Nonito Donaire Returns at Age 42 and Wins WBA Bantamweight Title in A Technical Bloodfest By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Bueno Aires, Argentina (June 15th, 2025)– The Filipino Flash, Nonito Donaire, is back after 21 months of inactivity. Fighting a Chilean in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Donaire, age 42, 43-8 with 22 […]
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USMAN VS. BUCKLEY BETTING ODDS & WEIGH-IN VIDEO SIGN UP TO ESPN+ 10 p.m. ET: Main Card (ESPN, ESPN+, ESPN Deportes* & SiriusXM Fight Nation 156) 7 p.m. ET: Prelims (ESPN+ & SiriusXM Fight Nation 156) UFC action returns this weekend with UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley, live from State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Saturday, June […]
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2025 PFL WORLD TOURNAMENT 5: SEMIFINALS FIGHT NIGHT RESULTS AND PHOTOS Welterweights Thad Jean and Logan Storley Advance to World Tournament Finals Featherweights Jesus Pinedo and Movlid Khaybulaev Advance to World Tournament Finals The PFL Lightweight, Women’s Flyweight & Bantamweight Semifinals Begin Friday, June 20 on ESPN & ESPN+ at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita […]
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HITCHINS AND KAMBOSOS CLASH IN STORMY FACE-OFF Fight week underway in New York as Brooklyn’s World ruler defends crown against Australian on Saturday night Richardson Hitchins and George Kambosos Jr clashed in a fiery face-off at the iconic Empire State Building in the heart of the Big Apple, and the pair traded verbal blows in stormy conditions, a […]
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FULL WEIGH-IN RESULTS & PHOTOS FOR THE 2025 PFL WORLD TOURNAMENT 5: SEMIFINALS EARLY CARD AIRS LIVE TOMORROW STARTING AT 8:30 PM ET ON ESPN+, MAIN CARD BEGINS AT 11 PM ET ON ESPN AND ESPN+ OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN PHOTOS COMPLETE ASSETS FOR 2025 PFL WORLD TOURNAMENT 5: SEMIFINALS – JUNE 12, 2025 NASHVILLE, TN. — Following […]
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Significant Early Refereed Bouts of Referee Joe Cortez By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Between 1980 and 2012, Joe Cortez refereed 883 professional boxing contests. His first professional bout as a referee featured future World Featherweight champion Juan LaPorte. Bouts with such names as Marvis Frazier, Michael Spinks, Johnny Bumphus, Jeff […]
Iran Barkley Begs The Question: Should Older Financially Destitute Former Champions Fight Again? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Brooklyn, NY (October 2, 2014)– Former world middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight champion Iran ‘The Blade’ Barkley is hard at work in Gleason’s Gym […]
Al Ice Cole’s 22 Year Ring Journey By: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1964, the 22 year cruiserweight and heavyweight journey of the man they call ‘Ice’, Al Cole, began quietly in 1989, when Cole stopped Lorenzo Thomas in the third round of his professional debut […]
The professional boxing community predicts the 2nd Hopkins vs Dawson fight. See who was right and who was wrong. By: Boxing Reporter Chris Cercola Join our FACEBOOK for the latest up to date fight news Real Combat Media.COM Follow Real Combat Media Boxing & Chris Cercola on TWITTER @REALCOMBATMEDIA Add us to your circle on GOOGLE PLUS: plus.google.com/Real Combat Media. JOIN OUR NEW […]
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