Leon Spinks and John Tate, Obscure Heavyweight Champions By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent If I were to answer to who I think remain the most obscure heavyweight champions of record, I could rattle off a list from Tommy Burns to Ruslan Chagaev to Nicolai Valuev. Any number of people […]
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RCM Historical Boxing: Ten Bouts Where One Last Punch Made A Difference
RCM Historical Boxing: Ten Bouts Where One Last Punch Made A Difference By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent When a fight hear its final round conclusion, not every fighter makes it or wins. Every second counts. Here are a few of my favorite wild endings: One: George Foreman versus […]
RCM HISTORICAL BOXING: When Boxing Was King
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 […]
RCM HISTORICAL BOXING: Happy Birthday, Mike Weaver
Happy Birthday, Mike Weaver By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Mike Weaver Career Highlights Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui61f3wQODo On Tuesday, June 14, 2016, Mike ‘Hercules’ Weaver turned 65 years old. Mike’s career spanned 60 pro fights between 1972 and 2000. With a record of 48 wins, 18 losses and one draw, […]





