 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The best bout on USA Fox at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday evening, March 16, 2019, could be the preliminary bout to the Errol Spence Jr. versus Mikey Garcia WBC […]
Kabayel vs. Schwarz: Ultimate 2019 German Heavyweight Showdown By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Two of Germany’s top heavyweight prospects have risen to the worldwide top 15, but both remain untested at the elite level. Perhaps the ultimate super fight challenge will be to fight each other for a version of the […]
Dr. Mario Yagobi and Boxing 360’s Million Dollar Mistake Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media In 2009, Dr. Mario Yagobi founded Boxing 360 in New York City, with former New York State Athletic Commissioner right-hand as his right hand man. Together, the two put […]
June 1 Garden Humdinger: Is it Joshua or Miller Time? Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The mainstream verbal expression “It’s Miller Time!” is most commonly associated with the act of consuming Miller Beer. However, in colloquial English, “It’s Miller Time” implies “It’s time to call it a day, lighten up […]
Saul Farah, The Fenix Assassin By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent 93 bout Bolivian heavyweight journeyman Saul Farah is known as ‘El Fenix Asesino’. Turning pro in 2004, Farah’s 15-year boxing record is 67 wins, 23 losses, and four draws, with 58 knockouts. He will fight anyone anywhere anyplace anytime at a […]
Unreal True Story! The Boxing Trainer Who Walked Out of His Own Grave By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Ramon Sosa & Daily Mail Houston, Texas welterweight boxer turned gym owner and boxing coach Ramon Sosa is lucky to be alive. He walked out of his own grave. Mr. Sosa’s […]
Why MMA Legend Iceman Chuck Liddell Should Never Be Allowed To Fight Again Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Mixed Martial Artist Chuck Liddell, who is 48 years old, is a former UFC Light Heavyweight champion. Why, after being out of the MMA ring for over eight years, would Liddell […]
Three Best WBC Diamond Heavyweight Elite Dream Fights for Marco Huck Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former WBO and IBO World Cruiserweight champion Marco Huck, sometimes called ‘Captain Huck’, is 34 years old and is now campaigning at heavyweight. This past June 2018, Huck stopped (40-4) Yakup Saglam in the […]
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