Three fighters missed weight at UFC Vegas 122. Full card records and weights, main card tale-of-the-tape breakdowns, film study, odds ranges and weigh-in video for Allen vs. Duncan.
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ALL-ACTION FORMER WORLD CHAMPION ARMANDO RESENDIZ TO FACE AUSTRALIAN CONTENDER KOEN MAZOUDIER IN FEATURED BOUT SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 LIVE ON TNT & DAZN FROM THE COSMOPOLITAN OF LAS VEGAS Jermall Charlo Out of Previously Scheduled Bout With Injury Plus! Unbeaten Rising Star Marco Romero Battles Braulio Ferreira to Kick Off “The Fight” Live on TNT […]
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DAZN Saturday Night Fights! Golden Boy Presents Schofield vs. Bahdi Chicago Card By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Robert’s Prediction Record: 152-40-9, with 7-4 in major bouts Chicago, Illinois (October 9th, 2026)– Golden Boy Promotions and DAZN will present a nine-bout card with two world title bouts on Saturday Night Fights at […]
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COMPLETE PFL MENA 11: LAST MAN STANDING RESULTS Mostafa Rashed Nada submits Osama ElSeady in the second round of their long-awaited trilogy fight Badreddine Diani, Ylies Djiroun, Mehdi Saadi, Abdelkrim Zouad and Mohammad Fahmi earn places in the PFL MENA Finals PFL MENA 12: MMA’s Most Wanted Set For Al Khobar On December 11 RIYADH, […]
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Ben Whittaker survived a wild final round to outpoint Conor Wallace by unanimous decision in Birmingham and secure the IBF mandatory position. Full card results and video highlights.
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RCM Historical Boxing: Wilfredo ‘Radar’ Benitez versus Davey Moore. What Happened? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent On July 14, 1984, at Stade Louis II, Monte Carlo, two former world champions, Wilfredo ‘Radar’ Benitez, now 62, and Davey Moore (who died in 1988 at 28) met in then a critical […]
Evander Holyfield Says 200 Million Dollar Mike Tyson Trilogy Bout Is In The Works By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The third trilogy bout of the century, be in an exhibition or for real, is apparently in the works for later in 2021. Evander “Real Deal” Holyfield, the former world heavyweight […]
Robert Brizel Editorial: On Basketball’s Lamar Odom Celebrity Boxing Contract By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Los Angeles, CA (January 14th, 2020)– Former two-time NBA champion Lamar Odom, 41, of the Los Angeles Lakers, a 14 year NBA veteran, has signed a deal to become a boxer with Celebrity Boxing. Odom will […]
Once Promising British Bantamweight Champion Nicky Booth Dies at Age 40 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent London, UK ( January 14th, 2020)– Former Commonwealth British Empire Bantamweight champion Nicky “1 Smooth” Booth, whose problems with drug addiction, burglary, and theft convictions derailed his once-promising career at a young age, […]
New Brizel Editorial: Welcome to 2021, The Year of Boxing Exhibition Mismatches By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Conor McGregor fought Floyd Mayweather Jr. So why can’t Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya be next? Iron Mike Tyson fought his exhibition with Roy Jones Jr. Will James Buster Douglas, Evander […]
MMA Fighter Conor McGregor and Proper No. 12 Irish Whiskey By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media MMA Correspondent This week, at a local convenience and liquor store, a poster on the glass door of the store presented a unique boxing mystery. This reporter could not immediately identify the person in a boxing pose on […]
Robert Brizel Editorial: Boxing Nutrition in the Age of Doordash By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent While Doordash has taken over as the method choice for food delivery during the Coronavirus Pandemic, professional boxers training in isolation remains on ice in terms of social interaction. Drinking water as a part of […]
Referee Joe Cortez, Boxing’s Lucky Survivor of COVID-19 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent From Eddie Cotton to cut man Nelson Cuevas, form trainer Ali Harrison to middleweight contender Juan Domingo Roldan, the covid-19 Novel Coronavirus did not discriminate in claiming the lives of many significant individuals in boxing and the […]
RCM Historical Boxing: White Buffalo Heavyweight Francois Botha By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent With his grizzly whitish goatee, his physique resembled a Buffalo. Nicknamed ‘The White Buffalo’, former International Boxing Federation World Heavyweight champion Francois Botha of Witbank, South Africa, later California, was one of the heavyweight division’s formidable warriors between […]
IBF Number One Welterweight Contender Adukhakorov Signs with Sampson Boxing By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (January 5th, 2020)– International Boxing Federation number one welterweight contender Kudraitillo ‘The Punisher’ Abdukhakorov, the mandatory challenger for Errol Spence Jr., has parted ways with Bob Arum’s Top Rank and has […]
Fire Met Ice! Ryan Garcia Knocks Out Campbell With Liver Shot, Retains WBC Title By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Dallas, TX (January 3rd, 2020)– Fire met ice, and the fire burned a hole in the center canvas. In the most important bout of a nine bout card at American Airlines Center […]
Happy Boxing New Year! Ioka Stops Tanaka, Higa Knocks Out Kobayashi By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Tokyo, Japan (January 1st, 2021)– Good cheer! Happy Boxing New Year! A six bouts card was held on New Year’s Eve at Ota City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan on Thursday, January 31, 2020. In […]
Light Heavyweight Champion Artur Beterbiev Has Coronavirus, ESPN Bout Postponed By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Moscow, Russia (December 31st, 2020)– World Boxing Council and International Boxing Federation World Light Heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev has tested positive for COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus, forcing a second postponement of his scheduled ESPN titular defense against […]
From Daniel Dubois to Josh Taylor: Famous Boxers and Eye Injuries (Update) By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Heavyweight Daniel Dubois sustained a left medial orbital fracture in his tenth round loss to Joe Joyce recently. If Dubois eventually recovers by some miracle of medical treatment and superior eye care, he will […]
Super Middleweight Contender Kabary Salem Arrested For Killing His Daughter By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (December 29th, 2020)– Former super middleweight contender Kabary ‘The Egyptian Magician’ Salem has been arrested and charged with the October 2018 murder of his daughter Ola Salem, 25, also a […]
Boxing Taps: Remembering Those We Lost in 2020 January 2020 to December 2020 was a dramatic time period for both professional sports and the world, as the COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus impacted everyone. As infections and casualties mounted, the professional sports world incurred many losses. Professional boxing lost a number of influential individuals to the sport, […]
Mexican Middleweight Juanito Montiel Knocks Out James Kirkland and Ends His Career By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Los Angeles, CA (December 27th, 2020)– Mexican middleweight Juan Macias ‘Juanito’ Montiel scored three knockdowns of James Kirkland in the first round and ended the career of Kirkland, the onetime junior middleweight […]
Ex-Champ Frankie ‘The Surgeon’ Randall Dies at 59, Fought in 10 World Title Bouts By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Memphis, TN (December 26th, 2020)– Frankie ‘The Surgeon’ Randall, who operated on 89-0-1 Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on January 29, 1994, at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, capturing […]
Future of Canelo; Yildirim, Plant and Saunders in 2021 Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Canelo has held world titles between 160 and 175 pounds with versatility. As such, it is impossible to deduce which weight class direction he will fight in next after defeating 27-0 Callum Smith, who was […]
Ringer Round The Collar: Worst Results Weekend Before Christmas 2020 Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Even though the current coronavirus pandemic has enforced restrictions in many jurisdictions, boxing has not enforced strict requirements on dirty butting fighters, and for fighting ringers in some areas, who specialize in the dramatic […]
RCM Boxing Weekend Recap: Canelo Decisions Smith, Headbutts Ruin Van Heerden and Payano By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent San Antonio, TX (December 20th, 2020)– Using looping jabs and accurate power uppercuts with Callum Smith caught on the ropes frequently, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez won the World Boxing Association Super World Super Middleweight […]
Female Featherweight Showdown! Amanda Serrano Stops Santana, Mrdjenovich Decisions Torres By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Los Angeles, CA (September 19th, 2020)– A female world featherweight championship showdown could be in the works between World Boxing Council and World Boxing Organization female titleholder Amanda Serrano of the United States, and World Boxing […]
Mike Tyson Boxed Here – No More Trump Plaza Boxing, To Be Blown Up February 2021 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Atlantic City, NY (December 18th, 2020)–Iron Mike Tyson was there. Beginning in 1985, Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey hosted 41 boxing events. As the […]
Magic of Colorized Boxing Films of Vintage Fights: Whole New World For Fight Fans By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Restoration of archival boxing and sports films from 16MM and 8MM and Super 8 black and white classics to colorization is a painstaking process. Classic black and white motion pictures have been […]
The Springfield Rifle, Davey Moore Among 13 Inducted Into 2021 IBHOF By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The late Davey ‘The Springfield Rifle’ Moore, who compiled a 120-5 amateur record, was the 1952 National AAU 118-pound amateur champion, represented the United States at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland. Davey went […]
Robert Brizel Editorial: Accused Cheater Panama Lewis Died in 2020, Not To Be Forgotten EditBy Robert Brizel, Brick Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Mundo Deportivo Noted trainer Carlos ‘Panama’ Lewis died quietly at age 74 in September 2020 during the COVID-19 Novel coronavirus pandemic, cause unknown. Gone, notoriously not forgotten by […]
Heavyweight Angles Evolving: Joshua vs. Fury or Usyk, Joe Joyce vs. Usyk or Chisora Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent World Boxing Council World Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has gone public with a new tee-shirt emblazoned with Anthony Joshua and Eddie Hearn which calls them “You Big Dossers” (homeless people). The […]
Smoking Marijuana Legally 2021 During Boxing Events at Nine Casinos in Atlantic City, NJ By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Atlantic, City, NJ (December 14th, 2020)-– There was a time when a positive marijuana test could disqualify a boxer from fighting, or disqualify his or her boxing result. The new year […]
Real Combat Media KO Artist of the Year Has 16 Consecutive First Round Knockouts! Edgar Berlanga Terrorizes The Super Middleweights By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (December 14th, 2020)– Edgar Berlanga, ‘The Chosen One’, is the 2020 Real Combat Media Knockout Artist of the Year, and is following in […]
UK Boxing Weekend Roundup: Joshua KOs Pulev in Ninth, Sets up Tyson Fury Unification Bout By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Dave Thompson, Matchroom Boxing London, UK (September 13th, 2020)– Anthony Joshua is refocused, by his own words, and is willing to fight anyone. His ninth-round knockout of aging number […]
Robert Brizel Preview: Kubrat Pulev Can Pull A Big KO Upset Saturday If Anthony Joshua Not Prepared By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent London, UK (December 11th, 2020)– Kubrat ‘Cobra’ Pulev could pull off the major heavyweight upset of 2020 if he catches Veteran Anthony Joshua was unprepared for their titular […]
New WBC Weight classes! Cruiserweight 190 Pounds Max, Bridgerweight Division 190 to 224 Pounds By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Top Rank Mexico City, Mexico (December 1oth, 2020)– The World Boxing Council and President Mauricio Sulaiman, effective immediately, has changed the cruiserweight boxing weight limit from above 200 pounds to […]
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