MATCHROOM SPORT ENTERS INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH RIYADH SEASON ACROSS MAJOR BOXING, DARTS AND SNOOKER EVENTS Matchroom Sport and Riyadh Season today announced a new groundbreaking collaboration that will cover a host of huge events across Matchroom Boxing, Professional Darts Corporation, and World Snooker. The landmark deal ensures Riyadh Season continues to play a key and visible role in […]
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PFL CHAMPIONS SERIES: ROAD TO DUBAI – THE REMATCH COMPLETE FIGHT NIGHT RESULTS & PHOTOS Usman Nurmagomedov Wins PFL Lightweight World Championship Corey Anderson Wins PFL Light Heavyweight World Championship Complete asset for PFL Champions Series: Road to Dubai – The Rematch DUBAI, UAE (OCTOBER 3, 2025) – There are two new PFL World Champions following […]
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Mateusz Masternak Wins EBU, Cecilia Braekhus Wins WBC WBO & Retires, Louie O’Doherty Shines By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In the main event of a six bout card at Nosalowy Dwor, Zakopane, Poland, on Saturday evening, October 4, 2025, Polish cruiserweight champion and former cruiserweight world title challenger Mateusz Masternak regained […]
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UFC 320 Results, Video Highlights & Post Press Conference By MMA News UFC 320 Results: Main Card Light Heavyweight Championship: Alex Pereira def. Magomed Ankalaev via TKO: R1, 1.20 Bantamweight Championship: Merab Dvalishvili def. Cory Sandhagen via unanimous decision (49-45×2, 49-46) Light Heavyweight: Jiri Prochazka def. Khalil Rountree Jr. via KO: R3, 3.04 Featherweight: Youssef Zalal def. Josh Emmett […]
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UFC 320 WEIGH-IN, PRESSER, MEDIA DAY, COUNTDOWN SHOW & BETTING ODDS PURCHASE UFC 320 10 p.m. ET: ESPN PPV Main Card 8 p.m.: Prelims (FX, ESPN+, ESPNEWS, ESPN Deportes, Disney+* & ESPN Xtra on SiriusXM) 6 p.m.: Early Prelims (FX, ESPN+, ESPN Deportes, Disney+* & ESPN Xtra on SiriusXM) Las Vegas, NV (October 4th, 2025)– […]
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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 […]
New York State Light Heavyweight Champion Herschel Jacobs Dies in Yonkers at 75 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (December 20th, 2015)– Former New York State Light heavyweight veteran Hershel Jacobs, who former world light heavyweight champion Harold Johnson, Henry Hank and, Hal Carroll, and fought […]
Light Heavyweight Champion Bob Foster Dies at Age 77 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Albuquerque, New Mexico (November 22, 2015)– Former World Light Heavyweight champion Bob Foster, who in his 17 year professional ring career enjoyed great success as a light heavyweight in the 175 pound division in the […]
Sonny Liston versus Old Mongoose Archie Moore Heavyweight Title Dream Fight By Robert Brizel, head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Here is an interesting historical matchup. Let su presume ‘The Old Mongoose’, Archie Moore, did not fight Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) in November 1962, and instead Archie had continued to defend the NYSAC version […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bernard Hopkins Turns Clock Back Before DST, Cloud’s Punches Miss 521 Times By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Brooklyn, NY ( March 10th, 2013)–Only a few hours before Daylight Savings Time turned the clock back at 2:00 Eastern Standard Time, Bernard Hopkins, considered the pound for pound best light heavyweight fighter […]
What if Rocky Marciano Kept Fighting in 1955? By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY (January 19, 2013)– On April 27, 1956, Rocky Marciano announced his retirement from the ring at age 32, seven months after his last appearance, a ninth round knockout of the then light heavyweight champion, Archie Moore, at […]
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