French Welterweight Marcel Cerdan Jr. Dies at Age 81 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Marseille, France (February 1st, 2025)– French welterweight contender Marcel Cerdan Jr. of Marseille, France, oldest of three sons of the late former World Middleweight champion Marcel Cerdan, died of pneumonia in Issy-les Moulineaux, France, at age 81, […]
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French WBC Super Bantamweight Champion Thierry Jacob Dies at 59
French WBC Super Bantamweight Champion Thierry Jacob Dies at 59 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Paris, France (December 25th, 2024)–Former southpaw World Boxing Council World Super Bantamweight champion Thierry Jacob has died of lung cancer in his native Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France at age 59. Between 1984 and 1994, Jacob compiled a […]
OLYMPIC USA BOXING DAY 4 THRU 9 RESULTS FROM PARIS, FRANCE
OLYMPIC USA BOXING DAY 4 THRU 9 RESULTS FROM PARIS, FRANCE Alyssa Mendoza’s grit shines and helps her advance in Paris, Roscoe Hill upended via 3-2 decision in Round of 16 Day 1, 2 & 3 Robert Brizel Editorial on the Olympic Women Boxing Gender Issue PARIS (July 30, 2024) – Alyssa Mendoza (Caldwell, Idaho) earned […]
Jajaira Gonzalez silences the home crowd after a 4-0 victory in Olympics on Day 1
Jajaira Gonzalez silenced the home crowd after a 4-0 victory in Olympics PARIS (July 28, 2024) – Jajaira Gonzalez (Glendale, Calif.) secured Team USA’s first victory yesterday at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, as she defeated the 2016 gold medalist in Estelle Mossely out of France. “I heard the crowd booing me and it motivated me […]
RCM Boxing Weekend Recap (3-12-23) – Tszyu Stops Harrison, Yoka loses to Takam in France & Bermudez Regains Titles – Video Highlights
Tszyu Stops Harrison, Tony Yoka loses to Carlos Takam in France & Bermudez Regains Titles By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Sydney, Australia (March 12th, 2023)– Tim Tszyu of Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia, has made his statement in the 154 pounds junior middleweight division. Tszyu, now (22-0 with 16 knockouts), scored […]
TONY YOKA WILL FACE CARLOS TAKAM IN PARIS, FRANCE ON ESPN+
Tony Yoka-Carlos Takam Heavyweight Showdown to Stream LIVE and Exclusively in the U.S. on ESPN+ Streaming action from Paris begins at 2:45 p.m. ET/11:45 a.m. PT (March 7, 2023) — French Olympic gold medalist Tony Yoka will return in a 10-round main event this Saturday, March 11, against former world title challenger Carlos Takam at Zenith Paris in Paris, France. […]
Amanda Serrano Will Face Erika Cruz & Alycia Baumgardner Will Face Elhem Mekhaled on DAZN in NYC
SERRANO-CRUZ AND BAUMGARDNER-MEKHALED STAR IN UNDISPUTED DOUBLE-HEADER ON FEB 4 IN NEW YORK All the marbles on the line at Featherweight and Super-Featherweight – Hitchins back home – Seldin and Mati clash Watch the action at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York and live worldwide on DAZN Amanda Serrano will face Erika Cruz in a Puerto […]
Two international fight cards Set For ESPN+ This Weekend in France & Canada
Arslanbek Makhmudov-Michael Wallisch Heavyweight Showdown & Christian Mbilli-Vaughn Alexander Super Middleweight Battle Headlining Weekend Cards LIVE on ESPN+ Makhmudov-Wallisch card streaming LIVE from Shawinigan, Canada, FRIDAY at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT Mbilli-Alexander bill streaming LIVE from Nantes, France, SATURDAY at 2:30 p.m. ET/11:30 a.m. PT (Dec. 15, 2022) — Two international fight cards will stream live and exclusively […]
RCM Boxing Weekend Recap (5/15/22)- Kovalev, Charlo, Ennis, Pulev and Bakole All Win
Iron Man Charlo and Ramirez Shine; Segura, Ennis, Kovalev and Pulev Return; Five Upsets Include Bakole Over Yoka in Paris By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The boxing weekend of May 13 to 15, 2022, was action-packed, and featured many big names, significant comebacks, and a few upsets which proved the better […]
Tony Yoka-Martin Bakole Paris Fight Night Streaming LIVE on ESPN+
Saturday: Tony Yoka-Martin Bakole Paris Fight Night Streaming LIVE on ESPN+ ESPN+ stream will begin at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT (May 11, 2022) — Tony Yoka, the undefeated French heavyweight who captured Olympic gold at the 2016 Rio Games, takes a major step up in class this Saturday, May 14, in a 10-round main event against […]
Delfine Persoon Battles Undefeated Elhem Mekhaled on the Floyd Mayweather Undercard
WOMEN’S SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT ADDED TO FLOYD MAYWEATHER’S RETURN AGAINST DON MOORE ON SATURDAY, MAY 14, IN INAUGURAL “GLOBAL TITANS FIGHT SERIES” ON HELIPAD OF BURJ AL ARAB HOTEL & STREAMED ON LIVENOW PPV Former World Champion Delfine Persoon Battles Undefeated Elhem Mekhaled for WBC Silver Title On Stacked PPV Lineup (May 10, 2022) – A […]
RCM Boxing Weekend Recap: Joyce Wins, Paros Wins, Bunch and Sawada Both Draw
Weekend Roundup: Joyce Wins, Paros Wins, Bunch and Sawada Both Draw By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Last Saturday’s super welterweight title unification draw between Jermell Charlo and Brian Carlos Castano over 12 rounds provided a hint as to how difficult scoring can be in high stakes matches. The following Friday to […]
Olympic Gold Medalist Tony Yoka Decisions Christian Hammer After Ten Bloody Rounds
Olympic Gold Medalist Tony Yoka Decisions Christian Hammer After Ten Bloody Rounds By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Nantes, France (November 28th, 2020)– 2016 Super Heavyweight Olympic Gold Medalist Tony Yoka hopes to fight for the world heavyweight championship one day. After going 10 bloody rounds to decision fringe contender turned […]
French Olympic Gold Medalist Tony Yoka Returns Against Christian Hammer Friday on ESPN+
Bienvenue, Tony: French Olympic Gold Medalist Tony Yoka Returns Against Christian Hammer Friday LIVE and Exclusively on ESPN+ Yoka makes ESPN platform debut after signing co-promotional pact with Top Rank earlier this year Live stream from Nantes, France, to begin Friday at 2:55 p.m. ET/11:55 a.m. PT (November 24, 2020) — Tony Yoka, the dynamic heavyweight […]
European Middleweight Champ Jean-Claude Bouttier Dies at 74, Fought Monzon Twice
European Middleweight Champ Jean-Claude Bouttier Dies at 74, Fought Monzon Twice By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Agence Presse-France Photo Former European Middleweight champion Jean-Claude Bouttier, who fought the legendary Carlos Monzon for the World Middleweight title twice, and who beat the likes of Emile Griffith, Jose Chirino, Juarez De […]
Jacobs vs. Sulecki & Miller vs. Duhaupas Weigh-In Video & Press Conference Videos
Jacobs vs. Sulecki & Miller vs. Duhaupas Weigh-In Video & Press Conference Videos Brooklyn, NY (April 28, 2018)– Daniel Jacobs vs. Maciej Sulecki and Jarrell Miller vs. Johann Duhaupas. Both fights take place on Saturday, April 28 at 10 pm ET/PT on HBO. SUPPORT REAL COMBAT MEDIA CHARITY FOUNDATION FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @REALCOMBATMEDIA […]
Ringstar Sports to live stream Ringstar France fight card on Saturday
Ringstar Sports to live stream Ringstar France fight card on Saturday! WATCH LIVE ON RINGSTAR.COM Saturday, March 10, 2018 LIVE FROM LA SEINE MUSICALE, PARIS STARTING AT 3 PM ET/12 PM PT FIGHT CARD; CEDRIC VITU VS. BRIAN CARLOS CASTAÑO WBA SUPER WELTERWEIGHT TITLE BOUT – 12 ROUNDS SOULEYMANE CISSOKHO VS. […]
IBO Super Lightweight Champ Mohamed Mimoune, Best 140 Pounder Nobody Knows
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 […]
UNDEFEATED FRENCH FEMALE BOXER ANGELIQUE DUCHEMIN DIES AT 26
UNDEFEATED FRENCH FEMALE BOXER ANGELIQUE DUCHEMIN DIES AT 26 Original Report By Ring TV Perpignan, France (August 29th, 2017)– Angelique Duchemin, an unbeaten female boxer from France, died Tuesday after suffering a heart issue during a training session, reports out of France say. She was 26 years old. Duchemin, a featherweight with a pro record […]
Undefeated Oshin Derieuw Dominates Marion Montanari, Secures WBF International Title in France
Derieuw Dominates Montanari, Secures WBF International Title Louvroil, France (May 28th, 2017)– Undefeated Oshin Derieuw put on a master-class on Saturday night at the Salle Marcel Dufour in Louvroil, France, beating compatriot Marion Montanari to win the vacant World Boxing Federation (WBF) Womens International Light Welterweight title. Headlining a show promoted by the […]
Kickboxing Star Marion Montanari vs. Oshin Derieuw Square Off For WBF International Crown in France
Montanari And Derieuw Square Off For WBF International Crown Louvroil, France (May 19th, 2017)– In her most recent outing, last December, Marion Montanari lost a razor-thin split decision to Isabelle Pare in a hotly contested battle for the French national title. Just before that, she had come up short in another split decision to the […]
Welterweight Prospect Money Powell IV Returns to the Ring Friday, June 2 against Hungary’s Sandor Jozsa in France
Rising Super Welterweight Prospect Money Powell IV Returns to the Ring Friday, June 2 against Hungary’s Sandor Jozsa From Le Dome – Palais Des Sports de Paris in Event Headlined By the Pro Debut of 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist Tony Yoka PARIS (May 17, 2017) – Exciting unbeaten prospect Money Powell IV (1-0, 1 […]
Stephanie Ducastel Defeats Maria Soledad Capriolo in France For the WBF World Super Featherweight crown
World Boxing Federation (WBF) Titles Won In France & Philippines! Strasbourg, France (May 15th, 2017)– The World Boxing Federation (WBF) crowned three new champions on Friday night, May 12, as women’s world title fights were main events on shows in two different cities in France, and one Intercontinental title fight headlined a card in the […]
2016 Olympic Gold Medalist Tony Yoka Makes Pro Debut Against Unbeaten Travis Clark on Friday, June 2 in France
2016 Olympic Gold Medalist Tony Yoka Makes Pro Debut Against Unbeaten Travis Clark on Friday, June 2 From Le Dome – Palais Des Sports de Paris & Live on Canal Plus at 7:30 p.m. CET Tickets on Sale Now! PARIS (May 12, 2017) – French Olympian and 2016 super heavyweight gold medalist […]
Ericka Rousseau fights European champion Angelique Duchemin for the vacant WBF Womens World Featherweight title.
Former French Champion vs. European Champion For WBF World Crown Royan, France (May 8th, 2017)– Another top-class World Boxing Federation (WBF) women’s world championship fight will take place on Friday May 12 in Royan, France, as former French national champion Ericka Rousseau fights European champion, and compatriot, Angelique Duchemin for the vacant WBF Womens […]
Stephanie Ducastel Fighting To Become Two-Weight World Champion vs. Argentinian Maria Soledad Capriolo On May 12 in France
Ducastel Fighting To Become Two-Weight World Champion On May 12 Strasbourg, France (May 3rd, 2017)– Former World Boxing Federation (WBF) Womens World Featherweight Champion Stephanie Ducastel from France will be attempting to become a two-weight champion on May 12, when she fights Argentinian Maria Soledad Capriolo for the vacant WBF World Super Featherweight crown. […]
WORLD BOXING FEDERATION (WBF) BOXING RESULTS FROM FRANCE & SOUTH AFRICA
WORLD BOXING FEDERATION (WBF) ® – NEWS RELEASE: Diaz Gallardo Shocks Mothmora, Magwaca Edges Ganoy, Nonina Tops Graf Fort-de-France (April 2, 2017)– Three World Boxing Federation (WBF) World Championship fights found winners on Friday night, March 31. One in Fort-de-France, Martinique, and two in Cape Town, South Africa. One saw a reigning champion unseated, while […]
Olympic Gold Medalist & Two-Time French Olympian Tony Yoka Joins Ringstar Sports to Launch His Pro Career
Olympic Gold Medalist & Two-Time French Olympian Tony Yoka Joins Ringstar Sports to Launch His Pro Career LOS ANGELES (January 23, 2017) – Ringstar Sports has added one of the most exciting prospects to emerge from the 2016 Olympic Games, super heavyweight gold medalist Tony Yoka. “It is a great pleasure for me to welcome our […]
“Momo” Ayyad Takes On Former Champ For WBF International Honors In France
“Momo” Ayyad Takes On Former Champ For WBF International Honors Ajaccio, France (January 20th, 2016)– 25-year-old Frenchman Mohamed Ayyad will step up his competition on Saturday February 4, when he takes on Mikheil Avakyan from Georgia for the vacant World Boxing Federation (WBF) International Light Welterweight title at the Palais des Sports U Palatinu in […]
Yassine Ettabouti Beats Isgandarzada To Win WBF Eurasia Crown
Ettabouti Beats Isgandarzada To Win WBF Eurasia Crown Tours, France (December 11th, 2016)– On Saturday night, December 10, at the Halle Monconseil in Tours, France, Moroccan Yassine Ettabouti won the vacant World Boxing Federation (WBF) Eurasia Light Welterweight title when he defeated tough co-challenger Bakhtiyar Isgandarzada from Azerbaijan. In front of a very lively crowd […]
Lebedev, Kalenga, Shumanov. Who is the Recognized WBA Cruiserweight Champion?
Lebedev, Kalenga, Shumanov. Who is the Recognized WBA Cruiserweight Champion? Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent On Friday, May 20, 2016, at Palais des Sports Porte des Versailles, in Paris, France, Youri Kayembe Malinga of The Congo will fight Cuban defector Yunier Dorticos of Miami, Florida, for the vacant […]
REAL COMBAT MEDIA UK: HUGHIE LEWIS FURY ACES FIRST TEST AS A PRO, SCHOOLS RUDENKO
HUGHIE LEWIS FURY ACES FIRST TEST AS A PRO Leading heavyweight prospect Hughie Lewis Fury battled a nine-month layoff, recent health issues and a significant step-up in class on Saturday night (February 21) in Monte Carlo to outscore Ukraine’s Andriy Rudenko over ten rounds on the stacked ‘Thunderbolt in Monaco’ show. The gifted 20-year-old […]