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 […]
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5th annual New York State Boxing Hall of Fame Class of 2016 inducted in festive ceremony
5th annual New York State Boxing Hall of Fame Class of 2016 inducted in festive ceremony NYSBHOF Class of 2016 (L-R): Seated – Vilomar Fernandez, Dennis Rappaport, Randy Gordon and Ed Brophy; Standing: Aaron Davis and Joe DeGuardia -All pictures by Peter Frutkoff- NEW YORK (April 5, 2016) – More than 300 people packed Russo’s […]
RCM HISTORICAL BOXING: Jimmy Young’s Heavyweight Defensive Gems
Jimmy Young’s Heavyweight Defensive Gems By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The late Philadelphia defensive stylist heavyweight contender Jimmy Young (1948-2005) fought 55 pro bouts between 1969 and 1988. It dawned on this reporter to take a historical look at Young’s heyday in his prime in the 1970’s to see who […]
RCM Historical Boxing – Remembering Gil Clancy, They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To
Remembering Gil Clancy, They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent RCM Historical Boxing Hall of Fame boxing trainer Gil Clancy is probably best remembered as a CBS, MSG and HBO television boxing commentator, and not as a trainer of Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George […]
RCM Historical Boxing: What Ever Happened To The Good Old Days of Boxing?
What Ever Happened To The Good Old Days of Boxing? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Remember Hearns and Hagler, Leonard Hearns, Leonard and Duran, and Hagler and Duran? Remember the fan man who came crashing down in the middle of the world heavyweight title bout between Riddick Bowe […]
RCM Historical Boxing: Whatever Happened To Boone Kirkman, The Second Great White Hope?
Whatever Happened To Boone Kirkman, The Second Great White Hope? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent Ranked as high as seventh in the world by Ring Magazine, the bible of boxing, Boone ‘Boom Boom’ Kirkman was the second of the so-called ‘Great White Hopes, coming between Rocky Marciano […]
Gerald G-Man McClellan: His Sister Lisa McClellan Speaks On His Condition
Gerald G-Man McClellan: His Sister Lisa Speaks On His Condition By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Freeport, IL (February 11, 2013)– In an exclusive interview with Real Combat Media for Illinois, Lisa McClellan, the younger sister of former WBC and WBO World Middleweight champion Gerald ‘ The G-Man’ McClellan, provided a status update of […]
Travis Kaufman ‘The Great White Hope’ speaks with Real Combat Media’s Robert Brizel
New Great White Hope: Travis Kauffman Interview By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent In an exclusive interview with Real Combat Media, Reading, Pennsylvania heavyweight contender Travis Kauffman (23-1, 17 knockouts) declared he is the new ‘The Great White Hope’ and will win the heavyweight championship of the world in the foreseeable future. […]
Reflections On The Great White Hope 30 Years Later
Reflections On The Great White Hope 30 Years Later By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent *All Photos Copyright Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media, All Rights Reserved New York, NY– By winning 24 consecutive fights in a row, Irish Gerry Cooney in and of himself was nothing special, until the media got wind of the hype […]