We Will Win This Fight Says Mayor Vitali Klitschko as Battle of Kyiv Rages. Wladimir Klitschko Asks West For More Defensive Equipment By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Kyiv, Ukraine (March 26th, 2022)– As the battles of Kyiv and Mariupol rage nonstop in Ukraine, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, in a new video, […]
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Trojan Williamson and YK Valle Retain Titles, Ocampo TKOs Zewski in Upset, Lara Draws With Bouchard
Friday Results: Trojan Williamson and Valle Retain Titles, Ocampo TKOs Zewski in Upset, Lara Draws With Bouchard By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Friday, March 25, 2022, was a busy boxing day, with some major fights, and one significant boxing upset which occurred when a hot and cold underdog, a previous Errol […]
Salita Promotions Has Otto Wallin and Jarrell Miller, 2022 The Heavyweight Wild Cards
Salita Promotions Has Otto Wallin and Jarrell Miller, 2022 The Heavyweight Wild Cards By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Promoter Dmitriy Salita and Salita Promotions has two of the most underestimated top heavyweights in the world under his banner, Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller of the United States, and Otto Wallin of Sweden. […]
Klitschko Brothers Remain Angry Defiant at Kyiv Press Conference – Video
Klitschko Brothers Remain Angry Defiant at Kyiv Press Conference, Ukrainian Military Surrounds Russian Forces After Kyiv Counterattack By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Kyiv, Ukraine (March 25th, 2022)– In a new press conference held outdoors in Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko and his brother Wladimir Klitschko, both former world heavyweight champions, remained defiant […]
Salita Promotions Presents April Detroit Brawl at Ford Center
Russian Light Heavyweight Contender Ali Izmailov Featured, Salita Promotions Presents April Detroit Brawl at Ford Center By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Dearborn, MI (March 24th, 2022)– Promoter Dmitriy Salita and Salita Promotions will present an exciting six-bout card of boxing action at Ford Community Center on Saturday evening, April 2, 2022, […]
Vitali Klitschko in Address to Munich City Council as Ukrainians Battle Russians in Kyiv Suburbs
Vitali Klitschko in Address to Munich City Council as Ukrainians Battle Russians in Kyiv Suburbs, 264 Civilians Dead By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko addressed the Munich City Council today, Kyiv’s sister city Munch, Germany today in German, urging the countries of Europe to help stop the war […]
Lomachenko Will Stay & Fight in Kyiv, Haney versus Kambosos Could Be Next
Lomachenko Will Stay & Fight in Kyiv, Haney versus Kambosos Could Be Next By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Kyiv, Ukraine (March 23rd, 2022)– Vasyl Lomachenko has made his decision, and it comes as no surprise to everybody. Lomachenko will remain in Kyiv, Ukraine, to fight with his countryman for freedom as […]
Mayor Vitali Klitschko Reports Eight Civilians Dead in Retroville Kyiv Shopping Mall Shelling Attack
Mayor Vitali Klitschko Reports Eight Civilians Dead in Retroville Kyiv Shopping Mall Shelling Attack By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported Monday, March 21, 2022, eight civilians were killed as a result of shelling on the Retroville Kyiv Shopping Mall Centre late Sunday, March 20, 2022. A devastating explosion […]
Bob Arum Speaks – Oleksandr Usyk and Vasyl Lomachenko Face The Ultimate Decision To Fight For Their Country or Titles
Bob Arum Speaks, and Now Oleksandr Usyk and Vasyl Lomachenko Face The Ultimate Decision To Fight For Their Country Ukraine, or Fight For The Title By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Los Angeles, CA (March 22, 2022)– World Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and former multi division World champion and current super lightweight […]
RCM Boxing Weekend Recap (3/20/22): 48-year-old Sam Soliman Wins Rematch!, Berlanga – Rolls, Billy Dib Wins DQ
Weekend Recap: Sam Soliman Wins Rematch! Berlanga Rolls, Billy Dib Wins DQ, By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The weekend of March 18 to 20, 2022, was one of action packed boxing action. Although the fighters involved are not box office megastars, the best statement to be made is the fighters […]
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko Responds To Russian Claims Their Military is Not Targeting Civilians – Video
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko Responds To Russian Claims Their Military is Not Targeting Civilians Kyiv, Ukraine (March 19th, 2022)– Russia must immediately suspend military operations in Ukraine, the United Nations International Court of Justice has ruled in The Hague. By a vote of 13 to two [with Vice-President Kirill Gevorgian of Russia, and Judge Xue […]
“We Will Never Give Up!” Says Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko, As The Battle of Kiev Approaches
We Will Never Give Up! Says Vitali as He and Wladimir Klitschko Face Their Darkest Hour, As The Battle of Kiev Approaches By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Kiev, Ukraine (March 17th, 2022)– The Mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko, the former world heavyweight champion, and his brother, former world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, […]
Alexander Povetkin Defends Putin and Invasion of Ukraine on Social Media, Hopes War Will End Soon
Former WBA Heavyweight Champion Alexander Povetkin Defends Putin and Invasion of Ukraine on Social Media, Hopes War Will End Soon By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Moscow, Russia (March 13th, 2022)– On Instagram, the photo and statements of a well-known name in pro boxing are clear. In the sense of balanced journalism, […]
RCM Boxing Weekend Recap (3/13/22)- Corrales and Harper Win, Vazquez Falls Short
Saturday Night Comeback Attempts! Corrales and Harper Win, Vazquez Falls Short By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Irish southpaw lightweight Gary “The Diva” Cully has probably ended the career of aging veteran Miguel Vazquez. Cully, 14-0 with eight knockouts, Nass, Ireland, cut Miguel Vazquez over the left eye, knocked him down twice […]
Behind on Points, Leigh Wood Brutally Knocks Michael Conlan Out of The Ring With 95 Seconds Left – Video
Behind on Points, Leigh Wood Brutally Knocks Michael Conlan Out of The Ring With 95 Seconds Left, Retains WBA Featherweight Title By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent London, UK (March 13th, 2022)– After getting knocked on his back in the first round by undefeated southpaw challenger Michael Conlan, and behind in the […]
World Amateur Champion Stepan Hrekul, Boxing Prospect of Month for March 2022
World Amateur Champion Stepan Hrekul, Prospect of Month for March 2022 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Ukrainian, three-time European, and World Amateur Light Heavyweight champion Stefan Hrakul, of Shypyntsi, Ukraine, is the Real Combat Media Prospect of Month for March 2022. 32-18 as an amateur, and now 1-0 as a pro, […]
Friday Action! Plata and Leach Win Upsets, Maestre Draws, Miguez Wins, Perez Loses
Friday Action! Plata and Leach Win Upsets, Maestre Draws, Miguez Wins, Perez Loses By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Friday, March 10, 2022, was a day of interesting worldwide boxing action and activity, with a kaleidoscope of different results for the combatants involved. 28-2 Jessica Nery Plata of Mexico City, Mexico, a […]
Dmitry Demyanenko is Killed in Southeastern Kiev – Security Adviser to Mayor Vitali Klitschko
Putin Signals Negotiation Progress, Dmitry Demyanenko is Killed in Southeastern Kiev, Security Adviser to Mayor Vitali Klitschko By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media boxing Correspondent Russian President Vladimir Putin has signaled positive shifts in peace talk negotiations, as Russian Federation negotiators hold ongoing ceasefire and peace discussions with Ukrainian delegates in neighboring Belarus. The […]
Five Suspects Are Arrested in Murder of Hector “Macho” Camacho Ten Years Later
Five Suspects Are Arrested in Murder of Hector “Macho” Camacho Ten Years Later By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Bayamon, Puerto Rico (March 11th, 2022)– Ten years after the murder of colorful boxing champion Hector “Macho” Camacho in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, in 2012, five men have been arrested and charged with the […]
Female Boxing Champions on Front Lines of Battle in Ukraine
Female Boxing Champions on Front Lines of Battle By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent As Russian military forces had closed to within nine miles of the city of Kiev, with Wladimir Kitschko, Vitali Klitschko, Oleksandr Usyk, and Vasyl Lomachenko, present and former professional world boxing champions in the heat of battle, the […]
Wladimir Klitschko Demands Russian Dmitry Bivol Be Banned From Fighting Canelo Alvarez
Wladimir Klitschko, in Midst of Ukraine Battle, Demands Russian Dmitry Bivol Be Banned From Fighting Canelo Alvarez By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Kyiv, Ukraine (March 10th, 2022)– A maternity hospital in the southern port city of Mariupol was bombed by Russian forces on Wednesday, Ukrainian authorities claimed, marking a difficult […]
Ron Stander, The Bluffs Butcher, Dies of Diabetes at 77, Fought Smokin’ Joe Frazier
Heavyweight Ron Stander, The Bluffs Butcher, Dies of Diabetes at 77, Fought Smokin’ Joe Frazier for World Title By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former heavyweight contender Ron Stander, “The Bluffs Butcher”, who fought Smokin’ Joe Frazier for the world heavyweight title in 1972, and also fought Ken Norton, Scott LeDeux, Gerrie […]
Ukraine Update: Vitali Klitschko Says He’ll Fight To The Death, Russian UN Envoy Declares Temporary Ceasefire
Ukraine Update: Vitali Klitschko Says He’ll Fight To The Death, Russian UN Envoy Declares Temporary Tuesday Ceasefire By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Kiev, Ukraine (March 8th, 2022)– In a brand new development in the Russian Federation versus Ukraine War, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, stated the Russian […]
Ex-Muay Thai and WBA Flyweight Champion Berkrerk Chartvanchai Dies at 77
Ex-Muay Thai and WBA Flyweight Champion Berkrerk Chartvanchai Dies at 77 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Bangkok, Thailand (March 8th, 2022)– Former Muay Thai champion and World Boxing Association World Flyweight champion Berkrerk Chartvanchai, also known as Tinapong Hantanakul and Berkrerk Lookyodfah, has died in his native Bangkok, Thailand. Chartvanchai […]
Preventing Tragedy in The Main Event, A Ringside Perspective
Preventing Tragedy in The Main Event, A Ringside Perspective Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent There are times as a sports reporter at ringside when the ordinary becomes extraordinary, and the referee in the main event has to make an immediate life and death decision to prevent a tragedy or possible […]
Roman Gonzalez on Fire! The Super Flyweight Division is Heating Up in 2022
Chocolatito on Fire! The Super Flyweight Division is on Fire! A Hot Ticket in 2022 Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Almost a year after losing a controversial 12 round split decision to Juan Francisco Estrada, Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez has won a 12 round unanimous decision over an overweight Julio Cesar […]
Odds of a Dmitry Bivol Upset Over Canelo Alvarez at T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas
Odds of a Dmitry Bivol Upset Over Canelo Alvarez at T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Saul Alvarez is best betting odds of -350 to win another title (bet 350 dollars U.S. to win $100 U.S.) with FanDuel, while Dmitry Bivol is a +310 underdog (bet 100 dollars […]
Indonesian Lightweight Hero Tito Purwanto Dies After Days in a Coma From Injuries in Title Bout
Indonesian Lightweight Hero Tito Dies After Days in a Coma From Injuries in Title Bout By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Jakarta, Indonesia (March 6th, 2022)– In the first such tragedy in Indonesia since 2013, Indonesian lightweight contender Hero Tito Purwanto, age 35, died on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at Mitra Keluarga […]
Harris Wins Decision, Moses Johnson Bout Ends in Odd Technical Draw at Ford Center
Harris Wins Decision, Moses Johnson Bout Ends in Odd Technical Draw at Ford Center By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Dearborn, Michigan (March 6th, 2022)– In the featured co-main event at Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn, Michigan, on Saturday night, March 5, […]
Weights For March Detroit Brawl at Ford & Performing Arts Community Center
Weights For March Detroit Brawl at Ford & Performing Arts Community Center By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Promoter Dmitriy Salita and Salita Promotions will present a seven bout card of exciting boxing at Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn, Michigan, on Saturday night, March 5, 2022, featuring Legends […]
Dennis Hogan Wins Down Under, Outpoints Wade Ryan in 12 Round IBO Elimination Bout in Australia
Dennis Hogan Wins Down Under, Outpoints Ryan in 12 Round IBO Elimination Bout By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Brisbane, Australia (March 5th, 2022)– Former two-time world title challenger Dennis “Hurricane” Hogan, age 37, (30-4) with seven knockouts, Newstead, Queensland, Australia, by way of Kildare, Ireland, won a 12 round decision over […]
Tyson Fury Says He Will Fight For His Country if the UK Goes To War
Tyson Fury Says He Will Fight For His Country if UK Goes To War, Putin Offers Pathway to Peace With Conditions, Casualties Mount For Russian and Ukraine By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent London, UK (March 4th, 2022)– In the face of April 23, 2022, World Boxing Council World Heavyweight title fight […]
































