Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis Defeats Xander Zayas in Brooklyn, NY – Video Highlights & Post Press Conference Brooklyn, NY (June 30th, 2026)– Jaron “Boots” Ennis defeated Xander Zayas via a seventh-round TKO on Saturday night, June 27, 2026, at a sold-out Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The thrilling, back-and-forth slugfest ended at the 1:49 mark […]
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JARON ENNIS VS. XANDER ZAYAS PRESS CONFERENCE, BETTING ODDS & WEIGH-IN Brooklyn, NY (June 27th, 2026)– Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis says he’s ready to take over the 154lb division as he closes in on his blockbuster showdown with unified king Xander Zayas at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday night, live worldwide on DAZN […]
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DUSTIN POIRIER ARREST FOOTAGE VIDEO *Video Credit: TMZ Jonesboro, GA (June 24th, 2026)– Former UFC fighter Dustin Poirier was arrested at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after being denied boarding on a Delta Air Lines flight for public intoxication. The incident escalated when he began screaming profanities at airline gate agents and challenged a responding police […]
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ERROL SPENCE JR. & JERMALL CHARLO HOUSTON MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES & PHOTOS Former Unified Champion Errol Spence Jr. & Undefeated Two-Division Champion Jermall Charlo Preview Respective Showdowns Taking Place Saturday, July 25, Headlining PBC Pay-Per-View Event Available LIVE on Prime Video from Australia Click HERE for Photos from Ryan Hafey/Premier Boxing Champions HOUSTON – June 25, 2026 […]
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MMA GREAT CRIS CYBORG’S RETIREMENT FIGHT SET AS PROFESSIONAL FIGHTERS LEAGUE ANNOUNCES PFL TAMPA PRESENTED BY VISIT ST. PETE-CLEARWATER ON AUGUST 22 AT BENCHMARK INTERNATIONAL ARENA AGAINST KETLEN VIEIRA PFL Tampa Presented by Visit St. Pete-Clearwater Set to Host MMA Great Cris Cyborg’s Final MMA Fight in the Main Event as She Faces Brazilian Contender Ketlen Vieira […]
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WBA Super Bantamweight Champion Sergio Palma of Argentina Dies at 65 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Mar De La Plata, Argentina (July 1st, 2021)– Former World Boxing Association World Super Bantamweight champion Sergio Victor Palma has died at age 65 on June 28, 2021, in Mar De La Plata, Argentina, after […]
Blackpool Rock, British Heavyweight Champion Brian London Who Fought Ali, Dies at 87 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent British Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion Brian Sidney Harper London, known professionally as Brian London, “The Blackpool Rock”, who fought Floyd Patterson and Muhammad Ali for the World Heavyweight title but was unsuccessful, has died […]
Happy Birthday Champs! Roberto Duran and Mike Weaver Turn 70 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent June marks the birthdays of several noted boxers. On a happy note, two of the all-time memorable greats have reached 70 years old in good health and good spirits. On Wednesday, June 16, 2021, the “Hands […]
Former Top Heavyweight Contender Bernardo Mercado Dies of Cardiac Arrest at 69 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former number one heavyweight contender Bernardo Mercado of Columbia, who knocked out Trevor Berbick and Earnie Shavers to reach the number heavyweight contender position in March 1980, only to lose to Leon Spinks and […]
Les Rackley Sr., New Zealand Trainer of Champions, Dies at 92 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Wellington, New Zealand (June 5th, 2021)– British welterweight boxer and noted boxing trainer Les Rackley Sr., who moved to New Zealand and trained boxers who won 55 New Zealand championships and 20 South Island championships, […]
The Brooklyn Assassin, Lineal Super Welterweight Champion Keith Mullings, Dies at 53 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Peekskill, NY (June 3rd, 2021)– Nicknamed “The Brooklyn Assassin”, former Lineal and World Boxing Council World Super Welterweight champion Keith Mullings died on May 29, 2021, at age 53. The passing of Mullings was […]
Top Five All-Time Great Super Middleweights By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The 168 pound super middleweight division, more than just a phantom or passing through division, has been the testing ground for both natural super middleweights, and middleweights moving up in weight class. Here is this reporter’s list of the all-time-favorites […]
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 […]
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 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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 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 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 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 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, 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 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? 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 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 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 […]
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 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 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 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 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: 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 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 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 […]
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. […]
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