BRILLIANCE IN BRUSSELS AS PATRICK HABIRORA CLOSES THE SHOW WITH AN EXCITING VICTORY AT PFL EUROPE BRUSSELS Patrick “The Belgian Bomber” Habirora cements himself in the history books as he walks out of the ING Arena victorious in Belgium’s first major MMA show with a first-round KO of Danny “Hot Chocolate” Roberts at PFL Europe […]
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Catterall Defeats Eubank by Technical Decision After Head Clash By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Manchester, UK (July 6th, 2025)– Jack Catterall is the new World Boxing Association International and International Boxing Federation Inter-Continental World Welterweight champion. On July 5, 2025, Catterall scored a controversial seventh-round technical decision win over the previously […]
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ALL 3 OF CANELO ALVAREZ VS. TERENCE CRAWFORD PRESS CONFERENCES Canelo Álvarez and Terence Crawford clash in a mega-fight for boxing’s unified super middleweight crown live from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on September 13th. Check out all the pre-fight press conferences below…
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OMAR EL DAFRAWY ELECTRIFIES SAUDI CROWD WITH STUNNING FIRST ROUND SUBMISSION VICTORY AT PFL MENA RIYADH 2024 PFL MENA Welterweight Champion Omar El Dafrawy needed less than a round to submit Daniele Miceli in the main event of PFL MENA Riyadh Saudi’s own Hattan Alsaif dominated Nour Al Fliti to score an impressive TKO win […]
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ICE Arrests Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. as Criminal Illegal Alien, Faces Mexican Arrest Warrant By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Studio City, California (July 3rd, 2025)– Former World Boxing Council World Middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., 39, was arrested on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Studio City, California, and has been […]
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OFFICIAL WEIGHTS SUGAR RAY LEONARD FOUNDATION 12TH ANNUAL ‘BIG FIGHTERS, BIG CAUSE’ Click HERE for PDF Bout Sheet About Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation The Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation was established in 2009 by boxing legend and six-time world champion Sugar Ray Leonard and his wife, Bernadette. The Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation is committed to funding research and […]
Historical Boxing Tale of the Four Sugar Rays By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Boxing is called “The Sweet Science” by many. While many boxers have used the nickname “Sugar” From Sugar Shane Mosley to Ultimo Sugar Ramos Zaquiera, and that is a story written and rewritten by many boxing historians […]
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 […]
Sugar Ray Leonard & Thomas Hearns, Two Hall of Fame Welterweight Champions, Weigh-In on the Keith Thurman-Shawn Porter 147-Pound Championship Battle at Barclays Center on Saturday, June 25 Live on CBS “The winner of Thurman-Porter will immediately move into the welterweight penthouse.” – Leonard “I know that Porter and Thurman both have the ability […]
Floyd versus Ray Leonard, Floyd versus Andre Berto: A Now and Then Comparison By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Never underestimate your opponent! The famed adage is apropos with Floyd Mayweather Jr. versus Andre Berto. The underachieving Berto has reached ten WBC, WBA and IBF world title bouts, and […]
RCM Historical Boxing: A Kaleidoscope of Boxing Sugars By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ramos, Sugar Ray Hammond, Sugar Ray Seales, Sugar Ray Leonard, Sugar Shane Mosley, Bert Sugar, Sugar Ray Clay Jones Jr. (Anthony Small), Sugar Shay (Ishe) Smith, and Suga (not Sugar) Rashad Evans. Of these Sugars, […]
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 […]
VIDEO NEWS RELEASE OF NEVADA BOXING HALL OF FAME INAUGURAL INDUCTION GALA IN LAS VEGAS LAS VEGAS, NEV. (August 11, 2013) — The Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame has produced a Video News Release of Saturday night’s inaugural induction gala, which took place at the sold-out Monte Carlo Las Vegas Resort and Casino. Nineteen […]
LEGENDARY CHAMPION SUGAR RAY LEONARD TO ATTEND NEVADA BOXING HALL OF FAME GALA 19 boxing to be inducted Aug. 10 in Las Vegas LAS VEGAS, August 1, 2013 – Sugar Ray Leonard, a 1976 Olympic gold medalist who won world titles in five weight classes as one of the great fighters in the […]
Sugar Ray Seales Can See The Light By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY (March 19th, 2013)–Every once in a while, boxing fans hear about the stellar career of Hall of Fame World Middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson. They talk about the sensational high profile career of Sugar Ray Leonard. They […]
Should Junior Jones Return To The Ring? By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent *All photos Copyright Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media, All Rights Reserved Brooklyn, NY (December 21, 2012)–Brooklyn native Junior ‘ Poison’ Jones held various world boxing titles at bantamweight, super bantamweight, featherweight and super featherweight, compiling a record of 50-6 with […]
MIKE TYSON / SUGAR RAY LEONARD INAUGURAL CLASS OF INDUCTEES NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. (December 19, 2012) — Rich Marotta, founder and CEO of the newly-established Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame (NVBHOF), announced the NVBHOF’s historic inaugural class of inductees at a news conference today, which was held at the Richard Steele Boxing Club […]
Legendary trainer Angelo Dundee has passed away. By: Scott Canipe Real Combat Media was just informed that legendary trainer, Angelo Dundee, has passed away. This great trainer has developed many fighters. Most notably the Greatest heavyweight champion of all time – Muhammad Ali and one of the greatest welterweights of all time – “Sugar” Ray Leonard. […]
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