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Jamal James vs. Radzhab Bataev Preview, Presser & Weigh-in Video

James vs. Butaev Preview

 Jamal James vs.  WBA Welterweight Mandalay Bay Las Vegas Card Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent  Las Vegas, NV (October 28th, 2021)– According to Jamal James “I’m looking to make a big statement in this fight. I’d like the rematch with Yordenis Ugas coming off his big win against Manny Pacquiao.” […]

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Not According To Plan: Brave Abigail Montes Shocks Claressa Shields By MMA Split Decision – Video Highlights

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Not According To Plan: Brave Abigail Montes Shocks Claressa Shields By MMA Split Decision By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent  Las Vegas, NV (October 28th, 2021)– Female boxing world champions like Claressa Shields have taken the Mixed Martial Arts MMA route of late because opportunities to make big money remain extremely limited […]

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The Savage Faces Drummer Boy: Alen Babic vs. Eric Molina DAZN Preview, Presser & Weigh-in

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The Savage Faces Drummer Boy: Alen Babic vs. Eric Molina 02 Arena DAZN Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent   London, UK (October 28th, 2021)– Matchroom Boxing and DAZN will present an exciting televised nine bout card of boxing on Saturday, October 30, 2021, at 02 Arena in Greenwich, London, United […]

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Historical Boxing Tale of the Four Sugar Rays

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  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 […]

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Thi Thu Nhi Nguyen Becomes Vietnam’s First World Champion

Thi Thu Nhi Nguyen Becomes Vietnam's First World Champion

Welcome to Vietnam! Thi Thu Nhi Nguyen Becomes Vietnam’s First World Champion By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent  Ansan, South Korea (October 25th, 2021)– Unbeaten unknown Thi Thu Nhi Nguyen became Vietnam’s first ever world boxing champion when she decisioned Japan’s Etsuko Tada over ten rounds to win the World Boxing Organization Female […]

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Shakur Stevenson Breaks Down Jamel Herring, Wins WBO Title in Atlanta on ESPN – Video Highlights

Shakur Stevensons Breaks Down Jamel Herring

Stevenson Breaks Down Herring, Wins WBO Title in Atlanta on ESPN By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent CLICK HERE for photos from Mikey Williams / Top Rank via Getty Images CLICK HERE to view Post-Fight Press Conference Atlanta, Georgia (October 24th, 2021)– On ESPN, southpaw WBO interim champion Shakur Stevenson backed up southpaw WBO champion Jamel […]

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Oscar Rivas Win Inaugural WBC Bridgerweight Title Over Nova Scotia’s Ryan Rozicki – Video Highlights

Oscar Rivas Wins Inaugural Bridgerweight Title

Rivas Wins Inaugural WBC Bridgerweight Title Over Nova Scotia’s Rozicki in Montreal Slugfest By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent   Ontario, Canada (October 23rd, 2021)– Not since Jack Munroe challenged James “The Boilermaker” Jeffries 117 years ago for the world heavyweight title at Mechanic’s Pavilion in San Francisco in 1904 has a […]

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JAMEL HERRING VS. SHAKUR STEVENSON WBO CHAMPIONSHIP PRESS CONFERENCE & WEIGH-IN VIDEO

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Top Rank WBO Super Featherweight Explosion! Herring vs. Stevenson Fight Card Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent   Atlanta, Georgia (October 23, 2021)– World Boxing Organisation World Super Featherweight champion Jamel Herring and World Boxing Organisation Interim World Super Featherweight champion Shakur Stevenson will fight to settle the division, televised on […]

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Whatever Happened to Ex-Champ Billy Costello? The Later Years

Whatever Happened to Ex-Champ Billy Costello? The Later Years

Whatever Happened to Ex-Champ Billy Costello? The Later Years By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent  Very few former boxing veterans, contenders and champions seroconvert into ringside officials, judges and referees. From Barney Ross to Carlos DeLeon to Randy Neumann, some do. Some try it, however overall it is a rare switch. The […]

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Inaugural WBC Bridgerweight Championship Oscar Rivas vs. Ryan Rozicki Preview & Weigh-in Video

Inaugural WBC Bridgerweight Championship Preview & Weigh-in Video

Inaugural WBC Bridgerweight L’Olympia Theatre Montreal Canadian Fight Card Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Montreal, Canada (October 22nd, 2021)– On Friday night, October 22, 2021, L’Olympia Theatre in Montreal, Canada, will host an exciting six-bout card of professional boxing, featuring the inaugural historic World Boxing Council Bridgerweight world title bout […]

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Canadian Light Heavyweight Champ Gary Summerhays, Brave Road Warrior, Dies at 71

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Canadian Light Heavyweight Champ Gary Summerhays, Brave Road Warrior, Dies at 71 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent  Ontario, Canada (October 22, 2021)– Former Canadian and Commonwealth British Empire Light-Heavyweight boxing champion Gary Summerhays, a boxing legend in his native Brantford, Ontario, Canada, has passed away in his native Brantford at age […]

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NABF Belt is Great Title, From Don King and Ali, to Bobby Hitz and Taylor Duerr

NABF Belt is Great Title, From Don King and Ali, to Bobby Hitz and Taylor Duerr

NABF Belt is Great Title, From Don King and Ali, to Bobby Hitz and Taylor Duerr By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent  Staying in 1969 in the heavyweight division in the United States, the North American Boxing Federation (NABF) belt became a prominent title and springboard to establishing top contenders as being […]

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Bobby Hitz RCM Interview: Taylor Duerr To Fight For Vacant USBA and NABF Titles in Chicago

Bobby Hitz RCM Interview

Bobby Hitz Interview: Taylor Duerr To Fight For Vacant USBA and NABF Titles in Chicago By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Chicago area boxing promoter Bobby Hitz and Gitz Boxing will present a ten bout card at The Dome at the Ballpark, Rosemont, Illinois, on Thanksgiving Wednesday, November 24, 2021, featuring the […]

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A Critical Analysis of Rematches Won and Lost by Roberto Duran

Roberto Duran Career

A Critical Analysis of Rematches Won and Lost by Roberto Duran By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Esteban DeJesus, Edwin Viruet, Pat Lawlor and Jorge Castro were later career rematches Panama’s “The Hands of Stone” Roberto Duran won. Sugar Ray Leonard (bout three), Vinnie Paz (Pazienza) and Hector Camacho were rematches Roberto […]

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Unique Boxing Trend! Judges No Longer Favoring Promoter’s Fighters, Underdogs Winning Frequently During Pandemic

Boxing Judges

Unique Boxing Trend! Judges NO Longer Favoring Promoter’s Fighters, Underdogs Winning Frequently During Pandemic Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Ever since Muhammad Ali got one judge’s scorecard in his first bout with Leon Spinks in defense of his world heavyweight title, which Spinks won by split decision in 15 rounds, […]

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RCM Boxing Weekend Recap (10/17/21): Eubank Jr., Breidis, Lopez, Fury and Marshall Win Key Bouts

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RCM Boxing Weekend Roundup: Eubank Jr., Breidis, Lopez, Fury and Marshall Win Key Bouts By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Every boxing weekend is filled with triumph and tragedy. On October 16, 2021, Mairis Breidis was the big winner. Breidis, the International Boxing Federation World Cruiserweight champion, 28-1 with 20 knockouts, Riga, […]

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Despite Protests of WBC President At Ringside To Stop Bout, Corner Allows Moises Fuentes To Get Knocked Unconscious in Cancun

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Despite Protests of WBC President At Ringside To Stop Bout, Corner Allows Moises Fuentes To Get Knocked Unconscious By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent  Cancun, Mexico (October 17th, 2021)– Ignoring the suggestion and protest of world Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman between rounds, and the Cuellar management team, who was ringside for […]

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Emmanuel Navarette Retains WBO Title, All Seven ‘A’ Side Fighters Win on ESPN+ San Diego Card

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Navarette Retains WBO Title, All Seven ‘A’ Side Fighters Win on ESPN+ San Diego Card By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent  San Diego (October 17th, 2021)– All seven fighters on the “A’ side won on the ESPN + televised boxing card held at Pechanga Arena, San Diego, California, on Friday evening, October […]

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Huge Upset! Sandor Martin Shocks Mikey Garcia, Jon Gonzalez Wins Over Elwin Soto – Video Highlights

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DAZN Double Upset! Sandor Martin Shocks Mikey Garcia, Gonzalez Wins WBO Split Over Soto By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Fresno, CA (October 17th, 2021)– The lights went out in the second round of Mikey Garcia’s bout with Sandor Martin. By the night was over, Garcia was the second major upset victim […]

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The Return of Mikey Garcia, DAZN Preview, Presser & Weigh-in Video & How to Watch?

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Here Comes Mikey Garcia, DAZN Chukchansi Park Fresno Card Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Fresno, CA (October 15th, 2021)– Elwin Soto and Jonathan Gonzalez will fight the main event of a ten bout televised DAZN boxing card at Chukchansi Park in Fresno, California, on Saturday evening, October 16, 2021, with […]

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Wilder Congratulates Fury, Gets Six Month NSAC Suspension with Broken Right Hand

Wilder congratulates Fury

Wilder Congratulates Fury, Gets Six Month NSAC Suspension with Broken Right Hand By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (October 15th, 2021)– Former World Boxing Council World Heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has finally congratulated Tyson Fury, who beat him, on Instagram, four days after getting knocked out by Fury in […]

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Missing From Boxing Press For Decades, Top Super Lightweight Steve Hearon is Located

Steve Hearon

Missing From Boxing Press For Decades, Top Super Lightweight Steve Hearon is Located By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent   From Carlos Monzon to Clifford Etienne to James Page, some highly regarded boxers inside the ring, in life emerge outside the ring as nonfunctional in society in the long run. Such is […]

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Adam Kownacki Facebook: Boxed Blind in Left Eye After Round One of the Robert Helenius Rematch

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Adam Kownacki Facebook: Boxed Blind in Left Eye After Round One of the Robert Helenius Rematch By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Chicago, IL (October 15th, 2021)– According to his Facebook, heavyweight contender Adam Kownacki boxed blind in his left eye after round one of his rematch on Saturday night against Robert […]

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Welcome to Era of Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, – Inspiring Heavyweight Champions

Fury vs. Usyk

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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The Boston Bomber Tony DeMarco, Italian World Welterweight Champion, Dies at 89

Tony DeMarco Dies

The Boston Bomber Tony DeMarco, Italian World Welterweight Champion, Dies at 89 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Boston, MA (October 14th, 2021)– The boxing world has lost an all-time. Hall of Fame great in Italian Paddy DeMarco.  Former World Welterweight champion Italian Tony “The Boston Bomber” DeMarco, also known as Leonardo […]

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Andy Ruiz Proposes To Be a Back Up Opponent For Tyson Fury

Fury vs. Ruiz

Heavyweight Poker Game! Andy Ruiz Proposes To Be a Back Up Opponent For Tyson Fury By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent  Los Angeles, CA (October 13th, 2021)– Andy Ruiz Jr., who surfaced as a backup opponent for Anthony Joshua to Jarrell Miller and stole the show by winning a share of the […]

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Vladimir Hernandez Upsets JRock, Real Combat Media Boxing Upset of Month For October 2021

Vladimir 24K Hernandez vs. Julian Williams Highlights

Vladimir Hernandez Upsets JRock, Real Combat Media Boxing Upset of Month For October 2021 Las Vegas, NV (October 13th, 2021)– Unheralded Vladimir Hernandez, 13-4 with six knockouts, Stockton, California, by way of Ciudad Lerdo, Durango, Mexico, scored his third consecutive ten-round decision upset on October 9, 2021. Hernandez won a split decision upset over former […]

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Adrien Broner Arrested For Violating Kentucky Probation

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Adrien Broner Arrested For Violating Kentucky Probation By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Covington, Kentucky (October 13th, 2021)– He’s still got problems. Former World Boxing Council Lightweight and World Boxing Association World Welterweight champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner was arrested in Covington, Kentucky at 1 A.M. Tuesday, October 12, 2021, and booked […]

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Deontay Wilder Breaks His Hand in the Horsehair Gloves: Horsehair versus Padded Gloves Controversy

Wilder gets a broken hand

Wilder’s Gloves Were Not Foam Padded: Horsehair versus Padded Gloves Controversy By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent  Before his trilogy heavyweight title loss to Tyson Fury this past weekend, Deontay Wilder complained about Tyson Fury’s horsehair gloves. However, he wound up using the same pair. Four pairs of the Paffen Sports gloves were […]

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A Critical Analysis of Malik Scott, Deontay Wilder’s Current Trainer & Malik Scott Post Fight Interviews

Malik Scott evaluation with his fighter Deontay Wilder

A Critical Analysis of Malik Scott, Deontay Wilder’s Current Trainer By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Malik “King” Scott, who replaced Mark Breland as “The Bronze Bomber” Deontay Wilder’s trainer of sorts for the World Boxing Council World Heavyweight title main event trilogy bout with Tyson Fury this past weekend at T-Mobile […]

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What is Next For Deontay Wilder? Could it be Robert Helenius?

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What is Next For Deontay Wilder? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Having gone 0-2-1 with Tyson Fury in their last three meetings, the time has come for “The Bronze Bomber”, Deontay Wilder, to move on to the next stage in his career. His next bout will not be Tyson Fury, and […]

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Should Heavyweight Frank Sanchez Have Been Disqualified for Hitting Downed Efe Ajagba

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Should Heavyweight Frank Sanchez Have Been Disqualified for Hitting Downed Efe Ajagba? Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Under what circumstances must a referee disqualify a downed fighter, when the upright fighter who knocked him down strikes the opponent while the opponent is on the canvas? This is the situation that […]

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