UFC Fight Night 272 Results & Video Highlights Las Vegas, Nevada (April 5th, 2026)– At UFC Fight Night 272 held on April 4, 2026, Renato Moicano defeated Chris Duncan via second-round submission to headline a night featuring eight finishes. Moicano utilized a face crank at the 3:14 mark of Round 2 to secure the victory […]
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ZUFFA BOXING 5 RESULTS & VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS Las Vegas, NV (April 6th, 2026)– At Zuffa Boxing 05 on April 5, 2026, at the UFC Apex, Andres Cortes defeated Eridson Garcia via unanimous decision (97-92, 96-93, 95-94) in the main event. The card also featured a fifth-round TKO win for Mark Magsayo over Feargal McCrory and […]
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Bronze Bomber Deontay Wilder Split Decisions Del Boy Chisora in Toe-to-Toe Thriller By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent London, UK (April 5th, 2026)– James Bond 007, in His Majesty’s Secret Service, said Never Say Never Again. Derek Chisora, known as ‘War’ and ‘Del Boy’, in what he claims is his final bout […]
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BEN WHITTAKER REPLACES INJURED CALLUM SMITH AS THE NEW MAIN EVENT FOR LIVERPOOL FIGHT NIGHT ON APRIL 18 – LIVE ON DAZN Britain’s most exciting fighter, Ben Whittaker, will take on Argentina’s dangerous Braian Suarez in the new Main Event at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena on Saturday, April 18 – live worldwide on the Global Home of Boxing, DAZN. […]
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TIM TSZYU DEFEATS PREVIOUSLY UNBEATEN DENIS NURJA BY UNANIMOUS DECISION IN PBC CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING ON PRIME VIDEO MAIN EVENT SATURDAY NIGHT IN AUSTRALIA Sam Goodman Earns Unanimous Decision over Rodrigo Ruiz in IBF 122-Pound World Title Eliminator Plus! Nelson Asofa Solomona, Callum Peters and Paulo Aokoso Score Victories in Undercard Action Click HERE for Photos from No […]
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Cassius Clay versus Rocky Marciano in 1965: More Likely A Cautious Draw By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent If Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) had fought Rocky Marciano in 1965 as was quietly proposed, beyond the financial factor (the money would have been in the millions for both, outrageous at the […]
FORMER WORLD CHAMP & ROCKY 5 ACTOR TOMMY MORRISON HAS DIED AT AGE 44 Former Heavyweight Boxing champion Tommy Morrison died last night at the age of 44 following prolonged illness. Real Combat Media sends condolences to the family and friends of “The Duke” . Remembered for forging a career record of 48-3-1, beating George Foreman to […]
Ernesto Marcel, World Champion Time Forgot By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent There will never be a Hall of Fame induction for the brilliant Panamanian World Featherweight champion Ernesto Marcel, who came along before Salvador Sanchez and Eusebio Pedroza, who fought the best between 114 and 130 pounds in […]
Bam! Bam! Ruben Olivares Had Mucho Power in the Lower Weights By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent If ever there was an Ernie Shavers of the lower weight classes, Ruben Olivares was it in terms of raw power. Olivares, like Shavers, was a fine technical boxer. Precisely how […]
The Three Controversial Fights of Big Scott LeDoux By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The Fighting Frenchman, heavyweight Alan ‘Big’ Scott LeDoux, fought between February 1974 and May 1983, compiling a professional record of 33-13-4 with 22 knockouts. In his first controversial bout, LeDoux is the only fight in ring history […]
Vinny Paz Razzmatazz: Boose, Cars, Strippers, Gambling, Bankruptcy, and More By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Vinny Paz, formerly known as Vinny Pazienza, made millions during his professional career as a boxer. Between 1983 and 2004, fighting between 137 and 171 pounds, ‘The Pazmanian Devil’ compiled a ring record of […]
Daniel Geale Comes to America To Fight Darren Barker A Century After Les Darcy By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In 1916, World Middleweight champion Les Darcy of Australia attempted to enlist in active service for Australia during World War I, but his mother blocked it as Darcy was […]
MELDRICK TAYLOR MOVIE “TWO SECONDS FROM GLORY” IN THE WORKS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PHILADELPHIA (August 15, 2013)—From the time he wrote down on a dresser drawer as an eight year old child that he would become a world champion, Meldrick Taylor had only one goal. From being a prized amateur and a 1984 Olympic Gold […]
Remembering Gil Clancy, They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent RCM Historical Boxing Hall of Fame boxing trainer Gil Clancy is probably best remembered as a CBS, MSG and HBO television boxing commentator, and not as a trainer of Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George […]
RCM Historical Boxing – Bad Blood! Iceman John Scully versus DeGrandis 1988 Golden Gloves Brawl Remembered By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Ever hear the Neil Sedaka song ‘Bad Blood’? It wasn’t all Riddick Bowe versus Andrew Golota. A new documentary on the life of noted boxing trainer Iceman […]
Ten Famous Name Boxers Who Fought in The Wrong Division RCM Historical Boxing By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Here is my list of ten famous name boxers who fought in the wrong weight class: Number One: Bob Foster. The Albuquerque, New Mexico native failed against such heavyweights […]
Whatever Happened To Trevor Berbick? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Trevor Berbick was born on August 1, 1954, in Port Antonio, Jamaica. Berbick was 21 years old and had only 11 amateur fights when he represented Jamaica in the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games at heavyweight, losing to eventual […]
On Dr. Ferdie Pacheco’s Fateful Decision in 1977, and Why Ali Should Have Listened By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In 1962, Dr. Ferdie Pacheco M.D. began working the corner of the rising young heavyweight Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) as his cornerman and physician with Angelo Dundee, Bundini Brown, […]
Whatever Happened To Alfredo Evangelista, The Lynx of Montevideo? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The most famous heavyweight fighter to come out of Uruguay was Alfredo Evangelista. Known as ‘The Lynx of Montevideo’, Evangelista compiled a career record of 61 wins, 13 defeats and four losses, with 41 knockouts, […]
Tommy The Duke Morrison in His Own Words on Maury Povich, and What Followed By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent When a medical test is not enough in the field of sports, sometimes the courts deal with people involved. Sometimes the person involved tell his or her own story. In […]
Emile Griffith Dies at 75, One of Bert Sugar’s All-Time Greats By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Twice during his career as a boxing writer, the late great boxing writer Bert Sugar came up with his list of the 100 greatest fighters of all-time. Emile Griffith was on both lists, and deservedly so. […]
Strange Muhammad Ali versus Michael Dokes Miami Beach Three Round No Decision By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Muhammad Ali versus Michael Dokes, The Fountainbleau Miami Beach Exhibition, 1977 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM6UpbLgLJI In April 1977, Muhammad Ali fought two exhibitions of three rounds each against Jody Ballard and future World […]
Salaam Alaikum, A Tribute To Cornerman Wali Muhammad, Boxing’s Silent Gentleman By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Muhammad Ali’s corner, from the moment he defeated defeated Charles ‘Sonny’ Liston to win the world heavyweight championship, was never the same from that point on. This is because everyoneis Ali’s entourage became […]
What Ever Happened To The Good Old Days of Boxing? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Remember Hearns and Hagler, Leonard Hearns, Leonard and Duran, and Hagler and Duran? Remember the fan man who came crashing down in the middle of the world heavyweight title bout between Riddick Bowe […]
When 500 Million Dollars Ain’t Enough: Iron Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Sugar Ray Robinson, James Jeffries, and Other Boxing Bankruptcies By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Light middleweight boxer James De La Rosa went bankrupt over credit card debts and medical bills. Top rated lightweight contender Henry […]
Doug Jones Got Robbed, Best Heavyweight Alive Who Never Won The World Title By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Doug Jones, who is 76 years old, is alive and well and living in New York City somewhere. Doug Jones is regarded by the boxing press as the greatest living heavyweight fighter […]
Smokin’ Joe Frazier’s 1978 Miller Lite Beer Singing Commercial Resurfaces By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Remember when Joe Frazier was also a singer? Real Combat Media brings you historical boxing’s magical moments with a twist! Take a walk down memorial lane with Smokin’ Joe Frazier and the knockouts, […]
Did Angelo Dundee, A Trainer With Magical Instincts, Create The Rope-A-Dope? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent About 18 months ago, Hall of Fame boxing trainer Angelo Dundee died on my birthday, February 1, 2012. The losses of boxing luminaries like Dundee, Joe Frazier, Bert Sugar […]
Whatever Happened to Rocky III, The Greatest Challenge? A Historical Look Back By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Last night I reconnected the good old DVD and VCR player to my large flat screen living room television. By now the Blu-Ray machine rules, and the old videotape player with combined […]
Earnie Shavers, Heavyweight Puncher of The Century By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Muhammad Ali called Heavyweight boxer Earnie Shavers ‘The Acorn’ due to his bald head, which made him look like an acorn. Ali pounded on the acorn for 15 rounds, and Larry Holmes pounded on the […]
The Fighting Frenchman, Big Scott LeDeux By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Big Scott LeDeux, also known as ‘The Fighting Frenchman’, fought with some of the biggest names in boxing during his heavyweight career from 1974 to 1983. These included Rodney Bobick, Terry Daniels, Ron Stander, Larry […]
Archie Moore’s Shining Light Heavyweight Moment By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Head Boxing Correspondent There are certain boxing historical moments which shatter the time barrier. Jack Johnson standing over the fallen James Jeffries. Max Schmeling knocking out Joe Louis. Rocky Marciano’s knockout punch on Jersey Joe Walcott. Round […]
Whatever Happened To Boone Kirkman, The Second Great White Hope? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent Ranked as high as seventh in the world by Ring Magazine, the bible of boxing, Boone ‘Boom Boom’ Kirkman was the second of the so-called ‘Great White Hopes, coming between Rocky Marciano […]
The Robberies of Ringo Bonavena RCM Historical Boxing By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent Oscar Natalio ‘Ringo’ Bonavena (1943-1976), the great Argentine heavyweight, is a name which has long faded from public limelight. Ringo was the heavyweight from Buenos Aires, Argentina who fought during the Carlos Monzon era. Bonavena’s fighting ability made […]
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Lou DiBella Acquire Rights to TAPIA The Documentary Set To Premiere In Competition at The Los Angeles Film Festival Saturday, June 15, 2013 World Champion Boxer Johnny Tapia revealed in his own words, in his final interviews just weeks before his untimely death LOS ANGELES – June 10, 2013 […]
Archie Moore, A Critical Analysis of The 23 Losses of The Old Mongoose By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent Between 1935 and 1963, The Old Mongoose, Archie Moore, won 185 fights, lost 23 bouts, and drew 10 bouts, with 131 knockouts. Archie was stopped only seven times. The great light heavyweight champion […]
The Great Ron Lyle, His Bout With George Foreman Remembered For Sure By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent Some cats have nine lives. Ron Lyle had three. The only one of 19 children to get in trouble with the law, Lyle was convicted of second degree murder in a gang fight […]
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