RONDA ROUSEY VS. GINA CARANO & NATE DIAZ VS. MIKE PERRY NETFLIX MVP NYC PRESS CONFERENCE VIDEO The Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) and Netflix hosted a major press conference on April 15, 2026, at Palladium Times Square in New York City. This event served as the final media stop before the historic MMA card on […]
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SANDOVAL vs YAFAI UNIFICATION WORLD TITLE FIGHT TOPS THE BILL IN SHEFFIELD ON JUNE 6 – LIVE ON DAZN – AS DALTON SMITH IS SIDELINED Dalton Smith has been ruled out of his scheduled WBC World Super Lightweight Title defence against Alberto Puello following an injury sustained during camp. The event on Saturday, June 6 at Sheffield’s Utilita Arena […]
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Jarrell Miller Outworks Lenier Pero in a Slow DAZN 12-Rounder at Fontainebleau Las Vegas By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (April 26th, 2026)– In a do or die crossroads bout, heavyweight contender Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller out slothed Lenier Pero in a boring 12 round center of the ring […]
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UFC VEGAS 116 RESULTS, VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS & POST PRESS CONFERENCE Las Vegas, NV (April 27th, 2026)– UFC Vegas 116 took place on April 25, 2026, at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. Aljamain Sterling headlined the card, securing a dominant unanimous decision victory over Youssef Zalal in a featherweight contender bout. UFC Vegas 116 Bonus […]
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Unfinished Business: Keyshawn Davis-Nahir Albright Super Lightweight Rematch Set for May 16 at Norfolk’s Scope Arena LIVE on DAZN Former world champion Brian Norman Jr. returns against Josh Wagner in welterweight co-feature Kelvin Davis and Keon Davis to appear in separate undercard fights Tickets on sale Thursday, April 16, at 10 a.m. ET […]
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Donald Trump Pardons Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Forgiveness was a long time coming for ‘The Galveston GIant’, Jack Johnson. “Maybe one day someone will do something good for me!” noted Johnson in 1945 before fighting an exhibition against Joe Jeanette for U.S. War Bonds in 1945. […]
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 […]
Bright Lights From The ‘Dark’ Continent: Boxing Greats From Africa By Jackie Edwards Boxing is more than just strength meeting strength. It’s about agility, speed and power and making quick decisions to beat your opponent. And it’s one of the primary skill sets that a mixed martial artist can have. Boxing has never lost its popularity, […]
When Boxing Was King By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Sportswriter Robert Brizel’s education with boxing history today centers around boxing’s most famous emotional ‘relationship’, good, indifferent or otherwise. Muhammad Ali and Smokin’ Joe Frazier are no longer with us. Many other famous heavyweight names have slipped into the […]
Evander Holyfield, The Hardest Working Heavyweight Champion Ever By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media When one looks at the all-time heavyweight champions list, one finds such familiar names as Rocky Marciano, Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, George Foreman, Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko, Lennox Lewis, […]
Jack Johnson versus Victor McLaglen 1909 Bout in Canada Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent From time to time, boxing fans and historians have discussed the heavyweight match between Jack Johnson versus Victor McLaglen in 1909 as Canada’s most significant bout in the era preceding Archie Moore’s World Light Heavyweight defense against […]
Sensational Sam Langford, The Boston Tar Baby By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Sam Langford, The Boston Tar Baby, was the one fighter Jack Dempsey was afraid of and absolutelyrefused to fight. Langford figured into 316 professional bouts between 1902 and 1926, winning 179, losing 30, drawing 39, with a record of 31-14-16 […]
Boxing icons Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson Headline Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame’s Class of 2015 LAS VEGAS, NV (February 19, 2015) — Legendary boxers Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson headline the 21-person 2015 Class of Inductees into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame. It is a star-studded cast which […]
Jack Johnson versus Frank Moran, World Heavyweight Title in Paris, June 1914 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent One hundred years ago, Jack Johnson, ‘The Galveston Giant’, made the last defense of his world heavyweight title, decisioning Frank Moran in 20 rounds in Paris, France, on June 27, 1914. The referee […]
Did Jack Johnson Try To Board The Titanic? The Truth Now Told By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent On April 15, 1912, The British passenger liner Titanic sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. The largest ship afloat at […]
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 […]
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