Oscar De La Hoya addressed the Ryan Garcia vs. Conor Benn co-promotion on Monday's Ariel Helwani Show, confirming Golden Boy's role alongside Zuffa Boxing after weeks of public tension over the September 12 title fight.
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Edgar Berlanga survived a knockdown to stop Steven Butler in Zuffa Boxing's first New York show, while Vladyslav Sirenko stole the night with a last-second KO. Full results, Dana White's post-fight comments, and video.
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Magomed Ankalaev needed five rounds to grind out Bogdan Guskov and headline UFC Abu Dhabi. Full fight card results, video highlights, the post-fight press conference and social media reaction.
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Magomed Ankalaev stopped Bogdan Guskov by fifth-round TKO to headline UFC Abu Dhabi. Full fight card results, bonus winners, post-fight press conference and video highlights.
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Anthony Joshua survived two first-round knockdowns to stop Kristian Prenga in Jeddah, then fired a pointed message at Tyson Fury. Full card results and video.
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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 […]
Without The Smoke: Last Philadelphia Days of The Late Heavyweight Champion Smokin’ Joe Frazier and Career Reflections By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In Joe Frazier’s final years, Smokin’ Joe Frazier, without his usual lifelong colorful personality of emotional “Smoke”, suffered from type 2 diabetes, a diseased liver, and underwent surgery for […]
Jones Wins WBO, Abdullaev, Brook, Makhmudov, and Munguia Win By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Friday February 18 to Sunday February 20, 2022, featuring some interesting boxing action in significant main events bouts around the world. In the most important weekend result, Natasha Jones is the Real Combat Media Female Fighter of […]
The Gloves Are Off! King Khan Faces Kell Brook in Battle of Manchester: USA ESPN + Card Preview and Predictions By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Tonight in the UK, though the main event is billed as “The Gloves Are Off!”, in reality the gloves will be on, tonight, Saturday, February […]
Legend of Roccia del Piave, Italian Heavyweight Giuseppe Ros, Olympic Bronze Medalist, Dies at 79 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Susegana, Italy (February 18th, 2022)– Known as “The Legend of The Rocce del Piave”, sixty bout Italian heavyweight boxing veteran Giuseppe “Bebi” Ros, Italian Heavyweight Military amateur champion in 1963, who […]
Can Trainer Joe Goossen Save Ryan Garcia’s Career? Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Current World Boxing Council Interim World Lightweight champion Ryan “King Ry” Garcia, 21-0 with 18 knockouts, Los Angeles, California, will defend his world title after 14 months of inactivity since stopping challenger Luke Campbell in the seventh […]
Crazy Eddie Machen, 1960s Heavyweight Contender of Mystery By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent He was known as “The Black Gene Tunney” as his fighting style most closely resembled the undefeated legendary world heavyweight champion Gene Tunney, who beat Jack Dempsey twice. “Crazy’ Eddie Machen, the 1960s heavyweight champion of mystery, probably […]
WBC Champ Jermall Charlo Released From Texas Jail on $10,000 Bail on Assault Charge By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Houston, TX (February 15th, 2022)– Four decades ago, the late Argentine World Middleweight champion Carlos Monzon fought on and defended his title, despite being shot twice by his wife in domestic incidents, […]
John Ryder Scores A Minor Upset Over Daniel Jacobs in London, By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In a weekend dominated by two British professional boxing cards on Saturday, February 12, 2022, in London and Brentwood, United Kingdom, super middleweight John Ryder scored a minor upset winning a controversial 12 round split […]
WBC Middleweight Champion Jermall Charlo Is Arrested Again, For Felony Assault By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Houston, TX (February 13th, 2022)– World Boxing Council World Middleweight champion Jermall “Hit Man” Charlo, 32-0 with 22 knockouts, Houston, Texas, winner of six consecutive middleweight world title bouts, has been arrested again, this time […]
Strange Career of Southpaw Colombian Boxer Walter Estrada Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Featherweight and lightweight veteran Walter Estrada, Miami, Florida by way of Canalete, Colombia, sports a pro record of 46-33-1 with 30 knockouts. Estrada has been around the ring, around the block and then some. On March 12, […]
JACOBS VS. RYDER PRESS CONFERENCE, BETTING ODDS, WEIGH-IN VIDEO & HOW TO WATCH! By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Head Boxing Correspondent London, UK (February 12th, 2022)– DAZN, Matchroom Boxing and promoter Eddie Hearn will present an eight fight card on Saturday, February 12, 2022, featuring the scheduled main event between super middleweight contender Daniel […]
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