Wanted: Dead or Alive. Sweet Jimmy Robinson, Boxing Mystery Man By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing correspondent ‘Sweet Jimmy’ Robinson is boxing’s heavyweight mystery man. Born in either 1924 or 1925, his whereabouts are forever unknown making him boxing’s mystery man. If Robinson is still alive somewhere, he would be 91 […]
Posts tagged Cassius Clay
RCM Historical Boxing: Ali-Liston II Boxing Gloves Auction of the Century
Ali-Liston II Boxing Gloves Auction of the Century By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent On May 25, 1965, Muhammad Ali, previously known as Cassius Clay, retained the World Heavyweight title in Lewiston, Maine, with a controversial first round knockout over former champion Charles ‘Sonny’ Liston. Referee Jersey Joe Walcott blew […]
Ernie Terrell, WBA World Heavyweight Champion Who Fought Ali, Dies at 75
Ernie Terrell, WBA World Heavyweight Champion Who Fought Ali, Dies at 75 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Chicago, Il (December 20, 2014)– Ernie Terrell of Chicago, Illinois, who won the vacant World Boxing Association World Heavyweight title in March 1965 in Chicago with a 15 round decision over Eddie Machen, […]
RCM Historical Boxing: Cassius Clay Dynamite
Cassius Clay Dynamite By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Today he is known as Muhammad Ali AKA The Greatest, the retired former world heavyweight champion, and a man of few words. Long before that, in the era known as the 1960’s, he rose toprominence as a rhyming poet who called […]
On Dr. Ferdie Pacheco’s Fateful Decision in 1977, and Why Ali Should Have Listened
On Dr. Ferdie Pacheco’s Fateful Decision in 1977, and Why Ali Should Have Listened By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In 1962, Dr. Ferdie Pacheco M.D. began working the corner of the rising young heavyweight Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) as his cornerman and physician with Angelo Dundee, Bundini Brown, […]
RCM Historical Boxing – Doug Jones Got Robbed, Best Heavyweight Alive Who Never Won The World Title
Doug Jones Got Robbed, Best Heavyweight Alive Who Never Won The World Title By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Doug Jones, who is 76 years old, is alive and well and living in New York City somewhere. Doug Jones is regarded by the boxing press as the greatest living heavyweight fighter […]
CARD SHAPING UP FOR SATURDAY’S BIG PHILLY FIGHT CARD AT THE PENNSYLVANIA CONVENTION CENTER
CARD SHAPING UP FOR SATURDAY’S BIG PHILLY FIGHT CARD AT THE PENNSYLVANIA CONVENTION CENTER FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PHILADELPHIA (July 5, 2012)—The complete lineup is almost for this Saturday night’s massive fight card at the Pennsylvania Convention Center (13th & Arch Streets) in Center City Philadelphia. The show is promoted by James Shuler Boxing Promotions. In […]