RIZIN AND PFL MAKE MMA HISTORY WITH FEATHERWEIGHT DOUBLE TITLE FIGHT AT SUPER RIZIN 5 RIZIN Featherweight Champion Razhabali Shaidulloev faces former world champion AJ McKee with both the RIZIN and PFL Featherweight Championships at stake TWO PROMOTIONS. TWO WORLD TITLES. ONE HISTORIC MAIN EVENT TOKYO, JAPAN — July 20, 2026 — RIZIN Fighting Federation and […]
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COMPLETE PFL AUSTIN RESULTS AND PHOTOS Johnny Eblen becomes the PFL Interim Middleweight World Champion as he knocks out Impa Kasanganay at PFL Austin and eyes a unification bout against rival Costello van Steenis Rafael do Nascimento announced himself to the PFL Bantamweight division in the co-main event as he defeated Lewis McGrillen via submission FIGHT NIGHT […]
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Spence vs Tszyu Afterpay Arena Sydney Olympic Park DAZN PBC Card Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent (130-30-9) Prediction record (7-4) in Feature Bouts Sign up to DAZN Sydney, Australia (July 25th, 2026)– DAZN Pay-Per-View, Ultimate Tier, and Premier Boxing Champions will present an exciting action-packed pay-per-view six bouts card of […]
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UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Guskov preview from Abu Dhabi, with betting odds, film study on the main event and co-main, and the complete 13-fight card.
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Tyson Fury stopped Mariusz Wach in the seventh round Friday night in Pattaya, Thailand, keeping his 2026 comeback on track for a proposed November showdown with Anthony Joshua. Full results inside.
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Land of the Heavyweight Giants By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The late world heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, the ‘Galveston Giant’ was shorter than the man who dethroned him in Havana, Cuba, Jess Willard. The Klitschkos, Lennox Lewis, Nikolai Valuev, Primo Carnera, and Mike White are some historical examples of the tall […]
RCM Historical Boxing: Who Was Melio Bettina? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Melio Bettina was a southpaw light heavyweight out of Beacon, New York, who fought between 1934 and 1948, with a record of 83-14-3 with 36 knockouts. He won the New York version of the World Light Heavyweight title […]
Sonny Liston vs Evander Holyfield 15 Round Dream Fight: Who Wins? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In recent memory, individuals on Facebook and various internet boxing sites have pondered what would happen if Charles ‘Sonny’ Liston fought Evander ‘The Real Deal’ Holyfield. The matchup is not unlike Muhammad Ali versus George […]
Forgotten Voices of Boxing: Dunphy, Clancy, Steward, Pacheco By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Boxing historians may overlook one particular category of boxing which has less historical significance than what actually takes place in the ring. Boxing had its Don Dunphy, Gil Clancy, Emmanuel Steward, and Dr. Ferdie Pacheco. Today […]
Psychology of Muhammad Ali: Getting Rid of Ego and Playing on Foreman’s Ego By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In a historical sense, the late Jack Dempsey was right when he commented on Muhammad Ali versus George Foreman “That isn’t boxing!” It was not, in the traditional sense. However, as’The […]
Leon Spinks and John Tate, Obscure Heavyweight Champions By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent If I were to answer to who I think remain the most obscure heavyweight champions of record, I could rattle off a list from Tommy Burns to Ruslan Chagaev to Nicolai Valuev. Any number of people […]
A Tribute to The Paddington Express, Terry Downes By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent 2017 has brought the loss of two great former world middleweight champion, Jake LaMotta and Terry Downes, from the old school of boxing when the raw aggressive fighting style was used to slug it out with every opponent, […]
Raging Bull Jake LaMotta versus Sugar Ray Robinson Rivalry, When Boxing Was Great By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent “The three toughest fighters I ever fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Sugar Ray Robinson. I fought Sugar Ray Robinson so many times, I’m surprised I’m not diabetic.” The flamboyant […]
A Tribute To Errol Christie, Only British Boxer to Win All Ten Amateur Titles By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Not every boxer wins a world champion. An amateur champion in his own right, Coventry West Midlands Errol Christie had an amateur record of 78-2, and is listed in the […]
The Strange Case of Heavyweight Paul Sykes, Britain’s Hardest Prisoner By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent By far, the strangest fighter ever to come out of Great Britain has to be the late heavyweight Paul Sykes (1946-2007). While Sykes was no Frank Bruno or Lennox Lewis, Sykes remains perhaps the […]
From Aaron Hernandez to Edwin Valero, April 19 Suicides and Common Denominators By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, 27, committed suicide by hanging himself in his jail cell on April 19, 2017, at Sousa-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster, Massachusetts, only five days after […]
RCM Historical Boxing: Assessing Heavyweight Calvin Brock’s Knockout Power By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Ten years after heavyweight contender Calvin Brock’s forced retirement due to medical issues, a historical lookback reveals Brock had substantially more talent than he is given credit for by boxing historians. More often than not overlooked, […]
RCM Historical Boxing: Ten Bouts Where One Last Punch Made A Difference By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent When a fight hear its final round conclusion, not every fighter makes it or wins. Every second counts. Here are a few of my favorite wild endings: One: George Foreman versus […]
Boxing in Microscopic Detail: The Brothers Who Beat Sugar Ray Robinson By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The ability to master any profession comes from the unique ability to give attention to microscopic details. The great boxing stories come from both the obvious and the rare. On occasion, a microscopic […]
Happy Birthday Jose Ribalta Interview: Memories of Castro’s Cuba, Calls Out Mike Tyson for Gentleman’s Rematch By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In an international Real Combat Media boxing exclusive former heavyweight contender Jose ‘El Nino’ Ribalta, on the occasion of his 54th birthday on March 31, 2017, has become the first […]
BOB ARUM REVISITS HAGLER VS. LEONARD ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY ON THE SUPER FIGHT ÓSCAR VALDEZ, GILBERTO RAMÍREZ, JESSIE MAGDALENO and SHAKUR STEVENSON SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVES AND SCORES T-Minus Three Weeks Until Their April 22 World Championship Tripleheader Live on Pay-Per-View From StubHub Center LOS ANGELES (April 1, 2017) […]
Fantasy Boxing: Brizel’s All-Time Virtual Heavyweight Boxing Championship Tournament: Round Three By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In a grand experiment, I took the famous names in the heavyweight division, champions and contenders, past and present, and did my own all-time heavyweight tournament on paper. Here are my results for round three, using more than […]
Rare Alan Blyweiss Interview: Double Broken Nose Bloodbath Bout with Tommy Morrison By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent You heard it right. Former Washington D.C. Golden Gloves champion Alan Blyweiss of Pennsylvania, in an exclusive Real Combat Media interview, tells of the unbelievable time, several decades ago, when he fought the […]
Memories of Lou Duva, Trainer and Promoter Extraordinaire Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media The weekend date in Atlantic City was March 6, 2010. For the 88 year old Lou Duva, International, New Jersey and Italian Hall of Fame boxing trainer and promoter […]
Former WBC Middleweight Champion Rodrigo Valdez Dies at Age 70 in Colombia By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Cartagena, Colombia (March 16th, 2017)– Former World Boxing Council World Middleweight champion Rodrigo ‘Rocky’ Valdez, who decked Carlos Monzon in the WBA and WBC unification bout which followed, lost the […]
Bronx Bomber Alex Ramos RCM Interview: Magical 1994 Comeback By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In 1994, former top middleweight contender and USBA Middleweight champion Alex ‘The Bronx Bomber’ Ramos embarked on a significant emotionally focused comeback attempt. In the history of the 160 pound middleweight division, Ramos accomplished what […]
Unedited Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston II. Lewiston Tape Surfaces on YouTube By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Unedited Ali vs. Liston II 1965 Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOQ1ERnkbh4 Over half a century after Muhammad Ali (better known then as Cassius Clay). fought a rematch with Sonny Liston, an unedited black and […]
Micky Ward vs. Arturo Gatti I Round Nine Ticket To Hell By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Micky Ward versus Arturo Gatti I Round 9 Remastered on YouTube (3:12) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71tRlcy5Nbo Why on earth did the late referee Frank Capuccino not stop this bout after Arturo Gatti got dropped by […]
Pro Boxing’s Best Liver and Body Side Shots By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent When health is of the utmost importance, taking care of the body is supreme. Fighters who smoke, drink beer and alcohol, and use drugs hurt themselves most of all, as well as their training camps and […]
Smoked Into A Cruel Twist of Fate, Whatever Happened to Errol Christie? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent He was the first British amateur boxer to win all ten known amateur titles in Great Britain as well as the under 19 European champion in Easy Germany. He was highly touted, […]
When Boxing Was King By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Sportswriter Robert Brizel’s education with boxing history today centers around boxing’s most famous emotional ‘relationship’, good, indifferent or otherwise. Muhammad Ali and Smokin’ Joe Frazier are no longer with us. Many other famous heavyweight names have slipped into the […]
Howard Bingham, Muhammad Ali’s Photographer and Best Friend, Dies at 77 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Sports Illustrated and Life Magazine photographer Howard Bingham, who devoted much of his life to photographing the boxer known as Cassius Clay and Muhammad Ali and was his best friend, has died after […]
Rocky Marciano, Brizel’s Best Boxing Role Model Ever. Here’s Why By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Of all boxers past and present, it is my view Rocky Marciano was the best role model of all time to youth and people, and also the best public speaker ever of all boxers […]
Muhammad Ali and Aaron Pryor Jr., Goodbye to The Greatest and The Hawk By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Muhammad Ali, AKA ‘The Greatest’ was heavyweight champion of the world. Aaron Pryor Jr., AKA ‘The Hawk’, was the junior welterweight champion of the world. Ali and Pryor, now gone, were two […]
AARON PRYOR PASSES AWAY We are heartbroken and sad to announce that our beloved Aaron passed away at home surrounded by his family at 5:57am Sunday, October 9, 2016 after a long battle with heart disease. He was known around the world as The Hawk but to our family he was a beloved husband, father, […]
Muhammad Ali versus Wilt Chamberlain Declined: A Ridiculous Concept By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Muhammad Ali, back in the day, engaged in some loco boxing exhibitions which are best forgotten. Ali versus hockey player Dave Semenko. Ali versus football player Lyle Alzado. Ali versus wrestler Rocky Inoki. Ali versus Rocky Marciano […]
Ex-WBC Champ Bobby Chacon, Great Warrior, Dies at Age 64 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former World Boxing Council Featherweight and Super Featherweight champion Bobby ‘Schoolboy’ Chacon, who battled Ruben Olivares, Danny Lopez, Alexis Arguello, Cornelius Boza-Edwards, Rafael Bazooka Limon, Freddie Roach, Arturo Frias, Rafael Solis, and Ray Mancini […]
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