Sean Strickland says he will not fight until his UFC pay is fixed, and Gamdom is offering every fighter $10,000 a month. Here is where Dana White and Zuffa stand.
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FLOYD SCHOFIELD CAPTURES FIRST WORLD TITLE WITH UNANIMOUS DECISION VICTORY OVER LUCAS BAHDI IN CHICAGO Undefeated rising star claims vacant WBA lightweight world championship in main event live on DAZN Photos HERE / Password: FightNight (Credit: Golden Boy Promotions) Additional Photos HERE (Credit Most Valuable Promotions / Harry Aaron) CHICAGO (Oct. 10, 2026) — Undefeated […]
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Three-Division World Champion Wilfredo Gomez Dies in PR at 69 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent San Juan, (October 13th, 2026)– International Boxing Hall of Fame former Super Bantamweight, Featherweight, and Junior Lightweight boxing champion Wilfredo ‘Bazooka’ Gomez, a colorful figure both inside and outside the ring, has passed away in his […]
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Brendan Allen submitted Christian Leroy Duncan in Round 5 of the UFC Vegas 122 main event. Full card results, video highlights, bonuses and recap from the Meta Apex.
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Three fighters missed weight at UFC Vegas 122. Full card records and weights, main card tale-of-the-tape breakdowns, film study, odds ranges and weigh-in video for Allen vs. Duncan.
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Avery Sparrow upsets Matt Conway for IBA Super Featherweight World title PITTSBURGH (January 17, 2022) – Philadelphia super featherweight Avery Sparrow (11-3, 4 KOs) upset local favorite Matt “Sweet Child” Conway (20-3, 9 KOs) this past Saturday night, registering a 10th round technical knockout for the vacant International Boxing Association (IBA) Super Featherweight and Pennsylvania State […]
RUNGVISAI VS. CUADRAS CLASH IN PHOENIX Rematch for the vacant WBC Super-Flyweight strap headlines February 5 Srisaket Sor Rungvisai and Carlos Cuadras will reignite their rivalry with the vacant WBC World Super-Flyweight belt on the line at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday February 5, live worldwide on DAZN. TICKETS STARTING AT $20 (PLUS FEES) ARE […]
Smith KOs Geffrard, Rigondeaux Returns, Bob Arum Talks Canelo By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Valiant and courageous are two words to describe Steve Geffrard’s game attempt at Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York, on Saturday night, January 16, 2021, televised on ESPN, promoted by Top Rank, against World […]
Iron Grip: Light Heavyweight Champion Joe Smith Jr. Knocks Out Steve Geffrard Abraham Nova shines in featherweight co-feature CLICK HERE for photos from Mikey Williams / Top Rank via Getty Images VERONA, N.Y. (Jan. 15, 2022) — The Steve Geffrard story was something out of a Hollywood script. The South Florida native accepted a shot at the title on eight days’ […]
Sampson Boxing Friday Box & Roll! Three WBC Latino Title Bouts in Panama By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Panama City, Panama (January 15th, 2022)– In the hometown of “Hands of Stone”, Roberto Duran, from the Vasco Nunez De Balboa Convention Center at Hotel De Panama, Bella Vista, Panama City, Panama, Sampson […]
Happy 73rd Birthday to Former Heavyweight Champion Big George Foreman! By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent A native of Marshall, Texas, former world heavyweight champion “Big’ George Foreman, who turned age 73 on January 10, 2022, has been out of the ring since 1997. Foreman, 76-5 with 66 knockouts, is best known for […]
Jose Ramirez-Jose Pedraza Junior Welterweight Showdown Postponed to Friday, March 4 at Save Mart Center LIVE and Exclusively on ESPN+ Pedraza tested positive for COVID-19 Heavyweight U.S. Olympic silver medalist Richard Torrez Jr. will make professional debut in a six-round special feature FRESNO, Calif. (Jan. 10, 2022) — The homecoming of former unified junior welterweight world […]
ESPN Smith vs. Geffrard WBO Turning Stone Card Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Verona, NY (January 14th, 2022)– USA ESPN, ESPN +, and Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing will present a four-bout card of exciting pro boxing on Saturday evening, January 15, 2022, featuring Joe Smith Jr. defending his World Boxing […]
Ex-World Champion Jessie Vargas Pulls Out of DAZN Bout By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (January 13th, 2022)– Jessie Vargas, the Former World Boxing Association World Super Lightweight champion Jessie Vargas, who was scheduled to return after 24 months of inactivity at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, on February […]
Salita Promotions Presents Detroit Brawl at Ford Center on January 22, 2022 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Dearborn, Mi (January 13th, 2022)– Salita Promotions and Dmitriy Salita will present a six-bout card of professional boxing at the Ford Center in Dearborn, Michigan, on Saturday night, January 22, 2022, featuring world-ranked middleweight […]
CLARESSA SHIELDS U.K. DEBUT SET FOR SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5 AS SHE DEFENDS MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLES AGAINST EMA KOZIN LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW Four-Fight Pay-Per-View Telecast Begins at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT Available in U.S. Live on PPV Via FITE.TV, PPV.com & Cable, Satellite & Telco PPV Providers January 12, 2022 – Boxing superstar Claressa “G.W.O.A.T.” Shields will make her long awaited […]
GARY RUSSELL JR. VS. MARK MAGSAYO VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES “He has good punching power, but none of that matters if you can’t hit your target,” – Russell “I want to prove to the people everywhere that I’m the best featherweight in the world,” – Magsayo WBC Featherweight World Champion Russell To Defend Title Against […]
JAIME MUNGUIA TO FACE D’MITRIUS BALLARD IN HIS GRAND RETURN TO TIJUANA ON SATURDAY, FEB 19 THE FIGHT FOR THE WBO INTERCONTINENTAL MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE TO TAKE PLACE AT PLAZA MONUMENTAL DE PLAYAS DE TIJUANA LIVE ON DAZN Tickets on Sale Friday!! LOS ANGELES, CA (January 12, 2022) – The pride of Tijuana, Jaime Munguia (38-0, 30 […]
The Ten Most Likely Comebacks in 2022 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Comeback Number One: Heavyweight Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller. The 23-0-1 Miller has been inactive since November 2018 due to a number of failed drug tests. Originally thought to be a top candidate for Anthony Joshua, it will be interesting 40 […]
Undefeated Adrian “Tonka” Sosa to headline “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” February 12th in Dedham, MA BOSTON (January 10, 2022) – Vertex Promotions returns February 12th with “St. Valentine’s Day’s Massacre,” headlined by undefeated super lightweight prospect Adrian “Tonka” Sosa, on Saturday night, February 12, at Moseley’s On The Charles in Dedham, Massachusetts. “We’re very excited to […]
JACOBS MEETS RYDER AT ALEXANDRA PALACE Tickets on sale today for February 12 Super-Middle showdown The USA’s two-time Middleweight World Champion Daniel Jacobs will collide with Britain’s world-rated Super-Middleweight contender John Ryder at the famous Alexandra Palace in London on Saturday, February 12, live worldwide on DAZN (excluding New Zealand and Australia). Former WBA and IBF 160lbs king Jacobs […]
Canelo Alvarez Eyes 32-0 WBC Champ Jermall Hitman Charlo for Cinco De Mayo Bout By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent San Diego, CA (January 10th, 2022)– Cinco de Mayo fiesta in Mexico will be on Thursday, May 5, 2022. Cinco de Mayo festival holiday weekend. Cinco de Mayo celebrates the anniversary of […]
Ex-WBC Asian Middleweight Champ Asan Saakyan of Armenia, 26, KOed, Dies After Ten Day Coma By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former World Boxing Council Asian Boxing Council Silver Middleweight champion Asan Saakyan of Vardenis, Armenia, fighting out of Novosibirsk, Russian Federation, has died at the age of 26, on January 7, […]
Benavidez Responds to Trainer Eddy Reynoso: Why Wouldn’t Canelo Want To Fight Me? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent With rumors suddenly swirling Saul “Canelo” Alvarez could fight Jermall Charlo at middleweight or super middleweight on Cinco De Mayo Weekend 2022 and negotiations were underway, Canelo’s trainer Eddy Reynoso and World Boxing […]
January 29: Rene Tellez Giron-Luis Melendez Junior Lightweight Clash Confirmed as Robson Conceição-Xavier Martinez Co-Feature at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa LIVE on ESPN Conceição-Martinez and Giron-Melendez will air live on ESPN & ESPN Deportes (simulcast on ESPN+) at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT Unbeaten middleweight Nico Ali Walsh and Tulsa-born heavyweight prospect Jeremiah Milton […]
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 […]
WBO Champ Joe Smith Jr. to Fight Sub Steve Geffrard, Callum Johnson Has COVID-19 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Verona, NY (January 9th, 2022)– World Boxing Organisation World Light Heavyweight champion, 27-3 with 21 knockouts, Long Island, New York, will face a last minute substitute challenger on eight days of […]
BXNGTV.com Kicks off 2022 with Doubleheader Weekend Jeremy Hill and Sean Hemphill Appear in Main Event and Co-Feature Bouts TONIGHT in New Orleans Undefeated Bantamweight Lawrence Newton Takes on Mario Hernandez on Saturday in Delray Beach, Florida New York (January 7, 2022) —The nation’s fastest growing streaming network for live professional boxing, BXNGTV.com will kick […]
Cruiserweight Lawrence Okolie, One of the Most Dangerous Rising World Champion in 2022 Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Watch out for the sauce. Lawrence “The Sauce” Okolie, 17-0 with 14 knockouts, Hackney, London, United Kingdom, the World Boxing Organization World Cruiserweight champion, and a former British and European cruiserweight champion, […]
Twitter Four Ounce Heavyweight Wars! Fury calls Out UFC Champ Ngannou During WBC Purse Crisis, Wallin Offers In By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (January 8th, 2022)– Just when you think you have seen it all, the heavyweight boxing versus UFC flame has been rekindled between lineal and World […]
Greatest Hits of Earnie Shavers, The Black Destroyer By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Great heavyweights have their moment in the sun. Between 1969 and 1995, Earnie Shavers terrorized the heavyweight division, including torturing World Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali for 15 rounds with punches which would have woken the dead. Generally regarded […]
MATCHROOM UNVEIL STACKED START TO 2022 Seven massive fight nights in America and the UK to kick off a huge year on DAZN World title stunners, thrilling rematches and crossroad clashes feature in stellar first quarter line-up Even more fights and full undercard details to be announced shortly Eddie Hearn and Matchroom are delighted to announce a […]
Sixty Years in Boxing Game: Fury of Top Rank Promoter Bob Arum at 90 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is well known. What is not well known is Arum began his affiliation with boxing in 1962 as an attorney, when Arum was told by the United […]
6’6′ Chinese Boxer Zhilei “Big Bang” Zhang Seeks Filip Hrgovic IBF Eliminator, Bryan vs Guidry WBA By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Oleksandr Usyk will fight a rematch in 2022 with Anthony Joshua for the undisputed World Heavyweight title, with the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO titular belts at stake. No venue […]
Ty Tomlin Opponent Announced will Face Charlie Serrano February 5th CHEATHAM COUNTY, TN (January 4, 2022) – On February 5, 2022, undefeated lightweight prospect, Tyler “Short Fuse” Tomlin (12-0, 8 KOs), of Cheatham County, TN, now has a dancing partner for his highly anticipated return to his hometown region, as he will face, Charlie Serrano (16-6-2, 5 KOs), of Tampa, Florida. The 10-round main […]
Riddle of The One-Eyed Boxers: Greb, Frazier, Harris and Seales In The Modern Era By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Boxers with eye injuries are a sensitive subject. It remains a safety danger for boxers to fight with eye injuries. When a fight incurs a detached retina, in boxing history that […]
British Boxing on the Rocks With An Uncertain Worldwide Future Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Much like vodka on the rocks, professional boxing in the United Kingdom, from Great Britain to Scotland, is on the rocks, with an uncertain future in 2022. The British Boxing Board of Control has shut […]
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