“KING” RYAN GARCIA SAN DIEGO MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES & PHOTOS “It’s a big opportunity for me to do something amazing at a historic event.” – Garcia Click HERE For Photos; Courtesy of Golden Boy Promotions Watch Full Workout Video HERE SAN DIEGO, Calif. – (April 17, 2025) – Welterweight contender and international superstar “King” Ryan Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) of […]
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June 8: Junto Nakatani-Ryosuke Nishida Bantamweight Unification Showdown Headlines Tokyo Super Card Streaming LIVE on ESPN+ Bantamweight sensation Tenshin Nasukawa returns against Victor Santillan in a 10-round special attraction (April 18, 2025) — The world’s two best bantamweights are set to battle with two world title belts on the line. WBC champion Junto Nakatani will fight IBF king Ryosuke […]
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IN HER GOLDEN GIRL ERA: GABRIELA “SWEET POISON” FUNDORA SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDS UNDISPUTED TITLE AGAINST MARILYN BADILLO IN STUNNING UPSET VICTORY, JORGE “CHINO” GARCIA PEREZ DEFEATS CHARLES “BAD NEWS” CONWELL VIA SPLIT DECISION AS CO-MAIN EVENT LIVE FROM FRONTWAVE ARENA AND BROADCAST WORLDWIDE ON DAZN Click HERE for Photos Click HERE for Scorecards Click HERE to Rewatch Prelim Show Mandatory Credit: Golden Boy […]
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Press Conference Notes: Keyshawn Davis Set for Homecoming Title Defense against Edwin De Los Santos at Norfolk’s Scope Arena Keyshawn-De Los Santos and the Abdullah Mason-Jeremia Nakathila 10-round lightweight co-feature will air live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. CLICK HERE for Photos (Mandatory Credit: Mikey Williams / Top Rank) CLICK HERE for VIDEO (Courtesy […]
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2025 PFL WORLD TOURNAMENT 3: FIRST ROUND FIGHT NIGHT RESULTS AND PHOTOS Middleweights Aaron Jeffery, Josh Silveira, Dalton Rosta, Fabian Edwards Advance to World Tournament Semifinals Lightweights Brent Primus, Alfie Davis, Jay-Jay Wilson, Gadzhi Rabadanov Advance to World Tournament Semifinals Heavyweights & Light Heavyweights Take Center Stage at 2025 PFL World Tournament 4: First Round […]
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This section is for all John Gatling boxing content who is a Real Combat Media NY Boxing Correspondent.
KEITH THURMAN VS. DANNY GARCIA MEDIA CALL & TRANSCRIPT Lou DiBella Thank you, everybody, for joining us for this call for what I think is going to be a Fight of the Year, if not the Fight of the Year, between champions Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia, the World Welterweight Championship Unification at Barclays Center […]
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 […]
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 […]
Heather Hardy Defeats Shelly Vincent for WBC Title, Spence Kayos Aging Bundu By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: John Gatling Coney Island, NY (August 22, 2016)– In two featured televised bouts on NBC Sports Network broadcast from Ford Amphitheatre on the Coney Island Boardwalk in Brooklyn, New York, promoted by […]
MANNY PACQUIAO LEAVES HBO WITH HIS COUNSELOR BOB ARUM Editorial By John Gatling, Real Combat Media NY Boxing Correspondent “Pakow’. ‘Manny Pic.. Pacqua’. Excuse me…”, stumbled Jim Lampley out of the block, in HBO’s historic first encounter of a legendary kind with the iconic Manny Pacquiao. In circa June 2001, a Filipino bandana wearing “Pac-Man” […]
Mikey Garcia gives back to his community; eyes bout with WBO lightweight champion Terry Flanagan (RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA) Undefeated, former two-division WBO champion Mikey Garcia (35-0, 29 KOs) teamed up with Riverside Police Officers on Tuesday, August 10, to hand out one hundred backpacks and various school supplies to kids in the Casa Blanca neighborhood. The event […]
IS ANDRE WARD SCARED OF SERGEY KOVALEV? Editorial By John Gatling, Real Combat Media NY Boxing Correspondent “I’m excited. I had to get past this step, [Kovalev] got past his step. If I’m not ready to fight the best now, I’ll never be ready.” Andre Ward, after his tedious 12 round UD over Alexander Brand, […]
WARD VS. BRAND WEIGH-IN VIDEO AND PREVIEW By John Gatling, Real Combat Media NY Boxing Correspondent Oakland, CA (August 5th, 2016)– Former super middleweight kingpin Andre Ward (29-0, 15KOs) will seek to further test his strength at light heavyweight against tough veteran Alexander Brand (25-1, 19KOs) at Oracle Arena this Saturday, August 6 on HBO. […]
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 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 […]
“The Making of Manny Pacquiao vs. Terence Crawford? – High Stakes Poker” Editorial By John Gatling, Real Combat Media NY Boxing Correspondent The cards are all over the table and the stage is set for Nov 5. But will Manny Pacquiao play or fold? Following Terence Crawford’s uber-athletic rinsing of Viktor Postol to become the […]
MIKEY GARCIA RCM INTERVIEW DISCUSSES 135lb, TOP RANK, CRAWFORD VS. POSTOL AND THE RETURN FIGHT By John Gatling, Real Combat Media New York Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (July 19th, 2016)– Former WBO featherweight and super featherweight champion Mikey Garcia (34-0, 28 KOs) returns to action at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn against former champ […]
ESPN ON PBC RESULTS & VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS By John Gatling, Real Combat Media Florida Boxing Correspondent Tampa, Florida (July 11, 2015)– Keith “One-Time” Thurman scored a gut-wrenching 8th round TKO over former world champion Luis Collazo to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title at a frenzied USF Sun Dome crowd of 4,136 fans in Tampa. […]
PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS ON ESPN FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES & PHOTOS Click HERE For Photos From Lucas Noonan/Premier Boxing Champions Click HERE For ESPN Replay TAMPA (July 9, 2015) – Two days before their primetime fights, televised fighters on Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN conducted a final press conference before their Saturday, July […]
THURMAN VS. COLLAZO PBC PREVIEW BY JOHN GATLING & VIDEO PREVIEW By John Gatling, Real Combat Media Florida Boxing Correspondent TAMPA, FL (July 8, 2015) – WBA welterweight champion Keith “One-Time” Thurman looks to dazzle the home crowd at the USF Sundome in Tampa this Saturday night, July 11th, as Al Haymon’s ‘Premier Boxing Champions’ brand gets unveiled on […]
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