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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Leo Santa Cruz vs. Rafael Rivera Fox Preview & Undercard By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Los Angeles, CA (February 6th, 2018)– It will be anything goes, and sparks will fly, at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, on February 16, 2019, when Leo ‘El Terremoto’ Santa Cruz of Mexico will defend […]
Ringer Ding Ding! UK Boxer Poochi Poetsch Wins Weirdest Fight of the Year So Far By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In the grand tradition of 300 bout perennial loser and ringer Peter Buckley (who won his last bout), British light heavyweight ringer Lewis ‘Poochi’ van Poetsch has fought the Real Combat […]
Sergey ‘Krusher’ Kovalev, Back to Basics with Trainer Buddy McGirt, Regains WBO Title Over Elieder Alvarez By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Frisco, Texas, (February 3, 2018)– Sergey ‘Krusher’ Kovalev regained his World Boxing Organization World Light Heavyweight title with an impressive 12 round decision over Eleider Alvarez in the main event […]
Saul Farah, The Fenix Assassin By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent 93 bout Bolivian heavyweight journeyman Saul Farah is known as ‘El Fenix Asesino’. Turning pro in 2004, Farah’s 15-year boxing record is 67 wins, 23 losses, and four draws, with 58 knockouts. He will fight anyone anywhere anyplace anytime at a […]
Carlos Llinas Presents February 8 Night of Knockouts XV Live at Motor City Casino Detroit By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Detroit, Michigan (February 2, 2019)–Carlos Ilinas Productions, matchmaker Aaron Rodriguez and Sound Board at Motor City Casino in Detroit, Michigan, will host an explosive evening of exciting boxing entitled ‘February 8 […]
Revenge or End on ESPN? Killer Kovalev vs. Storm Alvarez WBO Rematch Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Frisco, TX (February 1st, 2019)– Bob Arum’s Top Rank Promotions will present a nine-bout card of professional boxing on ESPN featuring four regional and two world title bouts, on Saturday, February 2, 2019, […]
Wild War! Beware of Cuatito, Davis vs. Ruiz Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Mexico’s former World Boxing Association World Bantamweight champion and World Boxing Council World Super Bantamweight champion Hugo Ruiz, Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, is nicknamed ‘Cuatito’, and has a nearly 80 percent knockout ratio, with 33 knockouts in […]
British Lightweight Dean Jones, Real Combat Media Ringer of the Month By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Unheralded ‘rising’ British lightweight Dean Jones of Telford, Shropshire, United Kingdom, is the Real Combat Media Ringer of the Month. Great Britain’s newest aspiring ringer, Jones turned pro, and went 0-10 in 2018, then pulled […]
Lopez Takes WBA Champ Thurman to 12 Rounds of Hell. Saturday’s Major Fight Results. By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Brooklyn, NY(January 27th, 2019)– Forget the scorecards at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman retained his World Boxing Council World Welterweight title after going through 12 rounds of […]
Mexico’s El Demoledor Scores Real Combat Media Upset of the Month By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Miami Diaro New York, NY (January 24th, 2018)– Mexican super lightweight Pablo Cesar ‘El Demoledor’ Cano scored the Real Combat Media upset of the month of January 2019 when knocked down durable Jorge […]
Hands of Stone! An Unlucky Boxer Named Tyrone Luckey By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Of all the boxers covered during this reporter’s sports journalism career, New Jersey lightweight Tyrone ‘Hands of Stone’ Luckey, who shares Roberto Duran’s nickname, is the unluckiest boxer ever known. Soft-spoken and well-mannered, Luckey comes across as […]
The Game of Pac-Man. Broner Cries Foul & Jack Loses to Browne By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (January 20th, 2019)– In the arcade game of Pac-Man, Inky, Blinky and Clyde are the male characters who will give you a run for your money. Adrien Broner still talks the talk, […]
Ahmed Elbiali Defeats Allan Green in LA Los Angeles, CA (January 20th, 2019)– Allan Green, 33-6 with 22 knockouts, Tulsa, Oklahoma, who turned pro in 2002, was inactive between October 2013 and January 2018. Ring rust, advanced age and inactivity have a dramatic effect on speed and timing, and Green’s onetime talent was no exception. […]
Saturday Super Showdown: Pacman vs. Broner, The Moses of The Welterweight Division By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (January 18th, 2019)– Saturday night’s super showdown on January 19, 2019, between Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao and the ever controversial Adrien Broner might turn out to be the fight of the year […]
Pacquiao vs. Broner Super Fight Analysis: The Old Man and The Sea By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (January 14th, 2019)– Manny Pacquiao versus Adrien Broner, scheduled for January 19, 2019, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, is the first super fight of 2019, following Tyson Fury […]
Devin ‘The Dream’ Haney Decisions Undefeated Xolisani Ndongeni on ShoBox: The Next Generation By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Shreveport, Louisiana (January 12th, 2019)– In the televised ShoBox: The Next Generation main event of an eight-bout card televised on USA Showtime, 21-0 Devin ‘The Dream’ Haney moved a step closer to a world […]
Unreal True Story! The Boxing Trainer Who Walked Out of His Own Grave By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Ramon Sosa & Daily Mail Houston, Texas welterweight boxer turned gym owner and boxing coach Ramon Sosa is lucky to be alive. He walked out of his own grave. Mr. Sosa’s […]
Real Combat Media’s Most Significant Fights in 2018 as Seen by Robert Brizel By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Welcome to the 2018 Real Combat Media Boxing Awards. In pro boxing, there are winners, losers and everything in between. 2018 brought many memorable fights. For this writer, seeing Gennady Golovkin beaten on […]
15 Heavyweight Opponents For A Travis Kauffman Comeback Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media With his recent tenth round stoppage loss to Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz, Pennsylvania heavyweight contender Travis Kauffman, 32-3, 18 knockouts, Reading, Pennsylvania, now training in Texas without distraction, needs to […]
Jamaican Heavyweight Oliver Wright Dies, Fought Holmes, Bonavena and The Best By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Boxer Rec Atlanta, Georgia (December 30th, 2018)– Jamaican heavyweight Oliver Wright, who fought in the 1968 Mexico City and 1972 Munich Olympics, but later became more historically famous in the heavyweight division […]
Al Certo, Trainer of Hamsho, McGirt, and Others, Dies at 90 *Photo Credit: ‘Professor DP’ By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Newark, NJ (December 28th, 2018)– Secaucus, New Jersey, was the place where you would find Certo’s Custom Tailors, and talk boxing anytime you liked with the legendary Al ‘Certisimo’ Certo, a […]
Tony Harrison Wins WBC Title Over Jermell Charlo, Whyte Scores KO, Stevenson Awakes, RCM Weekend Roundup By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Brooklyn, NY (December 23, 2018)– The weekend roundup featured the Charlo brothers defending their world titles on the 10 bout Premier Boxing Champions […]
Canelo Outclasses Fielding, Whose Performance Was Rocky at Best By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Video Credit: Eliezer Garcia, Real Combat Media- Ringside New York, NY (December 16th, 2018)– Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, pound for pound of the world’s best boxers, and the pride of Mexico, added the World Boxing Association World Super […]
GILBERTO RAMIREZ DEFEATED JESSE HART AGAIN TO RETAIN WBO TITLE By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Corpus Christi, Texas (December 15th, 2018)– By all ESPN commentator accounts, the rematch for the World Boxing Organization World Super Middleweight title was there for Jesse Hart to win. After an eleventh round in which […]
Boxing World Says Goodbye to Boom Boom Markus Beyer and David Defiagbon By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Two known veteran boxers have passed, one of them a distinguished world champion. Breman, Germany (December 6th, 2018)–Former World Boxing Council Super Middleweight champion Markus ‘Boom Boom’ Beyer, 45, hailed from Bremen, Germany, and […]
Adonis Stevenson Upgraded to Stable Condition and is Recovering By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Quebec City, Canada (December 3rd, 2018)– The condition of former World Boxing Council and lineal World Light Heavyweight champion Adonis ‘Superman’ Stevenson, in a medically induced coma in critical condition since his eleventh round knockout loss to […]
Tyson Fury Went Down in Twelfth Round Against Deontay Wilder Wilder. How The Hell Did He Get Up? *Photo Credit: Sportskeeda By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Robert Brizel Predicts a Draw For Wilder vs. Fury The fact that Tyson Fury appeared to win his World Boxing Council World Heavyweight title challenge […]
Jeff Horn Kayos Anthony Mundine in 96 Seconds and Ends His Career By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo courtesy ABC.net.au Brisbane, Australia (December 1st, 2018)– With the WBA Oceania and WBO Oriental Middleweight regional title belts at stake, Jeff Horn knocked out Anthony Mundine in 96 seconds and ended his career last […]
Why MMA Legend Iceman Chuck Liddell Should Never Be Allowed To Fight Again Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Mixed Martial Artist Chuck Liddell, who is 48 years old, is a former UFC Light Heavyweight champion. Why, after being out of the MMA ring for over eight years, would Liddell […]
Can Travis Kauffman Beat Luis King Kong Ortiz? Staples Center Showtime Card Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Los Angeles, CA (November 29th, 2018)– An eleven bout USA Showtime televised card of boxing will be featured at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, on Saturday, December 1, 2018. Will it […]
Harry Simon Sr. and Harry Simon Jr. Make Ring History in Namibia *Photo Credit: New Era Newspaper Namibia By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Walvis Bay, Namibia (November 28th, 2018)– Former World Boxing Organization World Junior Middleweight and Middleweight champion Harry Simon is back at age 44. Making only his second ring […]
Three Best WBC Diamond Heavyweight Elite Dream Fights for Marco Huck Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former WBO and IBO World Cruiserweight champion Marco Huck, sometimes called ‘Captain Huck’, is 34 years old and is now campaigning at heavyweight. This past June 2018, Huck stopped (40-4) Yakup Saglam in the […]
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