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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Light Heavyweight Champ Dawid ‘Gypsy’ Kostecki Dies in a Warsaw Prison at 38 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Warsaw, Poland (August 3rd, 2019)– Former IBC and WBF World Light Heavyweight champion Dawid ‘Gypsy’ Kostecki of Poland was found dead at age 38 after taking his own life in the Warsaw Prison […]
Goodbye Dinamita: Argentine Lightweight Hugo Santillan Dies at 23 After WBC Bout By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Argentine super lightweight veteran Hugo ‘Dinamita’ Santillan has died at age 23 on July 25, 2019, after collapsing following his round draw for the World Boxing Council Silver Latino Lightweight title against Uruguayan fighter […]
Michigan MMA Upset of Year! Usama Rahman Chokes Out Justin Street in Detroit By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Detroit, Michigan (July 27th, 2019)– In a shocking major upset on the Carlos Llinas Sound Board MotorCity Casino Detroit, Michigan 13 bout professional and amateur MMA card on Friday night, July 26, 2019, […]
Fights We Cannot Imagine Ever Taking Place By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Number One: Floyd Patterson versus Rocky Marciano, George Foreman or Joe Frazier If instead of rematching Ali, Patterson instead fought Big George Foreman in an attempt to regain the world heavyweight title, it would have ended as quick as […]
Historical Look Back – Michael Spinks vs. David Sears Light Heavyweight Title Battle By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Not just a reporter, this reporter enjoys a marvelous collection of old VHS VCR videotapes, which I enjoy and relax to watching each evening before sleep. Within my collection, last night, I found […]
In Memoriam: Russian Junior Welterweight Maxim Dadashev Dies at 28 From Brain Injury By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Oxen, Hill, MD (July 24th, 2019)– Previously undefeated Russian junior welterweight prospect Maxim Dadashev, who fell unconscious outside the ring following his loss to 14-0 opponent Subriel Matias of Fajardo, Puerto Rico, after […]
Nightmare! Justin Street Featured on Carlos Llinas Motorcity Casino MMA Card By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Detroit, Michigan (July 23, 2019)– Carlos Llinas CLIP International Productions will present MotorCity Cage Fights VI at Sound Board MotorCity Casino in Detroit, Michigan, on Friday, July 26, 2019, featuring an exciting evening of three […]
Pacquiao Split Decisions Thurman, Becomes Oldest Welterweight Champion in History By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas (July 21, 2019)– In the main event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday evening, July 20, 2019, Manny Pacquiao made boxing history. “I was blessed tonight,” noted Manny […]
One Time Showdown! Thurman’s Redemption, or PacMan’s Magic Moment? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (July 20th, 2019)– Tom Brown’s TGB Promotions, Manny Pacquiao’s MP Promotions, USA Fox PPV, and Panama Telemetro Channel 13 present an exciting nine bout card of professional boxing action at MGM Grand […]
Bahamas Tureano Johnson Upsets Jason Quigley, Wins NABF Middleweight Title By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Indio, CA (July 19th, 2019)– Unheralded Tureano Johnson of The Bahamas, 21-2-1 with 15 knockouts, scored an unexpected upset stoppage of 16-0 Jason Quigley of Laghy, Ireland, to win the North American Boxing Federation Middleweight title […]
Adonis Stevenson Interview Caps A Great Comeback From Injury in Boxing By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Impossible! What an interview in French! Overall, what a magnificent comeback and triumph of the human spirit against all odds! Only legendary World Boxing Council World Light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson could come back from […]
50 Gunshots To Redemption: Boxer Paul Kroll Philadelphia Story By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Darryl Cobb Jr. Rising welterweight and super welterweight prospect Paul Kroll of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, age 24, is 4-0 with four knockouts. On August 10, 2019, Kroll will face his first six-round ‘test’ against 2-0 prospect […]
Brizel Editorial: Dangers of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Boxing By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The dangers of alcohol and drug abuse, especially cocaine, can affect athletes in boxing, as well as all sports, who fall prey to addiction. The late Pernell Whitaker and the late Rocky Lockridge were known to […]
The Difficult Road of Antonio DeMarco Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In losing five of his last seven bouts by decision, plus getting stopped twice by the late Edwin Valero and Adrien Broner in world title bouts, Antonio DeMarco has not beaten the odds against big promoters in big money […]
Gerald Washington KOs Robert Helenius in Minnesota – Video Highlights By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Minneapolis, Minnesota (July 15th, 2019)– For eight rounds on Saturday, July 13, 2019, at the Minneapolis Armory, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, heavyweights Gerald Washington and Robert Helenius stood in front of each other jabbing in slow motion. […]
Pernell ‘Sweet Pea’ Whitaker Crossing A Virginia Beach Street Norfolk native and 1985 Olympic boxing gold medalist Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker was hit and killed at a busy and dangerous Virginia Beach, Virginia traffic intersection, according to what police told ABC local television channel 13News Now. The accident happened just after 10 p.m. on Sunday […]
British Heavyweight Action! Dubois Kayos Gorman, Joyce Decisions Jennings By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Greenwich, UK (13th of July, 2019)–Both former world heavyweight champion David Haye and promoter Frank Warren felt Daniel ‘Dynamite’ Dubois was fantastic in the main event at 02 Arena in Greenwich, United Kingdom, on Saturday evening, July […]
Ryota Murata Upsets Brant in Rematch, Regains WBA Middleweight Title in Osaka By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Mikey Williams, Top Rank Osaka, Japan (July 13th, 2019)– A rematch is an unlikely scenario to regain a world title in boxing, and usually serves as a miserable excuse to sell tickets. […]
Shoulder Injury Ends Ex-Champ Samuel Peter’s Career in Saudi Arabia By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Dave Pinegar, Sun.co.uk King Abdullah Sports City, Saudi Arabia (July 13th, 2019)– In a bout marred by Peter fouling by swinging wildly, hitting behind the head and below the belt, Peter, now 38-8 with […]
No Respect! 1-6 Super Middleweight Jermaine Corley Outpoints Roberto Duran Jr. By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Unheralded 1-6 super middleweight Jermaine Corley of Concord, North Carolina, has scored a minor upset and played the role of spoiler. In The grand tradition of cartoon character Wile E. Coyote, at Resorts World Casino […]
Kelly Pavlik vs. Paul Williams Mystery Middleweight Fight That Never Was *Photo Credit: Joe Makse, Plain Dealer Reporter Photo By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Rare is the old pugilistic photograph which will inspire intense thought and creative analysis for advanced interpretation. However, such was the case recently when this reporter came […]
Cleveland Boxer Raul Torres is Convicted of Drug Money Laundering & Rooster Cockfighting *Photo Credit: Boxingscene.com By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Cleveland, OH (July 7th, 2019)– Cleveland, Ohio’s colorful junior welterweight Raul Torres, 56, who runs a boxing gym on West 32nd Street in Cleveland, has been convicted of drug money […]
Fall and Rise of Erickson ‘Hammer’ Lubin Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent 21-1 super welterweight southpaw Erickson Lubin of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has one loss to his name, a first-round TKO loss to Jermell Charlo in a World Boxing Council World Super Welterweight title bout in October 2017 at Barclays […]
Andrade vs. Canelo Next on the Radar? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Southpaw 28-0 World Boxing Organization World Middleweight champion Demetrius ‘Boo-Boo’ Andrade, by virtue of winning his sixth consecutive world title fight this past weekend, a 12 round unanimous decision over 28-1 challenger Maciej Sulecki in his hometownProvidence, Rhode Island, […]
Hart to Heart: What’s Next For Hard Working Jesse Hart at 175 Pounds? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Super middleweight contender turned light heavyweight contender 26-2 Jesse ‘Hard Work’ Hart of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has transitioned from 168 to 175 pounds with his recent 10 round unanimous decision win over perennial Cuban […]
CAN MANNY PACQUIAO DEFEAT KEITH THURMAN? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent It will be welterweight champion versus welterweight champion on Saturday night, July 20, 2019, when Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao faces Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman for the bragging rights of the welterweight division. The winner might get to fight Errol Spence Jr., […]
Heavyweight Joey Dawejko’s Last Shot Opportunity Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Once upon a time, Greg Page was rumored to have decked Mike Tyson in sparring practice. More recently, Anthony Joshua was rumored to have been decked by sparring partner Joey Dawejko in […]
Comeback Struggle of El Chacal, Guillermo Rigondeaux By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent At age 38, Cuban super bantamweight southpaw Guillermo ‘El Chacal’ Rigondeaux (The Jackal) was lucky to stop opponent Julio Ceja at 2:59 of the eighth round in a World Boxing Council elimination bout at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino […]
The Politics of Steve USS Cunningham Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham may be in the gym, training, and also training young up and coming fighters. Steve Cunningham, the former world cruiserweight champion, might like to have one or two more fights. Like Randall Bailey, the politics of […]
Joshua, Never Underestimate Your Opponent, Ringside Lessons of a Lifetime Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent When ‘The Bayonne Bleeder’, bar-room brawler and liquor salesman Chuck Wepner, decked Muhammad Ali in the ninth round of their March 1975 World Heavyweight title bout in Richfield Coliseum in Richfield, Ohio, the boxing establishment, […]
Las Vegas Destruction! Tyson Fury Utter Destroys Tom Schwarz in Two By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (June 16th, 2019)–Undefeated 6’9” linear World Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is the complete package. At the MGM Grand’s Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the main event on Saturday evening, […]
ZAB JUDAH RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL AFTER A BRAIN BLEED By Robert Brizel, head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Las Vegas, NV (June 11th, 2019)– Referee Charlie Fitch got it right Friday night, June 7, 2019, in the welterweight main event at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New […]
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