Mike Weaver and Iran Barkley Interview: Boxers Stop Taking PEDs Or You Will Die! By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In a Real Combat Media international interview exclusive, former boxing champions Mike ‘Hercules’ Weaver and Iran ‘The Blade’ Barkley, concerned about boxers taking steroids and other Performance Enhancing Drugs in […]
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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 […]
Thomas Hitman Hearns RCM Interview: Iran Barkley 3 Challenge Accepted at Five Rounds
Thomas Hitman Hearns Interview: Iran Barkley 3 Challenge Accepted at Five Rounds By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Brad Snyder / The Undercard In a Real Combat Media international exclusive ringside interview in Detroit, Michigan, on Saturday evening, February 6, 2015, at the Detroit Masonic Temple, the multi division boxing […]
RCM HISTORICAL BOXING: Significant Early Refereed Bouts of Referee Joe Cortez
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 […]
Floriano Pagliara Wins WBU, Fiancee Says I Do in Salita Main Event
Pagliara Wins WBU, Fiancee Says I Do in Salita Main Event By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (January 24, 2015)– In the main event of an eight bout boxing card at Webster Hall in New York City promoted by Dmitriy Salita’s Star of David Promotions on Thursday evening, […]
Aaron Pryor, Carlos Palomino & Tony DeMarco Special VIP guests at Ring 8 Holiday Event and Awards Ceremony Dec. 14 in New York
Aaron Pryor, Carlos Palomino & Tony DeMarco Special VIP guests at Ring 8 Holiday Event and Awards Ceremony Dec. 14 in New York Algieri, Jacobs & Mesi among 2014 award winners NEW YORK, NY (Dec. 3, 2014) – Former world champions Aaron “Hawk” Pryor,Carlos Palomino and Tony DeMarco will be special guests Sunday afternoon (12:30-5:00 […]
RCM HISTORICAL BOXING: Thomas Hit Man Hearns Greatest Hits of The Ring
Thomas Hit Man Hearns Greatest Hits of The Ring By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Between 1977 and 2006, Thomas ‘Hit Man’ Hearns of Detroit, Michigan compiled a professional record of 61-5-1, with 48 knockouts, with a 71 percent knockout ratio. Many of his fights were memorable, such as his battles […]
FORMER BOXING WORLD CHAMPION IRAN BARKLEY TRIES TO MAKE A COMEBACK AT AGE 54
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 […]
Iran Barkley, Blade in the Game
Iran Barkley, Blade in the Game By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent There’s an old song by the late Dan Fogelberg called ‘Leader of the Band’ which goes, “The leader of the band is tired, and his eyes are growing old, but his blood runs through my instrument, and his song is in […]










