TURKI ALALSHIKH: ‘AJ vs PRENGA IN JEDDAH REINFORCES SAUDI ARABIA’S POSITION AS DESTINATION FOR WORLD’S LEADING EVENTS’ His Excellency Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA) and President of the Saudi Boxing Federation, affirmed that “The Comeback” bout between British heavyweight Anthony Joshua and Albanian heavyweight Kristian Prenga, scheduled to take place on July 25 […]
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Chris Billam-Smith vs. Ryan Rozicki Zuffa Boxing 7 Card Preview From Bournemouth, United Kingdom By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Robert Brizel (2025-2026) Prediction Record: 111-24-8 – Feature Fights (6-4) Sign up to Zuffa Boxing on Paramount+ to See this Fight! Bournemouth International Centre, Uk (June 6th, 2026)– Zuffa Boxing Z07, Paramount+, […]
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JOHNNY EBLEN VS. IMPA KASANGANAY FOR INTERIM MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE HEADLINES PFL AUSTIN Sergio Pettis vs. Lewis McGrillen Set to Feature in Co-Main Event PFL Austin Will Air Live in the U.S. on ESPN2 From 8 pm ET Tickets Available Through Ticketmaster NEW YORK (June 4, 2026) – The Professional Fighters League (PFL) today announced that former Bellator […]
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AMATEUR STANDOUT KAYLA “THE TRUTH” GOMEZ SET FOR PROFESSIONAL DEBUT ON MF PRO’S “PUGILIST REVOLUTION” JUNE 19 IN LONG BEACH Photos by @another.hobby53 and @momedia_productions / Team Gomez TICKETS ON SALE NOW EL PASO, TX (June 4, 2026) – One of the most promising young talents in women’s boxing is ready to begin the next chapter […]
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Dmitry Bivol vs. Michael Eifert Results & Video Highlights Yekaterinburg, Russia (May 31st, 2026)– Dmitry Bivol successfully defended his unified WBA and IBF light-heavyweight world titles against Michael Eifert in Russia on May 30, 2026. Bivol secured a dominant unanimous decision victory, with all three judges scoring the shutout bout 120-107. Eifert produced the worst […]
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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 […]
Rise and Fall of Paul Williams Protégé Justin DeLoach Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Several years ago, former World Welterweight champion Paul Williams transitioned from partially paralyzed athlete into boxing trainer. Williams was working with the then world ranked junior middleweight Justin DeLoach of Augusta, Georgia. DeLoach had beaten three […]
Who Let The Dogs Out? My Take On Curtis Harper’s Ring Walkout in Minneapolis By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent On August 24, 2018, 13-5 Florida journeyman heavyweight Curtis Harper, who once went the eighty round distance with Chris Arreola, walked out of the ring only one second into his six round […]
Possible Super Fights & Super Fights on The Horizon By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Here are the definite and could be super fights on the horizon in 2018. One: Eleider Alvarez versus Adonis Stevenson In knocking down Sergey Kovalev three times in round seven, Eleider Alvarez, 34, 24-0 with 12 […]
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un: Could Handshake of Peace Bring Boxing to North Korea? Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent United States President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un have shaken hands, as the summit of peace is now underway in Singapore. A more relevant sports question […]
The Hexecutioner, Amazing Hekkie Budler Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo credit Naoki Fukuda The nickname ‘The Hexecutioner’ can never be overlooked. Hekkie Budler of Johannesburg, South Africa, is the unquestionable king of the minimum weight and light flyweight boxers. Budler has fought the best of the best in these […]
Rise and Fall of Light Heavyweight Braimah Kamoko (Bukom Bantu) Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent He was once 29-0, and world light heavyweight title shots were available. For Braimah Kamoko, also known as Bukom Bantu, of Accra, Ghana, a bright shining star, the world plummeted into an abyss. […]
Fading Heavyweight Contender Robert Helenius Goes Life and Death with 15 Loss Journeyman By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Estonia (March 22, 2018)– Former European Heavyweight champion and heavyweight contender Robert ‘The Nordic Nightmare’ Helenius of Finland, whose 26-2 record is scarred with two losses in the past 23 months, […]
Cruiserweight Willis ‘The Prophet’ Lockett is Mr. Lucky Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent With a career pro record of 16-22-6 with five knockouts and two no contests, Willis ‘The Prophet’ Lockett is nobody’s candidate to win a world title. Yet, the Tacoma Park, Maryland native, who turned pro […]
Kermit Cintron vs. Antonio Margarito III Possibility is a Bye-Bye Cinderella Swan Song Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Facebook contained a message recently, posted by former world welterweight champion Kermit Cintron, promoting the idea of his next-and likely final-fight against Antonio Margarito, also known as Antonio ‘Margarcheato’ in […]
Super Lightweight Osnel Charles, My Friend Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The 10 bout undercard, both before and after the main event, at Showboat Atlantic City on Saturday evening, February 24, 2018, was of interest only to the friends of the unknown fighters who fought the undercard bouts. Within […]
Thomas LaManna vs. Zab Judah in 2018 Would Be An Interesting WBC Match Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Here’s an interesting bout proposal for Rising Star Promotions. Now that Thomas ‘Cornflake’ LaManna has fought to a 10 round draw with Gabriel Bracero, what next for LaManna and his […]
Knocked Out Again: The Strange Case of Welterweight George ‘El Terrible’ Sosa Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent On February 17, 2018, Philadelphia welterweight veteran George ‘El Terrible’ Sosa was stopped at 2:21 of the fifth round by middleweight contender Tony Harrison at the Don Haskins Convention Center in […]
The Strange Marketing Q of Lara and Rigondeaux Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Sometimes you have a great fighter who is not a box office draw. In such a circumstance what do you do? The late World Middleweight champion Paul Pender was in such a position. He lost to […]
Heavyweight Sons of Tommy Morrison: White Hopes or White Hypes? Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent When Jack Johnson won the world heavyweight title at Sydney Stadium in Sydney. Australia, on December 26, 1908, the world searched desperately for the next ‘Great White Hope’. Decades later, Joe Louis was […]
IBO Super Lightweight Champ Mohamed Mimoune, Best 140 Pounder Nobody Knows By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former WBA and IBF World Super Lightweight champion Julius Indongo of Namibia could be next for newly crowned southpaw International Boxing Organization World Super Lightweight champion Mohamed Mimoune of Toulouse, France. Mimoune […]
Lethal Danny Little – Robert Brizel’s 2017 Ringer of the Year Award Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Twas’ the night before Christmas, but actually not. In editorial reality, it was December 21, 2017, in Birmingham, England, actually. British ringer ‘Lethal’ Danny Little, whose five-year career as a super welterweight […]
Future of the Middleweight Division in 2018 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Happy New Year is coming up. With that, in light of recent events and developments, the state of the middleweight division can be looked at in greater detail. Big money fights and matchups loom on the international horizon […]
Truax, Alvarado and More! Impossible Wins! Biggest Upsets of the Month By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent James DeGale gets rocked in fifth round by Caleb Truax, three minute YouTube highlight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=amtl3BmAxBc When we say upset, we mean the result was unpredictable. Some boxing results do not stand to reason. Then again, in […]
Lomachenko Outclasses Rigondeaux in Six, Two Weight Class Differential Joke By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (December 10th, 2017)– At 17-0, Cuban southpaw WBA Super Bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux, age 37, lost his attempt to win the WBO World Junior Lightweight title on December 9, 2017, in Madison […]
Requiem For A Flyweight, Lorenzo Parra Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Nobody likes to see an image of a former world champion, washed up and getting hit repeatedly. Lorenzo Parra of Venezuela was once the undefeated World Boxing Association World Flyweight champion at 27-0. He fought in seven flyweight […]
Oscar De La Hoya Callout of Conor McGregor: Boxing’s Latest Lunacy Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Okay. Floyd Mayweather Jr. has made it to (50-0) with his tenth round stoppage of the debuting Conor McGregor, MMA champion and brave opponent in a well-promoted mega-spectacle. Boxing champion turned boxing […]
WBO Miguel Cotto Title Bout: Sadam Ali Gets World Kid Opportunity of a Lifetime Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Sadam ‘World Kid’ Ali of Brooklyn, New York, has received the opportunity of a lifetime. 25-1 with 14 knockouts, Sadam will fight Miguel Cotto on December 2, 2017, for Cotto’s […]
Travis Kauffman and Charles Martin: Most Underestimated Heavyweights Today Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent 6’5” American southpaw heavyweight Charles Martin did not have a good day when Anthony Joshua knocked him out and took his IBF World Heavyweight title in 2016. Martin has recorded two wins since then […]
Anthony Joshua vs the World: If Wladimir Won’t Fight, Pulev, Povetkin, Ortiz, and Others Will By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Here ye, here ye. Dr. Wladimir Klitschko has retired, and will not be exercising the mandatory rematch clause option in his contract to fight Anthony Joshua for a share of the […]
Mikey Garcia vs. Terence Crawford Could Be, But For Heavyweights Jarrell Miller & Luis Ortiz It’s Wait and See By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Teddy Atlas had a birthday. Mikey Garcia won a lopsided junior welterweight 12 round decision over Adrien Broner this past weekend and set himself for a […]
Bright Lights From The ‘Dark’ Continent: Boxing Greats From Africa By Jackie Edwards Boxing is more than just strength meeting strength. It’s about agility, speed and power and making quick decisions to beat your opponent. And it’s one of the primary skill sets that a mixed martial artist can have. Boxing has never lost its popularity, […]
Jermain Taylor in Review: Ex-Middleweight Champion Who Thinks He’s Dracula By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Heavyweight Iron Mike Tyson and Middleweight Jermain Taylor are former world boxing champions who stand alone in unique category. Both are both respected for boxing ability, and infamous for biting someone. Record keep among […]
Super Bantamweight Danger! Here Comes Oscar’s Cousin Diego ‘Golden Kid’ De La Hoya By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent At age 22, and 19-0, Oscar De La Hoya’s cousin, ‘The Golden Kid’ Diego De La Hoya, has rapidly risen to number 14 in the world rankings. A native of Mexicali, […]
Rigondeaux-Flores Declared No Decision, Kathy Duva Files NSAC Appeal for Kovalev-Ward By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (June 20th, 2017)– In an ongoing controversy, the Nevada State Athletic Commission has declared a No Decision in Moises Flores versus Guillermo Rigondeaux, enabling Rigondeaux to retain his World Boxing Association […]
Truth versus Showtime: Is Errol Spence versus Shawn Porter Next on the IBF Horizon? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent At 22-0, 27-year-old southpaw World Welterweight champion Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence Jr. must now defend his International Boxing Federation title, won this past weekend in England by stopping Kell Brook. While […]
Enter The Dragon! China’s Strange Heavyweight Dragon King, 17-0 Jun Long Zhang By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent At the ripe young age of 35, Jun Long Zhang, 17-0 with 17 knockouts, Qingdao, China, has won five consecutive World Boxing Association Oceania Heavyweight regional title bouts. The Chinese have been […]
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