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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European Welterweight Champ Garbis Zakaryan, Iron Fist of Turkey, Dies at 90 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Istanbul, Turkey (January 27th, 2020)– Turkey’s first professional boxer, former Turkish and European Welterweight champion Garbis ‘The Iron Fist’ Zakaryan, has died is Istanbul, Turkey, at the age of 90. A fifth-grade dropout […]
Crisis! 400 Dead From Coronavirus, ESPN Top Rank Postol-Ramirez China Boxing Card Postponed By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent With over 400 dead from the new Wuhan Coronavirus, and millions of people in Mainland China wearing masks, Top Rank has postponed its ESPN boxing card scheduled for February 2, 2020, in Haikou, […]
UFC 246 Las Vegas Massacre! Conor McGregor Destroys Cowboy Cerrone in 40 seconds By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (January 19th, 2020)– In his second fastest MMA knockout win ever, Conor McGregor took out Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone in a welterweight showdown, apparently breaking his nose and ending the bout […]
Good Night Senor! One Shot Baby! Alvarez Kayos Seals With Monster Right Hand By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Verona, NY (January 19th, 2020)– Former World Boxing Organization World Light Heavyweight champion Eleider Alvarez, inactive for eleven months, knocked out Michael Seals with a monster right hook over the Seals […]
Scottish Jackie Brown, Flyweight Champ Who Shared Dressing Room with Muhammad Ali, Dies at 84 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Edinburgh, Scotland (January 15th, 2020)– Scottish Jackie Brown, who won the vacant BBBofC British Flyweight championship in February 1962 by decisioning Brian Cartwright over 15 rounds at the Embassy Sportsdome […]
Spike O’Sullivan Takes (35-0) Jaime Munguia on a Middleweight Trip to Hell By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent San Antonio, Texas(January 12th, 2020)– World Boxing Organization World Junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia, 35-0 with 28 knockouts, Tijuana, Mexico, moved up to middleweight and fringe contender Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan was supposed […]
Philadelphia Jinx! Cinderella Man Joe Smith Jr. Knocks Down and Defeats Jesse Hart By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Philadelphia, PA (January 12th, 2019)– Light heavyweight contender Joe Smith Jr., who hits hard and mean, who knocked Bernard ‘B-Hop’ Hopkins clear out of the ring in the eighth round in […]
Meet Corey Lopez, Rising Pennsylvania Lightweight Prospect By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent He hails from Altoona, Pennsylvania. At 1-0, rising lightweight prospect Corey Lopez is not your ordinary rising lightweight prospect. At age 28, Lopez is turning pro with hopes of becoming a future world champion a little late. In […]
Boxing Trainer Alan Blyweiss Collapses at Pro-Am Event, Now Recovering By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent My friend, veteran boxer and amateur boxing trainer Alan Blyweiss, after posing for this picture, collapsed later in the evening due to dehydration at the seven bout Pro-Am boxing event at the Eagles Club in Lebanon, […]
Ex-Cruiserweight Champ Carlos De Leon Dies of A Heart Attack on New Year’s Day at 60 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former World Boxing Council World Cruiserweight champion Carlos ‘Sugar’ De Leon, who held the WBC world cruiserweight championship on four different occasions, most times of any fighter in […]
Wife of Leon Spinks Says He is Home From Hospital After Prostate Treatment By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent According to Brenda Spinks, wife of former World Heavyweight champion ‘Neon’ Leon Spinks, her husband, age 66, is current battling prostate cancer which has spread to his bladder. “It’s going to […]
New Year’s Blast! LWSC Promotions Pro-Am Lebanon Pa Boxing Card Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Lebanon, PA (January 3, 2020)– Promoter Julio Alvarez, NBC and LWSC Promotions and matchmaker Mike Melendez will present an exciting eight-bout card of amateur and professional boxing entitled New Year’s Blast at the Fraternal Order […]
Cooper Ices Michaud with Liver Shot, Six PFL Champions Earn Millions at the Garden By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media MMA Correspondent New York, NY (January 1, 2020)– Iron Mike Tyson presented the championship belts inside the cage as six new Professional Fighter’s League second season world champions were crowned at Hulu Theater at […]
Manchester March Matchroom Madness: Chisora vs. Usyk on Eddie Hearn’s 2020 Table By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom boxing has now proposed ex-World Cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk fight heavyweight contender Dereck Chisora on March 7, 2020, in Manchester Arena, United Kingdom. The southpaw Usyk, 17-0 with 13 knockouts, Kiev, […]
WBC Light Flyweight Champion Ken Shiro, The Amazing Boy of Japan By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent He is undefeated, and consider to be the best fighter in the world in his weight class. World Boxing Council World Light Flyweight champion Ken Shiro (Kenshiro Tiraki), nicknamed ‘The Amazing Boy’, age 27, […]
2016 Olympian Featherweight Muhammad Ali (No Relation) Signs with Queensberry Promotions By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent 2016 Olympian, featherweight Muhammad Ali (no relation to the former World heavyweight champion Muhammad ‘The Greatest’ Ali) has signed a professional contract with Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions. Muhammad Ali ‘the younger’ won the silver medal […]
Flyweight Champion Mthalane Sends Third Consecutive Japanese Contender To Cleaners By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent International Boxing Federation World Flyweight champion Moruti ‘Baby Face’ Mthulane, in retaining his world title, has set a new professional record for world champions, by defeating his third consecutive Japanese challenger on December 23, 2019, with […]
Christmas Tragedy: Cuban Cruiserweight Yendris Valdez Shot to Death in Miami By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Miami, FL (December 26th, 2019)– Ten bout cruiserweight veteran Yendris ‘El Veloz’ Rodriguez Valdez, age 30, a native of Havana, Cuba now fighting out of Miami, Florida, was shot to death after an argument at […]
Bruce Lee’s Daughter Shannon Sues Kungfu Restaurant Chain for Illegal Use of His Image By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Los Angeles, CA (December 26th, 2019)– Shannon Lee, the daughter of the late martial artist and international acting superstar Bruce Lee, is suing Guangzhou restaurant chain Kungfu Catering Management, also known […]
Thabiso Mchunu Wins WBC Silver Title and Retires Ex-Champ Denis Lebedev By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent South African and African Boxing Union Cruiserweight champion Thabiso Mchunu won the vacant World Boxing Council Silver Cruiserweight title with an upset unanimous decision on December 21, 2019, at the Ivan Yarygin Sports Palace in […]
Hooker Stops Late Sub Perez, Jacobs Stops Overweight Chavez on DAZN By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Phoenix, Arizona(December 21, 2019)– Former World Boxing Organization World Super Lightweight champion Maurice Hooker, returning at welterweight five months after losing his title in a unification bout to WBC World champion Jose Carlos […]
Five Decade Career of Super Lightweight Champion Saoul Mamby Ends at Age 72 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Brooklyn, NY (December 21, 2019)– The five decades career and boxing life of former world super lightweight champion Saoul Mamby, who was in the gym his entire life long after the spotlight […]
CSAC Denies Logan Paul Appeal Over Two Point Deduction in KSI Bout By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Los Angeles, CA (December 20th, 2019)– The California State Athletic Commission has denied the appeal of social media star Logan Paul’s two-point deduction in the fourth round of his split decision loss […]
Jeff Horn Saves Career With Punch From The Gods, Defeats Zerafa by Majority Decision By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent South Brisbane, Australia (December 19th, 2019)– A bloody Jeff Horn, bleeding profusely from a horrific cut on the side of the left eye, landed ‘A Punch From The Gods’ which decked […]
DAZN Chavez vs. Jacobs Approved for Dec. 20 as Nevada Judge Lifts Chavez Suspension By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Phoenix, Arizona (December 18th, 2019)– The off again, on again 12 round bout between super middleweights Daniel Jacobs versus Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is now on again, and it is going to […]
Five British Prospects Lose in Saturday Nightmare Golden Contract Tournament By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In a Saturday night nightmare of a boxing card at Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, Essex, East London, United Kingdom on Saturday, December 14, 2019, five of the six top United Kingdom light heavyweight promising prospects […]
Brizel Disagrees Editorial: Russian Boxing Federation Will Boycott 2020 Tokyo Olympics Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent General Secretary Umar Kremlev of The Russian Boxing Federation, in an official statement released this week to Associated Press, stated all Russian amateur boxers will boycott the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games next year. Sec. […]
Ortiz Stops Solomon to Defend WBA Gold Title at Fantasy Springs By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Indio, Ca (December 14th, 2019)– World Boxing Association Gold welterweight titleholder Vergil Ortiz Jr. retained his title in spectacular fashion, dropping Solomon three times en route to a main event fifth-round knockout victory […]
Bob Arum Says It’s A 100 Million Dollar Rematch! Tyson Fury vs. Wilder February 2020 Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Despite taking 47 stitches due to a cut below his right eye incurred during his 12 rounds decision win over Otto Wallin in September 2019 at T-Mobile Arena […]
David Lemieux Taken on 2 Knockdown 10 Round Split Decision Trip to Hell by Bursak By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former middleweight contender and middleweight world title challenger David Lemieux, making a comeback returning to the ring after 14 months of inactivity, got taken on a 10 rounds super […]
Ex-Champ Leon Spinks Battling Pneumonia in Intensive Care, Still Fighting For His Life By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (December 13th, 2019)– Former World Heavyweight champion ‘Neon’ Leon Spinks, 66, who defeated Muhammad Ali to win the lineal world heavyweight championship in 1978, remained hospitalized in Las […]
Update: Ex-Champ Leon Spinks Remains Critical, Fighting For Life in Las Vegas Hospital By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Here is the updated official Statement from the family of former World Heavyweight champion ‘Neon’ Leon Spinks regarding Leon Spinks’ hospitalization in Las Vegas, Nevada, and current medical situation, which remains […]
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