Belgrade, Serbia, (August 1st, 2026)– The UFC touches down in Serbia for the first time in company history on Saturday, and it’s fitting that a hometown fighter gets to headline it. Uros Medic, a 33-year-old finisher with a perfect 100 percent stoppage rate across 13 pro wins, main-events in his own backyard against Daniel Rodriguez, […]
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GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS AND VERGIL ORTIZ JR. REACH SETTLEMENT, FOCUS ON BIGGEST FIGHTS AHEAD LOS ANGELES (July 17, 2026) — Golden Boy Promotions, Vergil Ortiz Jr., and Ortiz’s manager, Rick Mirigian, announced today that they have reached an amicable settlement resolving all outstanding disputes. The agreement concludes the pending litigation and reaffirms the parties’ shared […]
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RISING STARS & TOP CONTENDERS ENTER THE RING FOR EXPLOSIVE ROLLY VS. TEOFIMO PPV UNDERCARD MATCHUPS SATURDAY, AUGUST 22 Middleweight Star Yoenli Hernandez Duels Veteran Argentine Contender Francisco Daniel Veron in Co-Main Event of PBC Pay-Per-View Event Available on DAZN and Prime Video from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Plus! Interim WBA Super Bantamweight Champion […]
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COMPLETE PFL NEW YORK PRESENTED BY ARKHAM WEIGH-IN RESULTS & PHOTOS PFL Lightweight Champion Usman Nurmagomedov and undefeated challenger Archie Colgan make the main event official as both make the 155.0 lbs weight limit The co-main event is also locked as undefeated Dakota Ditcheva and the always dangerous Denise Kielholtz weigh in at 125.8 lbs and 121.8 […]
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SKYE NICOLSON TO DEFEND WORLD TITLE AGAINST MIYO YOSHIDA ON AUG 29 IN BIRMINGHAM AS MATCHROOM AND MVP ANNOUNCE ALLIANCE Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions have entered into a landmark, long-term strategic alliance today focused on accelerating the growth of women’s boxing. The partnership brings together MVP’s industry-leading platform for women’s boxing and […]
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Raging Bull Jake LaMotta versus Sugar Ray Robinson Rivalry, When Boxing Was Great By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent “The three toughest fighters I ever fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Sugar Ray Robinson. I fought Sugar Ray Robinson so many times, I’m surprised I’m not diabetic.” The flamboyant […]
Who Won? GGG and Canelo Fight To A Draw in the Drama Show By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (September 17th, 2017)– “Rematch! I want to fight!” Said Gennady Golovkin. “I won seven or eight rounds!” Saul Alvarez. After the first three rounds, where Canelo was the aggressor, […]
Mexican Hero Ultimio Sugar Ramos, WBA and WBC Featherweight Champion, Dies at 75 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Mexico City, Mexico (September 6th, 2017)– Ultimio Sugar Ramos, who fled Cuba after Fidel Castro took power, and became a Mexican hero and world featherweight champion, has passed away in Mexico […]
Kermit Cintron Interview: Accepts George Sosa WBO Super Welterweight Belt Challenge By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In a Real Combat Media International interview exclusive, former world welterweight champion Kermit Cintron, training for a comeback bout at 154 pounds, has accepted a WBO challenge from Pennsylvania matchmaker Mike Melendez and […]
Travis Kauffman and Charles Martin: Most Underestimated Heavyweights Today Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent 6’5” American southpaw heavyweight Charles Martin did not have a good day when Anthony Joshua knocked him out and took his IBF World Heavyweight title in 2016. Martin has recorded two wins since then […]
Floyd Defeats McGregor on The Stamina Element: A What Happened and Why By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (August 27th, 2017)– In Mixed Martial Arts, five MMA rounds of five minutes’ duration in top flight professional matches equals 25 minutes. In professional boxing, 12 championship rounds of three […]
Heavyweight Ike Ibeabuchi: The Top Secret RCM Interview Files Part III Nevada Courts By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent PART 1 PART 2 In our secret telephone conversations, Ike ‘The President’ Ibeabuchi, age 43, released from incarceration after 17 years, including the year spent in immigration limbo, went into great depth […]
Anthony Joshua vs the World: If Wladimir Won’t Fight, Pulev, Povetkin, Ortiz, and Others Will By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Here ye, here ye. Dr. Wladimir Klitschko has retired, and will not be exercising the mandatory rematch clause option in his contract to fight Anthony Joshua for a share of the […]
Heavyweight Ike Ibeabuchi: The Top Secret Interview Files Part II. The Beginning By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent PART 1 On April 7, 2016, at 9:43 A.M., less than six months after his conditional release by USICS in November 2015, former heavyweight contender Ike Ibeabuchi, hoping for a comeback, was arrested by […]
Mikey Garcia vs. Terence Crawford Could Be, But For Heavyweights Jarrell Miller & Luis Ortiz It’s Wait and See By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Teddy Atlas had a birthday. Mikey Garcia won a lopsided junior welterweight 12 round decision over Adrien Broner this past weekend and set himself for a […]
Heavyweight Ike Ibeabuchi: The Top Secret Interview Files Part I. Introduction By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In the Spring of 2016, Ike Ibeabuchi was released unconditionally from a Nevada State prison. Where was he? Ibeabuchi’s Nigerian relatives contacted Real Combat Media sports reporter Robert Brizel on Facebook to try to find […]
Jermain Taylor in Review: Ex-Middleweight Champion Who Thinks He’s Dracula By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Heavyweight Iron Mike Tyson and Middleweight Jermain Taylor are former world boxing champions who stand alone in unique category. Both are both respected for boxing ability, and infamous for biting someone. Record keep among […]
Golden Gloves Champion Trevis Hall AKA Black Mama is Convicted By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (July 23rd, 2017)– Trevis Hall, a Guyana boxer fighting out of Queens, New York known the ‘Black Mama’, the 2009 New York City Bantamweight Golden Gloves champion, who was a New […]
Super Bantamweight Danger! Here Comes Oscar’s Cousin Diego ‘Golden Kid’ De La Hoya By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent At age 22, and 19-0, Oscar De La Hoya’s cousin, ‘The Golden Kid’ Diego De La Hoya, has rapidly risen to number 14 in the world rankings. A native of Mexicali, […]
JEFF HORN UPSETS MANNY PACQUIAO TO WIN WBO TITLE Australian Fighters Get Every Decision, Pacquiao Out punches Horn 182-92, Loses By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Brisbane, Australia (July 2, 2017)– The only way to win in Australia is generally to knock out your outback opponent and keep or retain your title. Fighters […]
Brunson Comes Off Deck Twice in Fourth To Kayo Cintron in Comeback Thriller By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Philadelphia, PA (June 26th, 2017)– Tyrone ‘One Round’ Brunson, 25, 6-2 with 23 knockouts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, started his career with 19 consecutive knockouts. At age 32, run, with a 76 ½ inch […]
Odds of an Upset: One Round Brunson vs. Cintron Philadelphia Card Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Philadelphia, PA (June 24th, 2017)– In a unique all-Philadelphia matchup main event tonight, June 24, 2017, Saturdsy, at 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Tyrone ‘One Round’ Brunson puts it all on the table […]
Whatever Happened to Timothy Bradley Jr.? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent He reached 31-0 after defeating the likes of Manny Pacquiao, Juan Manuel Marquez, Joel Casamayor, Devon Alexander, Ruslan Provodnikov, Kendall Holt, Lamont Peterson and Luis Carlos Abregu as the WBC and WBO World Welterweight champion. Between 2014 and […]
Rigondeaux-Flores Declared No Decision, Kathy Duva Files NSAC Appeal for Kovalev-Ward By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (June 20th, 2017)– In an ongoing controversy, the Nevada State Athletic Commission has declared a No Decision in Moises Flores versus Guillermo Rigondeaux, enabling Rigondeaux to retain his World Boxing Association […]
When Danger Awaits on HBO: Chucky Flores Building a Nightmare for Rigondeaux Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Victor O. Garcia, Real Combat Media Las Vegas, NV (June 17th, 2017)– At 25-0 with 17 knockouts, Moises ‘Chucky’ Flores, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, could be building a nightmare for Guillermo Rigondeaux […]
A Tribute To Errol Christie, Only British Boxer to Win All Ten Amateur Titles By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Not every boxer wins a world champion. An amateur champion in his own right, Coventry West Midlands Errol Christie had an amateur record of 78-2, and is listed in the […]
Kovalev vs. Ward HBO Card Preview, Stevenson in Light Heavyweight Bermuda Triangle By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (June 6th, 2017)– Sergey Kovalev and Andre Ward will rematch for the World Boxing Association Super, World Boxing Organization and International Boxing Federation World Light Heavyweight titles on June 17, […]
Say A Prayer For Canadian Cruiserweight David Whittom, in a Coma, Critical Condition By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Journeyman Canadian cruiserweight boxer David Whittom remains in critical condition at Saint John’s Hospital in Canada in a medically induced coma, after getting stopped at 2:23 of the tenth round by Gary […]
Truth versus Showtime: Is Errol Spence versus Shawn Porter Next on the IBF Horizon? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent At 22-0, 27-year-old southpaw World Welterweight champion Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence Jr. must now defend his International Boxing Federation title, won this past weekend in England by stopping Kell Brook. While […]
Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, Here Comes Anthony Joshua versus Wladimir Klitschko II By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent With a mandatory rematch clause in effect and the sanctioning bodies making exceptions for their mandatory opponents, Anthony Joshua versus Wladimir Klitschko II is likely coming soon to pay-per-view. Over […]
Enter The Dragon! China’s Strange Heavyweight Dragon King, 17-0 Jun Long Zhang By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent At the ripe young age of 35, Jun Long Zhang, 17-0 with 17 knockouts, Qingdao, China, has won five consecutive World Boxing Association Oceania Heavyweight regional title bouts. The Chinese have been […]
Canelo Outpoints Chavez, Lemieux Outpoints Reyes in Hard Fought HBO Wars By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (May 7th, 2017)– Most experts had predicted Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, David Lemieux, and Lucas Matthysse would all win by knockout or stoppage on HBO at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday evening, […]
Sugar Boy Younan Added to Ward vs. Kovalev 2 HBO Las Vegas Undercard By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Brooklyn, NY (May 6th, 2017)– Wow! Brooklyn light heavyweight prospect sensation Junior ‘Sugar Boy’ Younan has been added to the Andre Ward versus Sergey Kovalev 2 undercard, televised by HBO on June […]
Mexico’s Robin Hood, Lightweight Robinson Castellanos, Upsets Yuriorkis Gamboa By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (May 6th, 2017)– Unheralded Robinson ‘Robin Hood’ Castellanos dropped the heavily favored Yuriorkis Gamboa in rounds three and four, winning by referee’s technical decision after seven rounds after Gamboa gave up on his stool. […]
Canelo Time Tonight vs. Chavez Jr. Full Card Preview. Is GGG Next? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (5/6/17)– Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin are the big money names in the middleweight divisions, with Daniel Jacobs and Billy Joe Saunders following […]
(20-0) Colombian Deiner Berrio Upsets Rustam Nugaev, Wins WBA Title By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Perm, Russia (May 6th, 2017)– 20-0-1 unbeaten but unknown super featherweight Deiner Berrio, in his first bout outside of his native Colombia, and in his first bout at lightweight, scored a ten round upset […]
Let’s Go Champ! Forget Klitschko, How About Joshua vs. Briggs if He Wins on June 3 Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Shannon ‘The Cannon’ Briggs has four things going for him: one, he is a great salesman of boxing publicity in the mold of an outrageous Muhammad Ali; two, […]
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