Female Heavyweight Boxing Champion Olga Domuladzhanova Dies of Coronavirus at 52 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Moscow, Russia (May 15th, 2021)– Female heavyweight amateur Russian and World Boxing champion Olga Domuladzhanova, who won the female amateur heavyweight gold medal world boxing championship at Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, France, in April 2001, died […]
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Old Archie Moore Was Older and Wiser Than He Looked
Old Archie Moore Was Older and Wiser Than He Looked By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Through the looking glass of boxing time, “The Old Mongoose”, Archie Moore, was older and wiser than he looked. He actually held a share of the world heavyweight title later in his career, though this overlooked […]
Say A Prayer For The Bronx Bomber, Middleweight Alex Ramos
Say A Prayer For The Bronx Bomber, Middleweight Alex Ramos By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Nicknamed “The Bronx Bomber”, former USBA middleweight titleholder and middleweight contender Alex Ramos is now in the fight of his life. Ramos, 39-10-2 with 24 knockouts between 1980 and 1994, is now suffering from dementia pugilistica, […]
RCM Historical Boxing: From Hero to Heroin: The Last Days of Tony “El Torito” Ayala Jr.
From Hero to Heroin: The Last Days of Tony “El Torito” Ayala Jr. By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Before his release from incarceration a final time, Tony “El Torito” Ayala Jr. pondered the option of a boxing comeback at age 51. Tony had lived and breathed the gym and rings of […]
TEAM HOLYFIELD CLAIMS MIKE TYSON REJECTED 25 MILLION GUARANTEE TO FIGHT IN THE TRILOGY
MIKE TYSON REJECTS $25,000,000 GUARANTEE TO FIGHT EVANDER HOLYFIELD AT HARD ROCK STADIUM IN MIAMI ON MAY 29th MIAMI (March 22, 2021) – Representatives of Evander Holyfield expressed frustration after Mike Tyson’s representatives refused to accept a $25,000,000 guarantee from Team Holyfield to participate in Tyson v Holyfield 3 at the Hard Rock Stadium to kick off […]
Hearns Claims Hagler Died From Vaccination Aftereffects on Instagram, Hagler’s Wife Denies It (But Won’t Reveal The Cause)
Controversy: Hearns Claims Hagler Died From Vaccination Aftereffects on Instagram, Hagler’s Wife Denies It (But Won’t Reveal The Cause) By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Bartlett, New Hampshire (March 15th, 2021)– Controversy! Former multidivisional champion Thomas “Hitman” Hearns, on Instagram, has it former Hall of Fame legendary World Middleweight champion Marvelous Marvin […]
Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Middleweight Champion and All-Time Great, Dies at 66
Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Middleweight Champion, and All-Time Great, Dies at 66 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (March 14th, 2021)– Marvelous Marvin Hagler, who succeeded the late Carlos Monzon of Argentina as the dominant force in the middleweight division as its world champion in the 1980s, whose reign […]
Former World Heavyweight Champion Leon Spinks Dies in Las Vegas at 67 – Career Video Highlights
Former World Heavyweight Champion Neon Leon Spinks Dies in Las Vegas at 67 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (February 7th, 2021)– Former World Heavyweight champion “Neon” Leon Spinks, who shocked the boxing world in 1978 when he won a 15 round split decision over Muhammad Ali to […]
RCM Historical Boxing: Anatomy of Muhammad Ali versus Lyle Alzado Fight Poster
RCM Historical Boxing: Anatomy of Muhammad Ali versus Lyle Alzado Fight Poster By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Boxing posters, long a staple of many a boxing gym, are as much a part of sports memorabilia and Americana as most sports knickknacks. With the advent of computer technology, where sporting events are […]
Latin Boxing Champion and Olympian Carlos Burga Dies of Coronavirus at 68
Latin Boxing Champion and Olympian Carlos Burga Dies of Coronavirus at 68 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Lima, Peru (January 23rd, 2021)– Latin American Peruvian amateur boxing champion Carlos Burga, who represented Peru at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany, at welterweight, and served as Peru’s national amateur sports representative, later […]
Exodus Boxing Promoter Anthony ‘Preacherman’ Mwamba , 1988 Olympian, Dies of Coronavirus at 61
Exodus Boxing Promoter Preachman Mwamba, 1988 Olympian, Dies of Coronavirus at 61 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Lusaka, Zambia (January 22, 2020)– One of Zambia’s few active boxing promoters, and active support of female boxing in his country, Exodus Boxing Promotions director Anthony ‘Preacherman’ Mwamba, passed away at age 61 on […]
RCM Historical Boxing: Rudy Clay, Brother of Muhammad Ali – The Forgotten Warrior
RCM Historical Boxing: Rudy Clay, The Forgotten Warrior By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Rudy Clay, AKA Rahman Ali, Muhammad Ali’s brother, is truly “the forgotten warrior” of professional boxing. Well-known boxing brothers involving at least one heavyweight, like Rudy Clay and Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), include: Larry Holmes and Mark Holmes, […]
Fred Levin of Square Ring, Manager of Roy Jones Jr., Dies of Coronavirus at 83
Fred Levin of Square Ring, Manager of Roy Jones Jr., Dies of Coronavirus at 83 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Florida attorney and philanthropist Fred Levin, who founded Square Ring and co-managed and advised Roy Jones Jr. for much of his amateur and professional career with his late brother Stanley in […]
RCM Historical Boxing: Wilfredo ‘Radar’ Benitez versus Davey Moore. What Happened?
RCM Historical Boxing: Wilfredo ‘Radar’ Benitez versus Davey Moore. What Happened? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent On July 14, 1984, at Stade Louis II, Monte Carlo, two former world champions, Wilfredo ‘Radar’ Benitez, now 62, and Davey Moore (who died in 1988 at 28) met in then a critical […]
Referee Joe Cortez, Boxing’s Lucky Survivor of COVID-19
Referee Joe Cortez, Boxing’s Lucky Survivor of COVID-19 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent From Eddie Cotton to cut man Nelson Cuevas, form trainer Ali Harrison to middleweight contender Juan Domingo Roldan, the covid-19 Novel Coronavirus did not discriminate in claiming the lives of many significant individuals in boxing and the […]
RCM Historical Boxing: White Buffalo Heavyweight Francois Botha
RCM Historical Boxing: White Buffalo Heavyweight Francois Botha By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent With his grizzly whitish goatee, his physique resembled a Buffalo. Nicknamed ‘The White Buffalo’, former International Boxing Federation World Heavyweight champion Francois Botha of Witbank, South Africa, later California, was one of the heavyweight division’s formidable warriors between […]
Remembering Those We Lost in Boxing in 2020
Boxing Taps: Remembering Those We Lost in 2020 January 2020 to December 2020 was a dramatic time period for both professional sports and the world, as the COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus impacted everyone. As infections and casualties mounted, the professional sports world incurred many losses. Professional boxing lost a number of influential individuals to the sport, […]
Ex-Champ Frankie ‘The Surgeon’ Randall Dies at 59, Fought in 10 World Title Bouts
Ex-Champ Frankie ‘The Surgeon’ Randall Dies at 59, Fought in 10 World Title Bouts By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Memphis, TN (December 26th, 2020)– Frankie ‘The Surgeon’ Randall, who operated on 89-0-1 Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on January 29, 1994, at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, capturing […]
Mike Tyson Boxed Here – No More Trump Plaza Boxing, To Be Blown Up February 2021
Mike Tyson Boxed Here – No More Trump Plaza Boxing, To Be Blown Up February 2021 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Atlantic City, NY (December 18th, 2020)–Iron Mike Tyson was there. Beginning in 1985, Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey hosted 41 boxing events. As the […]
Magic of Colorized Boxing Films of Vintage Fights: Whole New World For Fight Fans
Magic of Colorized Boxing Films of Vintage Fights: Whole New World For Fight Fans By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Restoration of archival boxing and sports films from 16MM and 8MM and Super 8 black and white classics to colorization is a painstaking process. Classic black and white motion pictures have been […]
The Springfield Rifle, Davey Moore Among 13 Inducted Into 2021 IBHOF
The Springfield Rifle, Davey Moore Among 13 Inducted Into 2021 IBHOF By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The late Davey ‘The Springfield Rifle’ Moore, who compiled a 120-5 amateur record, was the 1952 National AAU 118-pound amateur champion, represented the United States at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland. Davey went […]
Robert Brizel Editorial: Controversial Boxing Trainer Panama Lewis Died in 2020, Not To Be Forgotten
Robert Brizel Editorial: Accused Cheater Panama Lewis Died in 2020, Not To Be Forgotten EditBy Robert Brizel, Brick Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Mundo Deportivo Noted trainer Carlos ‘Panama’ Lewis died quietly at age 74 in September 2020 during the COVID-19 Novel coronavirus pandemic, cause unknown. Gone, notoriously not forgotten by […]
Buster Douglas, 60, Seeks Rematch With Mike Tyson 30 Years After Shocking KO Upset
Buster Douglas, 60, Seeks Rematch With Mike Tyson 30 Years After Shocking KO Upset By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Columbus, Ohio (December 3rd, 2020)– Move over Mike Tyson versus Evander Holyfield III. Former World Heavyweight champion James ‘Buster’ Douglas, whose shocking tenth knockout upset of the then seemingly indestructible 37-0 Iron […]
Juan Domingo Roldan, Argentina’s Great Middleweight, Dies of Coronavirus at 63
Juan Domingo Roldan, Argentina’s Great Middleweight, Dies of Coronavirus at 63 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Buenos Aires, Argentina (November 24th, 2020)– Juan Domingo Roldan, AKA Martillo (Hammer), who succeeded the late Carlos Monzon as Argentina’s best middleweight and best-known fighter in the 1980s, died on November 18, 2020, of COVID-19 […]
World Super Welterweight Champ Miguel Castellini Dies of Coronavirus at 73
Former World Super Welterweight Champ Miguel Castellini Dies of Coronavirus at 73 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Box Rec Buenos Aries, Argentina (October 29th, 2020)– From cutman Nelson Cuevas to referee Eddie Cotton, the professional boxing world continues to suffer losses during the COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus time period. […]
Robert Brizel Editorial: Chris Byrd to Make Comeback At Middleweight
e Robert Brizel Editorial: New Look Chris Byrd on Road to Middleweight Marijuana Paradise By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Chris Byrd and Marc Abrams Former International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization World Heavyweight champion Chris ‘Rapid Fire’ Byrd is back at age 50 as a middleweight! The southpaw […]
Boom Boom Alan Minter, Pride of Britain, World Middleweight Champion Dies at Age 69
Boom Boom Alan Minter, Pride of Britain, World Middleweight Champion Dies at Age 69 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent London, UK (September 12, 2020)– Former World Middleweight champion Alan “Boom Boom” Minter, the Pride of Great Britain, who scrapped his way through a hard-fought career to win the world middleweight […]
WBA Featherweight Champion Ernesto Marcel of Panama Dies at 72 & Defeated Alexis Arguello – Fight Video
WBA Featherweight Champion Ernesto Marcel of Panama Dies at 72, Defeated Alexis Arguello By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (July 1st, 2020)– Retired World Boxing Association World Featherweight champion Ernesto Marcel has died in his native Panama City, Panama at age 72. Marcel compiled a career record of […]
Pete Rademacher Dies at 91, Olympic Gold Medalist Fought for Heavyweight Title in First Pro Bout
Pete Rademacher Dies at 91, Olympic Gold Medalist Fought for Heavyweight Title in First Pro Bout By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Sandusky, Ohio (June 11th, 2020)– Pete Rademacher, the outgoing heavyweight who won the Chicago Golden Gloves, the All-Army championship, the All-Armed Forces Championship, and the 1956 Olympic Heavyweight Gold […]
From Boxing to Bicycles: The Marlon Thomas Story & RCM Interview
From Boxing to Bicycles: The Marlon Thomas Story By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent 48 bout veteran Marlon ‘Trouble Man’ Thomas terrorized the lower weight classes between 1991 and 2014. Fighting out of Detroit, Michigan, Thomas compiled a professional record of 37-9-1 with 21 knockouts, and one No Contest. At […]
Noted Trainer, Ex-World Welterweight Champion Curtis Cokes, Dies in Dallas at 82
Noted Trainer, Ex-World Welterweight Champion Curtis Cokes, Dies in Dallas at 82 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Dallas, TX (June 2nd, 2020)– Former World Boxing Association and World Boxing Council World Welterweight champion Curtis Cokes, who fought in 80 professional bouts between 1958 and 1972, has died in his […]
Iron Mike Tyson Training For Charity Comeback at 53 – Videos
Fight or Bite? Iron Mike Tyson Training For Comeback at 53 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (May 3rd, 2020)–From Jack Johnson to Jack Dempsey to Joe Louis, from George Foreman to Sonny Liston, from Smokin’ Joe Frazier toto Muhammad Ali to Wladimir Klitschko, many former heavyweight champions […]