Carlos Zambrano and Boxing Scene: Claudio Marrero is Faster Then You Thought By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (May 1st, 2017)– Claudio Marrero disposes of (26-0) Carlos Zambrano in the First Round, April 29, 2017 It took only 90 seconds for southpaw featherweight Carlos ‘The Matrix’ […]
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From Aaron Hernandez to Edwin Valero, April 19 Suicides and Common Denominators
From Aaron Hernandez to Edwin Valero, April 19 Suicides and Common Denominators By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, 27, committed suicide by hanging himself in his jail cell on April 19, 2017, at Sousa-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster, Massachusetts, only five days after […]
Cherry Picking Opponents Gone Wrong in 2017
Cherry Picking Opponents Gone Wrong in 2017 Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Tom Hogan, Hogan Photos When Iron Mike Tyson lost to Danny Williams, Tyson seemed to be about the only opponent to lose to Williams, who has lost 26 times in his career. Yet Iron Mike got […]
Welterweight Champ Merry-Go Round: Thurman, Garcia, Pacquiao, Khan, Brook, Spence
Welterweight Champ Merry-Go Round: Thurman,Garcia, Pacquiao, Khan Brook,Spence Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent On March 4, 2017, World Boxing Council World Welterweight champion Danny ‘Swift’ Garcia, 33-0 with 19 knockouts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will battle World Boxing Association World Welterweight champion Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman, 27-0 with 22 knockouts, […]
Derric Rossy, The Just Miss Gatekeeper of The Heavyweight Division
Derric Rossy, The Just Miss Gatekeeper of The Heavyweight Division Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media With a professional record of 31 wins and 12 losses, with 15 knockouts, Derric Rossy is ‘The Just Miss Gatekeeper’ of the heavyweight division. Sort of as […]
Implications of Nevada Athletic Commission Court Decision vs. Estate of Tommy Morrison
Implications of Nevada Athletic Commission Court Decision vs. Estate of Tommy Morrison By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent https://casetext.com/case/morrison-v-inc Online court case reference and decision Patricia Morrison, wife of the late WBO World Heavyweight champion Tommy ‘The Duke’ Morrison, sued the Nevada Athletic Commission and Quest Diagnostics in July […]
Irish Joe Smith Jr.’s Title Quest: Is Adonis Stevenson in the future?
Irish Joe Smith Jr.’s Title Quest: Who Mourns For Adonis? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent After dispatching Bernard Hopkins and Andrzej Fonfara, Irish Joe Smith Jr.is now atop the light heavyweight world rankings and can no longer be denied an immediate title shot. To be, or not to […]
Absolute Insanity! Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor Super Fight is Close, Nevada Commission Confirms Talks. Big Q: Will UFC Allow It?
Absolute Insanity! Floyd vs. McGregor Super Fight is Here. Big Q: Will UFC Allow It? Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (February 14th, 2017)– Muhammad Ali fought Lyle Alzado and Antonio Inoki. It should not appear strange, therefore, as The Irish Sun has reported, that Floyd Mayweather […]
British Heavyweight David Price Hits The End of The Road. Here’s What Happened.
British Heavyweight David Price Hits The End of The Road. Here’s What Happened. Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Action Images At 21-4, Olympic Heavyweight Bronze medalist David Price, age 33, 6’8”, has probably passed his better days as a fighter, and blown his best chances at a […]
LISA MARIE LOZANO – BRAVEST WOMAN IN BOXING
LISA MARIE LOZANO – BRAVEST WOMAN IN BOXING By John Gatling, Real Combat Media NY Boxing Correspondent Run your fingers through my soul for once, just once, feel exactly what I feel, believe what I believe perceive as I perceive look, experience, examine and for once; just once, Understand… _______________ You may have a good […]
Welcome to the Trump Era. Will The Donald Influence MMA and Boxing Again?
Welcome to the Trump Era. Will The Donald Influence MMA and Boxing Again? Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Donald Trump was sworn in on January 20, 2017, as the 45th President of the United States. The eight years of Barack Obama and Joe Biden are past tense. Will […]
Roy Jones Jr., Boxer on the Edge of Forever
Roy Jones Jr., Boxer on the Edge of Forever Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Sportswriter Robert Brizel’s education on when a boxer’s career is supposed to end had its book rewritten when commentator ageless legend Roy Jones Jr. signed to fight Bobby Gunn at the Chase Center in […]
Floyd, The 100 Million Dollar Man, vs. McGregor, Thurman or Garcia in 2017. Who?
Floyd, The 100 Million Dollar Man, vs. McGregor, Thurman or Garcia in 2017. Who? Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Brooklyn, NY (January 10th, 2016)– At 49-0, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is toady the promoter of Mayweather Promotions. This weekend, thanks to Floyd, boxing will return to New York State in […]
From Zab Super Judah to Thomas Hitman Hearns: Robert Brizel’s View of Boxing From Ford Center
From Zab Super Judah to Thomas Hitman Hearns: My View of Boxing From Ford Center By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent On Saturday evening, October 20, 2016, I had the privilege of being the distinguished guest of promoter Eddie Jaafar and Jaafar Boxing Promotions, covering a boxing show at the […]
Robert Brizel’s Response to Online Attacks From Boxing Writers Directed At Promoters
My Tomasz Adamek Story Online Someone Said I didn’t Write: Promoters Get Rid of Two Jealous Frauds at Sporting Events Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *This is an editorial piece by Robert Brizel. The content in this article is a personal article in response to online attacks directed at […]
Boxing and MMA Should Join Forces To Form an Empire
Boxing and MMA should join forces to form an empire Editorial By John Gatling, Real Combat Media NY Boxing Correspondent If You’re Reading This It’s Not Too Late… A few weeks ago, I aimed and fired a machine gun loaded with hollow-tipped words in the direction of Colin Cowherd (former ESPN broadcaster and current host […]
Unraveling Dr. Wladimir Klitschko, Tyson Fury, and the Heavyweight Division
Unraveling Dr. Wladimir Klitschko, Tyson Fury, and the Heavyweight Division By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent After postponing his rematch with Dr. Wladimir Klitschko for undetermined health reasons, Tyson Fury’s World Boxing Association and World Boxing Organization world heavyweight titles are in danger of being stripped, and Tyson Fury is […]
A Critical Analysis of Daniel Jacobs Performance versus Sergio Mora
A Critical Analysis of Daniel Jacobs Performance versus Sergio Mora By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent At age 29, Daniel Jacobs has realized a whole different level of fight ability. He is in a class with Gennady Golovkin, Saul Alvarez, Andre Ward, and Saul Alvarez, a complete notch above the […]
Super Middleweight Dennis Sharpe, The Bayonne Ringer!
Super Middleweight Dennis Sharpe, The Bayonne Ringer! Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent We have all heard of heavyweight Chuck Wepner, The Bayonne Bleeder, who made it into the 15th round with Muhammad Ali, and was the inspiration for the Rocky movies. Chances are you have never heard […]
Brooklyn’s Heather Hardy vs. Shelito Vincent; Big Fight For The Revitalization of Women’s Boxing & Media Roundtable Quotes
Editorial By John Gatling, Real Combat Media NY Boxing Correspondent Heather Hardy to finally face Shelito Vincent Brooklyn, NY (August 4th, 2016)– “I won’t say this is the fight of my life, because there’s still so much more I want to do in this sport. This is a step forward for me, a step up […]
Amanda Serrano – The Best Female Boxer On The Planet?
Amanda Serrano – The Best Female Boxer On The Planet Editorial By John Gatling, Real Combat Media NY Boxing Correspondent Around the time Ronda Rousey burst onto the scene: courtesy of a chilling, arm breaking dismantling of Miesha Tate; Brooklyn’s Amanda Serrano toiled in anonymity while losing to legendary former WBC featherweight champion Frida Wallberg […]
Wilder Stops Arreola. Voluntary Anti Doping Association Russian Olympic Team May Get Barred From Rio. Should They Be? Should Wilder-Povetkin...
Wilder Stops Arreola. Russian Olympic Team May Get Barred From Rio. Should They Be? Should Wilder-Povetkin Be? An Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Deontay Wilder stopped Chris Arreola last night in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to retain his World Boxing Council World Heavyweight title. Wilder got 1.4 million dollars, Arreola […]
Bullfighting or Boxing: Which is More Dangerous? A Deep Look at the Dark Side
Bullfighting or Boxing: Which is More Dangerous? A Deep Look at the Dark Side Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Boxing and bullfighting are both brutal action sports. Both have a great sense of dangerous. In both sports, the competitors are ever aware of their mortality, less they […]
Can Atlantic City Boxing and Casinos Survive the Downtown Drug Scurge?
Can Atlantic City Boxing and Casinos Survive the Downtown Drug Scurge? Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Atlantic City, NJ (July 12, 2016)– With the recent arrest of 41 people in and around Atlantic City for dealing drugs in Atlantic County, one has to view the magnitude of the […]
RCM Historical Boxing: Tommy Morrison and the House of Numbers
Tommy Morrison and the House of Numbers Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Editor’s note: This story is written by Robert Brizel and does not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Real Combat Media and it’s editorial staff. In the award winning 2009 HIV / AIDS documentary ‘The House […]
What is Next For Irish Joe Smith Jr. ?
Irish Joe Smith Jr. Kayos Fonfara. World Title Next? Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Long Island’s Irish Joe Smith Jr. has risen with trainer Tommy Gallagher to become one of the top five light heavyweights in the world. His first round destruction […]
Pro Boxers Who Became Bank Robbers
Pro Boxers Who Became Bank Robbers By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent While usually considering the high life of boxing, there is a low side of every sport, and it is not always Parkinson’s disease, or using steroids and performance enhancing drugs. Professional boxers, like any sport, often times bring a controversial […]
The Boxing Knockouts of Kimbo Slice
The Boxing Knockouts of Kimbo Slice Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Between September 2011 and June 2013, the late boxer and Mixed Martial Artist Kevin Ferguson, better known by his fighting name of Kimbo Slice (1974-2011) scored six knockouts in seven ring appearances against opponents with a combined […]
Brizel on Breazeale, the Next Heavyweight Challenge for Anthony Joshua
Brizel on Breazeale, the Next Heavyweight Challenge for Anthony Joshua Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent From college quarterback at the University of Northern Colorado, to the number one ranked amateur super heavyweight, to 17-0 heavyweight contender. Now Dominic Breazeale, 6’ 7” and 230 pounds, will fight 16-0 Anthony […]
Super Fighter versus Fighter in Pro Boxing: What is the Distinction?
Super Fighter versus Fighter in Pro Boxing: What is the Distinction? Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In sports history past and present, many professional boxers, as well as many professional athletes, would be considered stars. Everybody from Joe Louis to Rocky Marciano in boxing, from Mickey Mantle to […]
Donald Trump to Iron Mike Tyson Republican Connection
Boxing Secrets: The Donald Trump to Iron Mike Tyson Republican Connection By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (March 20th, 2016)– As the presidential campaign year raps up, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Governor John Kasich, Senator Rafael ‘Ted’ Cruz, Hillary Clinton, Senator Bernie Sanders, and Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland […]
Some Matchups for Top Heavyweights Becoming More and More of a Joke By Robert Brizel
Some Matchups for Top Heavyweights Becoming More and More of a Joke Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent Many top heavyweights have managers and promoters which can move them, in advance of the big money fights. The art of the heavyweight tune up be told, many of these matchups really […]

































