Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn had to be separated by security and Dana White during a heated first press conference for their September 12 WBC welterweight title fight.
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Diego Pacheco stopped Immanuwel Aleem in the 11th round Saturday night at Dignity Health Sports Park to retain his WBC Silver and WBO International super middleweight titles.
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UFC Oklahoma City Recap: Dricus Du Plessis Dominates Kamaru Usman in Triumphant Return By Real Combat Media MMA Editorial Staff Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, (July 18th, 2026)–The Octagon touched down in Oklahoma City for the first time in nearly a decade on Saturday, and Dricus Du Plessis made sure the milestone card ended with him […]
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Diego Pacheco vs. Immanuwel Aleem Preview: Undefeated Champion Puts Titles on the Line in Carson By Real Combat Media Boxing Editorial Staff Carson, California, USA, (July 18th, 2026)–Diego Pacheco defends his WBC Silver and WBO International super middleweight titles against Immanuwel Aleem on Saturday at Dignity Health Sports Park, live on DAZN as part of […]
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Abdullah Mason Stops Albert Bell To Defend Lightweight Crown Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington Defeats Rene Palacios To Retain Title CLICK HERE for Photos (Courtesy: Top Rank) CLEVELAND (July 4, 2026) — Abdullah Mason (21-0, 18 KOs) defended his WBO lightweight world title against Toledo native Albert Bell (28-1, 9 KOs) with a 12th-round TKO Saturday evening in front of a hometown […]
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GGG STOPS MURATA IN JAPAN TO SET UP A POSSIBLE TRILOGY WITH CANELO By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Tokyo, Japan (April 9th, 2022)– GGG is 40 years old, and like fine wine. Gennadiy Golovkin just gets better with time, in a class all by himself. GGG is in a super class […]
HOW TO WATCH GGG VS. MURATA, PRESS CONFERENCE, VIDEO PREVIEW & WEIGH-IN VIDEO Saitama, Japan (April 8th, 2022)– Gennadiy Golovkin (41-1-1) faces middleweight rival Ryota Murata (16-2) in a main event that will see the winner walk away with both the IBF and WBA world titles. Gennadiy Golovkin’s ‘Big Drama Show’ arrives in the Far […]
Japan Fight of The Month: Brutal Furuhashi vs. Kuga Japan Super Bantamweight Title Rematch Ends in A Nasty Draw By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Tokyo, Japan (January 27th, 2022)– In the main event of a five-bout card at Korakuen Hall, in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, Gakuya Furuhashi barely […]
OLYMPIC CHAMPION GALAL YAFAI SIGNS PROMOTIONAL DEAL WITH MATCHROOM Tokyo 2020 gold medallist makes pro debut on February 27 Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion Galal Yafai MBE has signed a long-term promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and will make his highly anticipated professional debut on the Lawrence Okolie vs. Michal Cieslak WBO Cruiserweight World Title show […]
Middleweight Champ Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in Japanese Omicron Limbo By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, 41-1-1 with 36 knockouts, age 39, Kazakhstan, having fought his career between 159 and 160 pounds (except for the Steve Rolls bout at 163 pounds), remains at the top of the middleweight division. Jermall […]
Ioka Outpoints Fukunaga in All-Japan War, Retains WBO World Super Flyweight Title By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Tokyo, Japan (December 31st, 2021)– In an all-Japanese titular war on New Year’s Eve 2022, in the main event of a four-bout card at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, December 31, […]
Welcome to Vietnam! Thi Thu Nhi Nguyen Becomes Vietnam’s First World Champion By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Ansan, South Korea (October 25th, 2021)– Unbeaten unknown Thi Thu Nhi Nguyen became Vietnam’s first ever world boxing champion when she decisioned Japan’s Etsuko Tada over ten rounds to win the World Boxing Organization Female […]
Lomachenko Obliterates Masayoshi Nakatani Janibek Dominates Brant in Middleweight Co-Feature • CLICK HERE for PHOTOS (Photo Credit: Mikey Williams/Top Rank via Getty Images) LAS VEGAS (June 26, 2021) — Vasiliy “Loma” Lomachenko returned in a big way. The former pound-for-pound king and three-weight world champion knocked out Masayoshi Nakatani in the ninth round of a lightweight main event Saturday at The Theater at […]
He’s Back: Vasiliy Lomachenko Returns Saturday Night Against Masayoshi Nakatani in Lightweight Main Event CLICK HERE for Photos Courtesy: Mikey Williams/Top Rank via Getty Images CLICK HERE to watch the Press Conference LAS VEGAS (June 24, 2021) — Former pound-for-pound king Vasiliy Lomachenko is ready for the next chapter. Eight months after losing an undisputed lightweight title match to […]
Inoue Demolishes Dasmarinas to Retain Bantamweight World Titles Mayer defends WBO junior lightweight title in co-feature • CLICK HERE for PHOTOS (Photo Credit: Mikey Williams/Top Rank via Getty Images) LAS VEGAS (June 19, 2021) — All hail “The Monster.” Naoya Inoue did it again, knocking out IBF No. 1 contender Michael Dasmarinas in the third round with a left hook to […]
The Monster Rises Again: Naoya Inoue Ready for Las Vegas Spotlight Inoue-Michael Dasmarinas, Mikaela Mayer-Erica Farias and Adam Lopez-Isaac Dogboe to air LIVE Saturday on ESPN and ESPN Deportes (Simulcast on ESPN+) at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT Undercard to stream exclusively on ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT CLICK HERE for Photos Courtesy: Mikey Williams/Top Rank via […]
Happy Boxing New Year! Ioka Stops Tanaka, Higa Knocks Out Kobayashi By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Tokyo, Japan (January 1st, 2021)– Good cheer! Happy Boxing New Year! A six bouts card was held on New Year’s Eve at Ota City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan on Thursday, January 31, 2020. In […]
Robert Brizel Editorial: WBA Champ Hiroto Kyoguchi Has Covid-19, Stop All Bouts Till Pandemic Ends By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Current World Boxing Association Super World Light Flyweight champion Hiroto Kyoguchi of Japan and his trainer have both tested positive for Covid-19 Novel Coronavirus, forcing a cancellation of his scheduled November […]
CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS (Courtesy: Mikey Williams/Top Rank) Naoya Inoue vs Jason Moloney & Ewa Brodnicka vs Mikaela Mayer Presser & Weigh-in LAS VEGAS (October 29, 2020) — Naoya “Monster” Inoue, the Japanese three-weight world champion and pound-for-pound talent, is two days away from his Las Vegas debut. He will defend his WBA/IBF/Ring Magazine bantamweight […]
Las Vegas ‘Monster’ Fight: Naoya Inoue Aims to Unify Bantamweight World Titles Against Johnriel Casimero April 25 LIVE on ESPN+ at Mandalay Bay Events Center Inoue-Casimero to headline tripleheader on ESPN+ beginning at 9 p.m. ET ESPN2 to televise preliminary bouts starting at 7 p.m. ET LAS VEGAS (Feb. 13, 2020) —A five-foot-five-inch, 118-pound Japanese monster […]
WBC Light Flyweight Champion Ken Shiro, The Amazing Boy of Japan By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent He is undefeated, and consider to be the best fighter in the world in his weight class. World Boxing Council World Light Flyweight champion Ken Shiro (Kenshiro Tiraki), nicknamed ‘The Amazing Boy’, age 27, […]
JEYVIER CINTRÓN WILL FACE KAZUTO IOKA ON DECEMBER 31 IN JAPAN FOR THE WBO SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO– Puerto Rican Jeyvier Cintron traveled early this morning to Japan to challenge Japanese Kazuto Ioka for the 115-pound WBO belt on December 31 at the Ota-City General Gymnasyum in Tokio, Japan. Cintrón (11-0 1ND, 5 kos), […]
Dynamite! Heavyweight Destroyer Daniel Dubois Returns to ESPN+ Saturday Against Kyotaro Fujimoto Scheduled five-fight stream set to begin at 2:30 p.m. ET/11:30 a.m. PT Tommy Fury to return on the undercard (Dec. 20, 2019) — The 22-year-old heavyweight destroyer, London’s Daniel “Dynamite” Dubois, will look to close out his breakthrough 2019 in devastating fashion Saturday from the […]
Brizel Disagrees Editorial: Russian Boxing Federation Will Boycott 2020 Tokyo Olympics Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent General Secretary Umar Kremlev of The Russian Boxing Federation, in an official statement released this week to Associated Press, stated all Russian amateur boxers will boycott the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games next year. Sec. […]
Former World Champions Collide as the Philippines’ Marlon Tapales Faces Japan’s Ryosuke Iwasa for the Interim IBF Super Bantamweight Title Saturday, December 7 Live on SHOWTIME® Undefeated WBC Middleweight World Champion Jermall Charlo Headlines Against Highly-Ranked Contender Dennis Hogan in Premier Boxing Champions Event from Barclays Center in Brooklyn BROOKLYN (November 13, 2019) – Former […]
Naoya “The Monster” Inoue Defeats Nonito Donaire in a Great Fight in Japan By ESPN Boxing Saitama, Japan (November 7th, 2019)– Naoya “The Monster” Inoue has rarely faced adversity during his reign of terror through boxing’s smaller weight classes, but when he finally did against Nonito Donaire, Inoue came through like a champion in a […]
Ex-Champ Jorge Linares, Hot and Cold Lord of The Rings By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former World Boxing Council World Featherweight, World Boxing Association World Super Featherweight, and World Boxing Council World Lightweight champion Jorge Linares is truly the hot and cold ‘lord of the rings’ today. Linares, age […]
REY VARGAS DEFEATS TOMOKI KAMEDA IN CARSON, CA By ESPN Boxing CARSON, Calif. (July 14th, 2019) — In an often awkward and ugly affair at the Dignity Health Sports Park, Rey Vargas retained his WBC junior featherweight title by outpointing Japanese challenger Tomoki Kameda on Saturday night. All three judges scored the fight 117-110 for […]
Ryota Murata Upsets Brant in Rematch, Regains WBA Middleweight Title in Osaka By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Mikey Williams, Top Rank Osaka, Japan (July 13th, 2019)– A rematch is an unlikely scenario to regain a world title in boxing, and usually serves as a miserable excuse to sell tickets. […]
Kazuto Ioka stops Aston Palicte in 10th round to become 4-division world champ CHIBA CITY, Chiba, Japan (June 18, 2019) – History was made today in Japan as local favorite Kazuto Ioka, (24-2, 14 KOs) stopped his Filipino challenger, “Mighty” Aston Palicte, (25-3-1, 21 KOs) midway through the 10th round to capture the vacant World Boxing Organization’s (WBO) junior […]
Aston Palicte vs. Kazuto Ioka in 1st world boxing championship fight to be streamed live on UFC FIGHT PASS® Vacant WBO junior bantamweight World title on the line Wednesday in Japan OFFICIAL WEIGHTS PALICTE 115 lbs., IOKA 115 lbs. (L-R) – Aston Palicte & Kazuto Ioka (Pictures courtesy of RJJ Boxing) […]
CASEY “LADY HAWAIIAN PUNCH” MORTON SEEKS FIRST WORLD TITLE AGAINST MIYO YOUSHIDA JUNE 19, 2019 IN JAPAN Photo by Team Morton SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 6, 2019) – Super Flyweight Casey “Lady Hawaiian Punch” Morton (8-1-3, 1 KO) of San Francisco, California, will look to win her first world title as she faces Miyo Yoshida(12-1) for the vacant […]
Aston Palicte training in high-altitude camp to fight 4-time World Champion Kazuto Ioka for vacant WBO junior bantamweight World title BOUTS WILL STREAM LIVE ON UFC FIGHT PASS® JUNE 19TH FROM JAPAN Team Palicte at training camp: Aston Palicte is in the center wearing a grey tank-top LAS VEGAS (May 30, 2019) – World […]
Jamel Herring defeated Masayuki Ito to Win the WBO Title By ESPN Boxing Kissimmee, FL (May 26th, 2019)– Jamel Herring defeated Masayuki Ito by unanimous decision Saturday night in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN card at the Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida. Fighting on what would have been the 10th […]
Moruti ‘Babyface’ Mthalane Decisions Kuroda in Japan, Retains Flyweight Title By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Businesslive.co.za In the past 10 years, Moruti ‘Babyface’ Mthalane has been in 14 world title bouts of the International Boxing Federation, International Boxing Organization, or both. After losing the first one to Nonito Donaire, […]
Aston Palicte vs. Kazuto Ioka Vacant WBO junior bantamweight World title fight announced BOUTS WILL STREAM LIVE ON UFC FIGHT PASS® JUNE 19TH FROM OSAKA, JAPAN Aston Palicte (R) became the WBO junior bantamweight mandatory challenger by stopping Jose Martinez (picture by Manny “Mitts” Murillo/RJJ Boxing) “Mighty” Aston Palicte. LAS VEGAS (April 16, 2019) […]
Filipino Lito Dante Scores TKO Upset of Year in Japan By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Filipino minimumweight fighter Lito Dante, who has won twice and drawn once in three trips to foreign soil in Japan, has had good fortune with Japanese boxing promoters who tried to bring him in as an […]
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