THE RING: UNFINISHED BUSINESS CHRIS EUBANK JR. & CONOR BENN TICKETS ON SALE NOW AS MEDIA ACCREDITATION OPENS AFTER LAUNCH PRESS CONFERENCE AT TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM Tickets are on sale now as Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn are preparing to write another chapter of their family rivalry, in their highly anticipated Riyadh Season rematch. ‘The Ring: Unfinished Business’ – brought […]
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Former Two-Division Champion Danny “Swift” Garcia Takes on Queens-Native Daniel Gonzalez Headlining Swift Promotions Event Saturday, October 18 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn Click HERE for Photos from @robertrosafotos Click HERE for Photos from Don Avery/Swift Promotions (Photos to be uploaded shortly) Click HERE for Press Conference Replay Via Millions.Co BROOKLYN, NY – September 18, 2025 – Boxing star and former […]
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Nagoya Nightmare: Naoya Inoue Notches One-Sided Decision over Murodjon Akhmadaliev Inoue defends his undisputed super bantamweight title for the fifth time CLICK HERE for Photos (Courtesy: Naoki Fukuda) NAGOYA, Japan (Sept. 14, 2025) — Naoya Inoue was supposed to be given the toughest test of his super bantamweight reign. In the end, it was just another dominant night at the […]
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Kazakhstan tops the medal table at the inaugural World Boxing Championships 2025 thanks to victory in the final bout of the competition LIVERPOOL, England (September 14, 2025) — A thrilling final day of action at the World Boxing Championships 2025 in Liverpool saw Kazakhstan’s Aibek Oralbay defeat Jahhongir Zokirov of Uzbekistan in the 520th and final […]
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UNDEFEATED YOUNG MEXICAN STAR ISAAC LUCERO DUELS HARD-HITTING ROBERTO VALENZUELA JR. IN ALL-MEXICAN SHOWDOWN KICKING OFF PBC PAY-PER-VIEW EVENT ON PRIME VIDEO SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 WBC Super Welterweight World Champion Sebastian Fundora Battles Former Unified Champion Keith Thurman in Main Event from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas LAS VEGAS – September 15, […]
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Former European Heavyweight Champion Joe Bugner Dies at 75 in Australia By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Brisbane, Australia (September 3rd, 2025)- Former British and European Heavyweight champion Joe Bugner, who twice battled Muhammad Ali, and also fought Henry Cooper, Jack Bodell, Ron Lyle, Joe Frazier, Earnie Shavers, and other notables, has […]
30 Years After Gerald McClellan vs. Nigel Benn, Looking at Root Cause By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In amateur and professional sports, boxing is no exception to the rule when it comes to playing favorites for hometown fighters over visiting challengers. Life, it can be said, is rarely fair, and referees […]
A Class Act, Tommy Brooks, Hall of Fame Trainer of Champions, Dies at 71 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Atlantic, City (August 3, 2025)– The very classy International Boxing Hall of Fame elite trainer Tommy Brooks, who learned his training craft from Archie Moore and Eddie Futch, who trained such heavyweight […]
Muhammad Ali’s Brother, Forgotten Fighter Rudy Clay AKA Rahaman Ali, Dies at 82 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Louisville, Kentucky (August 3rd, 2025)– Rudy Clay, also known as Rahman Ali and Rahaman Ali, the forgotten loyal boxing younger brother of the late world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay), who lived […]
Hall of Fame Promoter of 10 Thousand Bouts Don Elbaum, King of Atlantic City, Dies at 94 By Robert Brizel, head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Atlantic, City, NJ (July 31st, 2025)– Hall of Fame boxing promoter, matchmaker and manager Don Elbaum, who promoted over 1000 boxing cards and over 10 thousand bouts, primarily in […]
The Camden Buzzsaw, Former World Champion Dwight Muhammad Qawi, Dies at 72 – Career Highlights Video By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Camden, NJ (July 28th, 2025)– The Camden Buzzsaw, former World Light Heavyweight and World Cruiserweight champion Dwight Muhammad Qawi, passed away this past weekend on July 25, 2025, at the […]
Mihai ‘The Lion’ Leu, Former Undefeated WBO Welterweight Champion, Dies in Romania at 57 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Bucharest, Romania (July 5th, 2025)– Former World Boxing Organisation World Welterweight champion Mihai ‘The Lion’ Leu, also known as Michael Loewe, who won 180 of 200 amateur bouts, then went 28-0 as […]
The Bodysnatcher, Three Division World Champion Mike McCallum, Dies in Vegas at 68 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (June 2nd, 2025)– Former National Golden Gloves champion, Super Welterweight, Middleweight and Light Heavyweight World champion Mike ‘The Body Snatcher’ McCallum, who after retirement became a boxing trainer in Las […]
Nino Benvenuti, Italy World Junior Middleweight and Middleweight Champion, Dies at 87 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent, Dies at 87 Rome, Italy (May 21st, 2025)– Giovanni ‘Nino’ Benvenuti, the 1960 Olympic Welterweight Gold Medalist in Rome who went on to hold the World Junior Middleweight and World Middleweight championships during his […]
Joey Archer, Middleweight Title Challenger, Dies in Rensselaer at 87 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (May 3rd, 2025)– Middleweight contender Joey Archer, who won 45 pro bouts between 1956 and 1967, beat Sugar Ray Robinson, who was unsuccessful in winning the American and world middleweight titles, as he […]
Kenny Adams, Olympic Coach and Trainer of Champions, Dies at 84 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (April 13th, 2025)– Olympic Coach and Hall of Fame trainer of 25 world champions Kenny Adams, who put the strength training and conditioning in boxing on the map, died Monday, April 7, […]
WBA World Lightweight Champion Livingston Bramble Dies at 64 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (March 24th, 2025)– Former World Boxing Association World Lightweight champion Livingston Bramble, also known as Ras-l Alujah Bramble, whose Rastafarian vegetarian beliefs, voodoo dolls, love of snakes, and two successful HBO titular wins over […]
Oldest Heavyweight Champion George Foreman Dies at 76 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Houston, Texas (March 22nd, 2025)– 1968 Olympic Heavyweight Gold Medalist, former World Heavyweight Champion ‘Big’ George Foreman, also called, Reverend George Foreman who was known for the 1974 ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ with Muhammad Ali, passed away Friday, […]
Former World Lightweight and Junior Welterweight Champion Greg Haugen Dies at 64 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Seattle, Washington (February 26th, 2025)– Former World Lightweight and Junior Welterweight champion Greg ‘The Mutt’ Haugen, who won the International Boxing Federation World Lightweight title twice between 1986 and 1989, and who won the […]
Lumumba Luis Estaba, WBC Light Flyweight Champion, Dies in Venezuela at 86 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Caracas, Venezuela (February 19th, 2025)– Luis ‘Lumumba’ Estaba, who fought in 14 World Boxing Council Light Flyweight title bouts between 1975 and 1978 as champion and challenger, died in his native Venezuela at age […]
Shades of Jack Johnson! Former World Heavyweight champion Oliver McCall Wins 2025 Comeback Bout at Age 59 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Nashville, Tennessee (February 6th, 2025)– Oliver ‘The Atomic Bull’ McCall, age 59, the former World heavyweight champion, became the oldest former world heavyweight champion to fight in a sanctioned […]
Argentine Faves: Bonavena, Castro, Firpo, Galindez, Locche, Martinez, Monzon, Roldan By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In a historical sense, each country offers its share of athletes past, present and future. Argentina has a grand history of sports. There are eight names which this reporter considers to be fan favorites, in terms […]
New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame Middleweight Irish Teddy Mann Dies at 73 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Atlantic City, NJ (February 1st, 2025)– New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame veteran middleweight ‘Irish’ Teddy Mann, real name Theodore Manshreck, also called Ted ‘The Irish’ Man, who fought himself through 42 professional […]
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, […]
Legendary Promoter Don King, Age 93, Now Being Sued For Three Billion Dollars Over 2024 Rumble in The Jungle II Boxing Card Which Never Took Place By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Miami, Fl (February 1st, 2025)– The purported 2024 fiftieth anniversary Rumble in the Jungle II boxing card scheduled for Nigeria […]
Former World Champion Wilfredo Benitez, 66, Moved to Chicago Hospital Intensive Care By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Known as ‘The Bible of Boxing’, former World Junior Welterweight, Welterweight and Super Welterweight World champion Wilfredo ‘El Radar’ Benitez, 66, in declining health for years under the care of his late mother, […]
Albert Hughes, 70, Oldest Man to Win Professional Boxing Match By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent On December 14, 2019, super welterweight Albert Hughes Jr., who had 20 professional bouts experience under his belt, became the oldest man ever to win a professional boxing match, setting the Guinness Book of World Records […]
Alonzo Butler, Who Had 34 Pro Boxing Wins as a Heavyweight and a Deontay Wilder Sparring partner, Dies at Age 44 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (November 1st, 2024)– Knoxville, Tennessee top flight heavyweight Alonzo ‘Big Zo’ Butler, the principal sparring partner through the Olympic Games and […]
Former European Heavyweight Champion Steffen Tangstad Dies at 65 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Tonsberg Municipality, Norway (June 29th, 2024)– Norwegian former two-time European Heavyweight champion and world heavyweight title challenger Steffen Tangstad died on June 26, 2024, after a long illness of peripheral neuropathy, in Tonsberg Municipality, Norway. He was […]
Unraveling Mystery Behind Muhammad Ali versus Earnie Shavers 1977 Bout and Dr. Ferdie Pacheco Breaking Camp By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent On September 29, 1977, Muhammad Ali defended his undisputed World Heavyweight title for the final time, recording a unanimous 15 rounds decision over the top contender Earnie Shavers. Ali, 55-2 […]
Is 22-0 Oleksandr Usyk the Reincarnation of 49-0 Rocky Marciano? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent 22-0 Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine, currently the undisputed World Heavyweight champion, has boxed 241 rounds in his 22 pro bouts between 2013 and 2023. Rocky Marciano, ‘The Brockton Blockbuster’, from Brockton, Massachusetts, went 49-0 in his […]
In Politics of Showboating and Rope-A-Dope, Tyson Fury is No Muhammad Ali Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Oleksandr Usyk, now the undisputed world heavyweight champion, proved he is a finer technical boxer than ‘The Gypsy King’ Tyson Fury, for the moment, which will generate interest in the contractual rematch in […]
A Tribute to European Super Featherweight Champ Willie Limond, The Scottish Warrior By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former British and European Super Featherweight champion Willie Limond of Glasgow, Scotland, ‘The Scottish Warrior’, who also held the WBU version of the World Lightweight title, died on April 15, 2024 at age 45. […]
The Rose of Soweto, Who Overcame Apartheid, South African World Champion Dingaan Thobela, Dies at 57 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Soweto, South Africa (May 3rd, 2024)– The Rose of Soweto, Dingaan Thobela, of Soweto, South Africa, who overcame the South African era of apartheid to win world titles at […]
ROBERTO DURAN GETS SUCCESSFUL PACEMAKER IMPLANT SURGERY By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Head Boxing Correspondent Panama City, Panama (March 19th, 2024)– In Panama City, Panama, International Boxing Hall of Fame retired multi division former world champion Roberto ‘Hands of Stone’ Duran, 103-16 with 70 knockouts, age 72, received a pacemaker on Monday, March 18, […]
Reflections on the Boxing Career of Joe Bugner By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In 1956, Joe Bugner and his parents were refugees from the invasion of Hungary by the Soviet Union. An athlete and discus champion, Bugner began training in Great Britain and turned professional at age 17, embarking on a […]
The Ten Worst Performing Opponents of Iron Mike Tyson’s Career By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent During his career, Iron Mike Tyson had some very brief outcomes in his 50 recorded wins. Tyson’s career stretched 20 years, between 1985 and 2005. Bouts which ended in the first and second round, of one […]
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