Ryan Garcia defends his WBC welterweight title against Conor Benn Saturday in Las Vegas. Full preview with tale of the tape, film study, keys to victory, betting odds, the co-main event, and the complete fight card.
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Katie Taylor closed out her legendary career with a unanimous decision win over Flora Pili at Croke Park, reclaiming the undisputed super lightweight title in front of more than 80,000 fans. Full results, her post-fight press conference, and video highlights.
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Salahdine Parnasse stopped Dan Hooker in the first round of his UFC debut to headline UFC Paris. Full card results, bonuses, and video highlights from Accor Arena.
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Damian Knyba dropped Andy Ruiz Jr. in the seventh round and won a lopsided unanimous decision in Newark, dealing the former champion's comeback a serious setback. Full results and video.
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HEAVYWEIGHT GOLD ON THE LINE AS VADIM NEMKOV DEFENDS HIS PFL WORLD TITLE AGAINST SERGEI BILOSTENNIY AT PFL DUBAI Heavyweight World Championship showdown headlines PFL’s return to Coca-Cola Arena on November 14 for its fourth event in Dubai Pre-sale tickets for PFL Dubai are available now, with general on-sale tickets available from 12pm GST Tuesday, 8 September […]
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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 […]
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 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 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, […]
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, […]
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, 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, 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 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 […]
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 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 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, 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 […]
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 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 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 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 […]
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 […]
Middleweight Contender Gangster Hurricane Eddie Melo and the Canadian Mafia By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The late Canadian middleweight and light heavyweight contender and veteran gangster Eduardo Manuel Deus “Eddie The Hurricane” Melo was born in Portugal, and raised in Toronto, Canada. Fighting between 1978 and 1986, Melo’s career record […]
Salita Promotions Present March Detroit Brawl at Ford Center By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Dearborn, Michigan (March 3rd, 2022)– Promoter Dmitriy Salita and Salita Promotions will present a nine bout card of exciting boxing at Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn, Michigan, […]
Tyson Fury Announces Retirement After Dillian Whyte Bout in April 2022 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent “This is the final fight of my career. I am retiring after this,” said Tyson Fury yesterday. Lineal and World Boxing Council World Heavyweight champion Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury, 30-0-1 with 22 knockouts, Henderson, […]
Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko Say Their Goodbyes: 198 Civilians Dead, Thousands Wounded, 40 Mile Russian Military Convoy Nears Kiev, Ceasefire Talks in Progress, Russia on High Nuclear Alert By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Kiev, Ukraine (March 2, 2022)– Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, the sons of a Russian Major General, remain encircled […]
Former World Lightweight Champion Vasyl Lomachenko Joins Army Battalion and Klitschko Brothers on Front Lines in Russia vs. Ukraine War By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former World Super Featherweight and Lightweight Champion Vasyl Lomachenko has joined the Belgorod-Dnestrovsky Territorial Defense Battalion in Ukraine, and will be fighting as a combat in […]
Yaroslav Amasov and Oleksandr Usyk in Shypyntsi: Will The Two MMA and Boxing World Champions and Family Live Through Russian vs. Ukraine War? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In Northeastern Ukraine, World Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has returned to his wife, and family in the village of Shypyntsi is located within […]
Wild Saturday: Astrolabio Upsets Rigondeaux in Dubai, Russell and Martinez Win in Vegas, Taylor Wins Split in Glaskow By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent On a strange Saturday, February 26, 2022, filled with confusion and controversy during the Pandemic, five major boxing bouts took place, with several bouts involving defending world champions […]
Ironfist Military Days of Ukrainian Army Reservist Vitali Klitschko, Kiev Mayor and Forgotten Heavyweight Champion By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Kyiv, Ukraine (February 25th, 2022)– Former World Heavyweight champion brothers Dr. Vitali Klitschko and Dr. Wladimir Klitschko are now fighting on the front lines in the Ukrainian Army reserve, as the […]
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