Welcome to Era of Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, – Inspiring Heavyweight Champions Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Inspiring World Boxing Council World Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and World Boxing Association, World Boxing Organisation, International Boxing Federation and International Boxing Organization World Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk have taken the year […]
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Heavyweight Smokin’ Bert Cooper Dies at 53, Took Evander Holyfield and Michael Moorer on Championships Trips to Hell
Heavyweight Smokin’ Bert Cooper Dies at 53, Took Evander Holyfield and Michael Moorer on Championships Trips to Hell *Photo Credit: Philly Boxing History By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (May 11th, 2019)–Pennsylvania heavyweight contender Smokin’ Bert Cooper, a Joe Frazier student protégé who took Evander Holyfield and Michael Moorer […]
RCM HISTORICAL BOXING: Land of the Heavyweight Giants
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 […]
RCM HISTORICAL BOXING: Sonny Liston vs Evander Holyfield 15 Round Dream Fight
Sonny Liston vs Evander Holyfield 15 Round Dream Fight: Who Wins? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In recent memory, individuals on Facebook and various internet boxing sites have pondered what would happen if Charles ‘Sonny’ Liston fought Evander ‘The Real Deal’ Holyfield. The matchup is not unlike Muhammad Ali versus George […]
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 […]
Mike Weaver and Iran Barkley RCM Interview: Boxers Stop Taking PEDs Or You Will Die!
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 […]
Mike Weaver RCM Interview Part III: Inside South Africa, Coetzee, Dokes, and More.
Mike Weaver Interview Part III: Inside South Africa, Coetzee, Dokes, and More. By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In part three in a series of interviews with former World Boxing Association World Heavyweight champion Mike ‘Hercules’ Weaver, we got inside South Africa, where Weaver defending his WBA title successfully by […]
Mike Weaver RCM Interview II: My View on Steroids, Rio Olympics XXXI, Wilder vs. Povetkin
Mike Weaver Interview II: My View on Steroids, Rio Olympics XXXI, Wilder vs. Povetkin By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In a Real Combat Media international interview exclusive, former World Boxing Association World Heavyweight champion Mike ‘Hercules’ Weaver, commenting from his home in California, spoke out on the controversy of […]
Mike Weaver RCM Interview: Why Anthony Joshua Will Defeat Dominic Breazeale
Mike Weaver Interview: Why Anthony Joshua Will Defeat Dominic Breazeale By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In a Real Combat Media international interview exclusive conducted over Facebook, former World Heavyweight champion Mike ‘Hercules’ Weaver predicted International Boxing Federation World Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua would defeat challenger Dominic ‘Trouble’ Breazeale […]
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, […]
International Boxing Association President Dean Chance Dies at 74
International Boxing Association President Dean Chance Dies at 74 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent International Boxing Association President Dean Chance, of Wooster, Ohio, who ran the IBA as a highly respectable boxing organization, died of a heart attack at home on October 11, 2015. He was 74 years old. […]