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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RCM Historical Boxing: Rocky Marciano vs. Sonny Liston
RCM Historical Boxing: Rocky Marciano vs. Sonny Liston By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent There have been fantasy tournaments, and dream matchups, but some matchup concepts have proven more popular than others. Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, Larry Holmes and Jack Johnson are some of the stronger and more […]
RCM Historical Boxing: Hero, Heroin or Murder? Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston Showtime Documentary
Hero, Heroin or Murder? Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston Showtime Documentary By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent * Photo Credit: boxinghalloffame.com Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Charles ‘Sonny’ Liston, an 89 minute documentary or shockumentary of the controversial life of the former world heavyweight champion (depending on how one interprets […]
Robert Brizel Editorial: Dangers of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Boxing
Brizel Editorial: Dangers of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Boxing By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The dangers of alcohol and drug abuse, especially cocaine, can affect athletes in boxing, as well as all sports, who fall prey to addiction. The late Pernell Whitaker and the late Rocky Lockridge were known to […]
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 […]
Olympic Bronze Medalist Tony Madigan Dies, Fought Muhammad Ali Twice
Tony Who? Olympic Bronze Medalist Tony Madigan Dies, Fought Muhammad Ali Twice By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent There exists a short list of boxers who fought Muhammad Ali more than once in the amateurs and as a professional. Henry Cooper. George Chuvalo, Joe Frazier, Jerry Quarry, Floyd Patterson, Joe Bugner, […]
RCM HISTORICAL BOXING: Unedited Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston II. Lewiston Tape Surfaces on YouTube
Unedited Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston II. Lewiston Tape Surfaces on YouTube By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Unedited Ali vs. Liston II 1965 Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOQ1ERnkbh4 Over half a century after Muhammad Ali (better known then as Cassius Clay). fought a rematch with Sonny Liston, an unedited black and […]
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: Evander Holyfield, The Hardest Working Heavyweight Champion Ever
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, […]
RCM Historical Boxing: Earnie Shavers Atomic Bomb Heavyweight Punches
Earnie Shavers Atomic Bomb Heavyweight Punches By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Called ‘The Black Destroyer’ and ‘The Acorn’, Earnie Shavers scored 68 knockouts in his 89 bout career between 1969 and 1995. His final professional record was 74 wins, 14 losses, and one draw (in a rematch with jimmy Young). […]
RCM HISTORICAL BOXING: Sonny Liston versus Old Mongoose Archie Moore Heavyweight Title Dream Fight
Sonny Liston versus Old Mongoose Archie Moore Heavyweight Title Dream Fight By Robert Brizel, head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Here is an interesting historical matchup. Let su presume ‘The Old Mongoose’, Archie Moore, did not fight Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) in November 1962, and instead Archie had continued to defend the NYSAC version […]
RCM HISTORICAL BOXING: A Historical Look Back at Sonny Liston versus Floyd Patterson II
A Historical Look Back at Sonny Liston versus Floyd Patterson II By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Charles ‘Sonny’ Liston made the lone defense of his World Heavyweight title on July 22, 1963, at the Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Though Sonny’s appearance was brief to say the least, Liston’s world title […]
ALI, STILL THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME
ALI, STILL THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME By: Boxing Writer Peter Mann “If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize” A poet with mouth and hand, Muhammad Ali, or Cassius Marcellus Clay as he was named at birth, was to be just as good at shooting from the lip […]