Joshua Pacio retained the ONE Strawweight MMA World Title with a first-round submission of Mansur Malachiev at The Inner Circle 21, while Shozo Isojima stopped Eduard Folayang in the co-main event. Full results and video highlights inside.
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Found! Former Olympic Gold Medalist and WBA Champion Mark Breland is Located at a New Jersey Care Facility By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former Golden Gloves champion, 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist and World Boxing Association World Welterweight champion Mark Breland, 63, who had been missing since October 2025, has been located […]
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Granit Stein Retires Felix Sturm by 10 Round Split Decision in Stuttgart By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Stuttgart, Germany (June 13th, 2026)– Announcing his retirement, the 25-year career of former world champion Felix Sturm ended in a sour farewell at Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, on July 11, 2026. Sturm, age […]
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Murat Gassiev retains his WBA heavyweight title, stopping late replacement Peter Kadiru in Round 6 at VTB Arena in Moscow. Full results, round-by-round breakdown, and video highlights from Gassiev-Kadiru.
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UFC 329 Results: Max Holloway TKOs Conor McGregor in Round 1 after a knee injury cuts short McGregor's five-year comeback. Paddy Pimblett and King Green earn Performance of the Night, Royval-Kavanagh takes Fight of the Night.
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Toe to Toe Boxing and Jaafar Promotions Comes to Dearborn By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Dearborn, Michigan (September 30th, 2016)– On Sunday, October 30, 2016, Eddie Jaafar Promotions will bring an exciting boxing card called Toe To Toe Boxing at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn, Michigan. […]
Unraveling Dr. Wladimir Klitschko, Tyson Fury, and the Heavyweight Division By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent After postponing his rematch with Dr. Wladimir Klitschko for undetermined health reasons, Tyson Fury’s World Boxing Association and World Boxing Organization world heavyweight titles are in danger of being stripped, and Tyson Fury is […]
Mike Tyson and Deontay Wilder: A Comparison at 37-0 Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent While Iron Mike Tyson carries on today with his one man show in Las Vegas, the memory of Tyson the boxer is slowly but surely fading into oblivion in the millennial generation. With four […]
Muhammad Ali versus Wilt Chamberlain Declined: A Ridiculous Concept By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Muhammad Ali, back in the day, engaged in some loco boxing exhibitions which are best forgotten. Ali versus hockey player Dave Semenko. Ali versus football player Lyle Alzado. Ali versus wrestler Rocky Inoki. Ali versus Rocky Marciano […]
Dusty Harrison and Ray Edwards Win Big at 2300 Arena on CBS By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent-Ringside *Photos Copyright Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Philadelphia, PA (September 16th, 2016)– Washington D.C. welterweight Dusty Harrison is undefeated in his first 31 pro bouts, and for good reason. He fights like a pit […]
Vinny LaManna Interview: Son Fighting on CBS Tonight, USBA Bout Moved to Philly By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In a Real Combat Media interview exclusive, promoter Vinny Lamanna of Rising Promotions told why he believed his son Thomas ‘Cornflake’ LaManna, 21-1 with nine knockouts, Millville, New Jersey, will beat Dusty […]
Can Thomas LaManna Can Succeed at Welterweight? 2300 Arena Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Philadelphia, PA (September 13th, 2016)– Thomas ‘Cornflake’ LaManna, from the start of his career, has remained somewhat of an unpredictable mystery. His physique resembled a cornflake. LaManna proved to be a very proficient boxer from […]
A Critical Analysis of Daniel Jacobs Performance versus Sergio Mora By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent At age 29, Daniel Jacobs has realized a whole different level of fight ability. He is in a class with Gennady Golovkin, Saul Alvarez, Andre Ward, and Saul Alvarez, a complete notch above the […]
Robert Easter Jr. and Richard Commey in PBC Fight of The Year! Jacobs Wins Rematch By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media- Ringside Reading, PA (September 11th, 2016)– Spike, Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions and Marshall Kauffman’s King’s Promotions surpassed the competition Friday night, […]
Happy Birthday Earnie Shavers! By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent On August 31, 2016, heavyweight knockout artist Earnie Shavers turned 71 years old. Shavers is a great survivor, whose career went up and down over the years. One view has it when he got the big opportunities and did not […]
Julian J Rock Williams Interview: Ready To Be World Champion By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In a Real Combat Media international interview exclusive, Julian ‘J Rock’ Williams of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 21-0-1 with 14 knockouts, the world ranked junior middleweight contender who some say is the best fighter ever at […]
Super Middleweight Dennis Sharpe, The Bayonne Ringer! Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent We have all heard of heavyweight Chuck Wepner, The Bayonne Bleeder, who made it into the 15th round with Muhammad Ali, and was the inspiration for the Rocky movies. Chances are you have never heard […]
Whatever Happened to Gus Ruhlin? The Akron Giant Rediscovered A Century Later By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Gus Ruhlin was a heavyweight contender best known over a century ago for the popular Brooklyn café he and his wife ran frequented by present and past fighters. Of his 43 professional […]
Jarrell Big Baby Miller Stops Kassi on ShoBox, Retains WBO NABO Title By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In them main event of a nine bout card at Rhinos Stadium in Rochester, New York, televised on ShowBox, on August 19, 2016, Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller retained the WBO NABO Heavyweight title […]
Plant a Super Middleweight Seed, Premier Boxing Champions Sands Bethlehem Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (August 23, 2016)– Marshall Kauffman’s King’s Promotions, Premier Boxing Champions, USA Fox Sports and Fox Deportes will present an eight bout card of boxing at Sands Events Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, […]
Heather Hardy Defeats Shelly Vincent for WBC Title, Spence Kayos Aging Bundu By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: John Gatling Coney Island, NY (August 22, 2016)– In two featured televised bouts on NBC Sports Network broadcast from Ford Amphitheatre on the Coney Island Boardwalk in Brooklyn, New York, promoted by […]
Errol Spence Shall Rule Bundu! Premier Boxing Champions Coney Island Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Coney Island, NY (August 21, 2016)– DiBella Entertainment, NBC Sports Network, Premier Boxing champions and Ford Amphitheatre at Coney Island Boardwalk, Brooklyn, New York, will present an exciting seven bout card of men’s […]
Whatever Happened to Ken Norton? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In 1977, Ken Norton was the only heavyweight to be awarded the world heavyweight title, after winning a split decision 15 in a WBC eliminator bout, when he received the World Boxing Council World Heavyweight title in 1978 after […]
Where’s Ringo? Unraveling The Oscar Bonavena Mustang Ranch Mystery By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The iconic image of Muhammad Ali standing over Oscar Bonavena at Madison Square Garden after knocking him down three times in the 15th round remains a classic. Back then, it remained hard to believe any […]
Wanted: Dead or Alive. Sweet Jimmy Robinson, Boxing Mystery Man By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing correspondent ‘Sweet Jimmy’ Robinson is boxing’s heavyweight mystery man. Born in either 1924 or 1925, his whereabouts are forever unknown making him boxing’s mystery man. If Robinson is still alive somewhere, he would be 91 […]
Whatever Happened to Cleveland Big Cat Williams, Who Fought Ali in 1966? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Between December 1951 and October 1972, Cleveland ‘Big Cat’ Williams was one of the most respected heavyweight boxers in the name game. His professional record was 78-13-1 with 58 knockouts, a respectable […]
Victor Pappa, The Fighting Greek, Dies at Age 59 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Victor Pappa, the popular Pennsylvania super welterweight contender known as ‘The Fighting Greek’, died at age 59 on August 12, 2016, in his native Upper Darby, Pennsylvannia. Pappa fought all but one of his bouts […]
George Chuvalo to Malcolm X to Muhammad Ali Connection: Dark Side of the Moon By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s George Chuvalo on Sonny Liston taking a dive On May 25, 1965, in Lewiston, Maine, Charles ‘Sonny’ Liston took a dive in the first round of his rematch […]
Barry McGuigan Interview: The Clones Cyclone Invites Real Combat Media to Belfast for Frampton vs Santa Cruz Rematch and a Cold Guinness Brew By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Part II: In an Real Combat Media international interview exclusive at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, last week, former World Boxing […]
True Ending of Alexis Arguello, and Why: What Happened? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent It has been seven years since Alexis Arguello, the legendary three division champion and mayor of Managua, Nicaragua, was found dead in his home on July 1, 2009. Speculation persists as to whether Arguello was […]
Carl Frampton Interview: Santa Cruz Can Come to Belfast By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In a Real Combat Media international interview exclusive, World Boxing Association Super World Featherweight champion Carl ‘The Jackal’ Frampton, after his win over Leo Santa Cruz at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, spoke on […]
Fight of the Night! Brunson Kayos Garcia in Four Round Four Knockdown Slugfest By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Philadelphia, PA (August 7th, 2016)– Remember when Tyrone ‘Young Gun’ Brunson set the middleweight division on fire with 20 consecutive first round knockouts between 2005 and […]
David Benavidez Shines at Age 19, Stops Douglin in Tenth Round on ESPN By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent- Ringside Philadelphia, PA (August 6th, 2016)– Super middleweight David ‘El Bandera Roja’ Benavidez, the 19 year old brother of Jose Benavidez, went into the tenth round for the first time in his […]
Click HERE for PDF Version Click HERE for Photos Credit: Premier Boxing Champions/Ryan Hafey El Charro and Benevidez Will Rule, 2300 Arena Philly Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (August 5th, 2016)– Marshall Kauffman’s King’s Promotions, Tom Brown’s TGB Promotions, USA ESPN, Corona Extra, and Premier Boxing Champions will […]
Strange Boxing News: Ex-Heavyweight Champ Martin Shot, Olympic Boxer Busted, Ndou Arrested, and More By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Here are some of the weird and strange boxing stories of the week. Former heavyweight champion Charles Martin is in the hospital after getting shot in the forearm in […]
Bankrupt Taj Mahal Casino to Close in Atlantic City. Vinny LaManna Interview on Rising Promotions LaManna-Harrison Card By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Between 1990 and 2016, a magical 29 memorable pro boxing events have been held at The Taj Mahal Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Unfortunately, […]
VINCENT BOULWARE DIES AT 53 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (August 1, 2016)– Former world cruiserweight champion Vincent Boulware, the fighter as known as the ‘Harrisburg Hitman’, passed away in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, at the Spring Creek Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, on July 29, 2016 at age […]
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