Press Conference Notes: Jose Ramirez & Seniesa Estrada Ready for Fresno Tripleheader Ramirez-Richard Commey, Estrada-Tina Rupprecht and Antonio Mireles-Patrick Mailata to be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT CLICK HERE for Photos (Courtesy: Mikey Williams/Top Rank via Getty Images) CLICK HERE FOR PRESS CONFERENCE VIDEO (Courtesy: Top Rank) FRESNO, Calif. (March 23, 2023) – Top […]
Read More
UFC on ESPN 43 Betting Odds, Preview, Media Day & Weigh-in Video Main Card at 7 p.m. ET, Prelims at 4 p.m. ET ESPN+ Available on ESPN.com and ESPN App for Mobile and Connected TV Devices To Subscribe Visit ESPNPlus.com/UFC San Antonio, TX (March 25th, 2023)– UFC action continues this weekend with UFC Fight Night Presented by Modelo: Vera […]
Read More
TOP RANKED HEAVYWEIGHT CONTENDERS (#3) SERGEI PAVLOVICH AND (#4) CURTIS BLAYDES COLLIDE AT UFC® APEX FEATURED BOUT: (#8) SONG YADONG vs. (#9) RICKY SIMON Las Vegas – UFC® returns to the APEX with a pivotal clash in the heavyweight division that will see No. 3 ranked Sergei Pavlovich take on No. 4 Curtis Blaydes. The co-main event will see bantamweight […]
Read More
Super Middleweight Stars David Benavidez and Caleb Plant To Meet in High Stakes SHOWTIME PPV® Matchup on Saturday, March 25 from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Headlining Premier Boxing Champions Event Click HERE for Photos from Esther Lin/SHOWTIME® Click HERE for Photos from Ryan Hafey/ Premier Boxing Champions Click HERE for Photos from Stephanie Trapp/TGB Promotions LAS VEGAS – […]
Read More
Usyk Pursues Possible Plan B With the Fury Fight Off The Table, WBC Frustrated & Wilder Offers to Step in London, UK (March 23rd, 2023)– WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO World Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has left his training camp in Ukraine, with the unrealistic preset April 1, 2023 deadline for his proposed world heavyweight […]
Read More
You are browsing archives for
This section is for all Real Combat Media Boxing content that pertains to Japan.
Stephen Fulton-Naoya Inoue Junior Featherweight Super Fight Postponed Due to Inoue Training Injury Bout will be rescheduled until a to-be-announced date in July (March 22, 2023) – Stephen Fulton’s WBO/WBC junior featherweight world title defense against Naoya Inoue — originally scheduled for Sunday, May 7, at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan — has been postponed due to a […]
May 7: Stephen Fulton-Naoya Inoue Junior Featherweight Title Showdown to Stream LIVE on ESPN+ Fulton-Inoue and undercard bouts from Yokohama Arena will stream live and exclusively in the U.S. on ESPN+ in a special early-morning presentation YOKOHAMA, Japan (March 6, 2023) — Naoya “Monster” Inoue conquered the bantamweight division. He’s now moving up in weight to […]
April 8: Kenshiro Teraji-Jonathan Gonzalez Light Flyweight Unification Showdown & Tenshin Nasukawa’s Pro Boxing Debut to Stream LIVE on ESPN+ Teraji-Gonzalez & Nasukawa-Yuki Yonaha to be part of five-fight card at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan (Feb 14, 2023) — Three light flyweight world titles will be on the line in a high-stakes unification fight on Saturday, […]
Shakur Stevenson Returns Home April 8 Against Shuichiro Yoshino in Lightweight Main Event at Newark’s Prudential Center LIVE on ESPN Stevenson-Yoshino, the return of heavyweight knockout artist Jared Anderson, and lightweight Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn Davis will be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. Tickets starting at […]
Ra’eese Aleem Wants to Welcome Naoya Inoue to the Jr. Featherweight Division LAS VEGAS, NV (January 13, 2023) – WBO #1 Jr. Featherweight contender Ra’eese “The Beast” Aleem (20-0, 12 KOs), the most avoided man in boxing, wants to welcome the undisputed bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue (24-0, 12 KOs), better known by his nickname “The Monster” to the 122 lbs. […]
Melvin Jerusalem Scores One Punch KO of Taniguchi Wins WBO World Minimum Title By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Osaka, Japan (January 7th, 2022)– In boxing, it has often been said the hardest way of all to win a world title is to do it in enemy territory on the road. That […]
INOUE VS. BUTLER RESULTS & VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS Tokyo, Japan (December 15th, 2022)—- Naoya Inoue is now the undisputed bantamweight champion of the world, after knocking out Paul Butler on body shots in the 11th round. Butler, who came in defending the WBO title against Inoue’s WBC, WBA, and IBF belts, stayed in survival mode throughout […]
NAOYA INOUE VS PAUL BUTLER IN DECEMBER FOR UNDISPUTED BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE LONDON, OCTOBER 13 – Paul Butler goes in search of boxing immortality in December when he faces Naoya Inoue for the undisputed world bantamweight title. The WBO champion tackles Japanese hero Naoya Inoue, at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, on Tuesday, December 13 on a historic night […]
Floyd Mayweather-Mikuru Asakura PPV Super RIZIN Tonight live from Japan HOW TO WATCH THIS PPV Saitama, Japan (September 24th, 2022)– The Super RIZIN pay-per-view event, headlined by the Floyd Mayweather vs. Mikuru Askakura exhibition match, will be held tonight at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Super RIZIN, presented by Japanese MMA company RIZIN Fighting Federation, […]
November 1: Kenshiro Teraji-Hiroto Kyoguchi Light Flyweight Unification Battle Headlines Loaded Quadruple-Header from Japan LIVE on ESPN+ WBO light flyweight champion Jonathan Gonzalez defends strap against Shokichi Iwata in the co-feature (Sept. 18, 2022) — The light flyweight division takes center stage Tuesday, Nov. 1, as two championship fights with three world titles at stake headline […]
FLOYD MAYWEATHER VS. MIKURU ASAKURA PRESS CONFERENCE – FLOYD’S SECURITY PUSHES FIGHTER! Integrated Sports to distribute Super RIZIN combat sports event on PPV Featuring Mayweather vs. Asakura Boxing Exhibition throughout North America September 24th live from Japan TENAFLY, NJ (September 1, 2022) – Integrated Sports will distribute the exhibition match between International Boxing Hall of Famer and […]
WBO Title Comeback Attempt of Former World Flyweight Champion Donnie Nietes Falls Short at 40 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Tokyo, Japan (July 13th, 2022)– The comeback attempt of former world Minimum, Light Flyweight and Flyweight World champion Donnie Nietes has fallen short at age 40, losing a rematch 12-round decision […]
QUOTES AND PHOTOS: BOXING LEGEND FLOYD MAYWEATHER ANNOUNCES SEPTEMBER EXHIBITION FIGHT IN JAPAN ON RIZIN AGAINST JAPANESE MMA STAR MIKURU ASAKURA Click HERE to Watch a Replay of the Las Vegas Press Conference Click HERE for Photos from RIZINFF LAS VEGAS – June 14, 2022 – Boxing legend Floyd “Money” Mayweather and RIZIN held a press conference in Las Vegas on Monday night to […]
KYOGUCHI STOPS BERMUDEZ ON WILD NIGHT IN MEXICO WBA Light-Fly king wins bloody battle as Hernandez stuns Castaneda Hiroto Kyoguchi retained his WBA Super and Ring Magazine World Light-Flyweight titles by stoppage over Esteban Bermudez in a bloody battle at the Domo Alcade in Guadalajara, Mexico, live on DAZN. Kyoguchi (16-0 11 KOs) was putting his belts on […]
WEIGHTS, RUNNING ORDER AND IMAGES FOR KYOGUCHI VS. BERMUDEZ TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW STARTING AT $150 PESOS FROM STAGEFRONT.COM Live on Before the Bell from 4pm CDT6 x 3 mins Super-Lightweight contest Aaron Aponte (139.5lbs) vs. Leo Leon Martinez Hialeah Gardens, Florida Baja California, Mexico Followed by 6 x 3 mins Bantamweight contest Anthony Herrera (118lbs) vs. Kennyn Valenzuela […]
INOUE STOPS DONAIRE IN THE REMATCH – VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS Saitama, Japan (June 8th, 2022)– Japan’s unbeaten Naoya Inoue stopped Nonito Donaire of the Philippines in the second round Tuesday to add the WBC bantamweight world title to his WBA and IBF belts. Inoue, who also beat Donaire in a 2019 classic, floored the 39-year-old veteran […]
WEIGH-IN RESULTS AND START TIME FOR NONITO DONAIRE VS NAOYA INOUE REMATCH TOKYO, JUNE 6 – Nonito Donaire says he is “fired up” after making weight ahead of his eagerly awaited rematch with Naoya Inoue. The 39-year-old tipped the scales at 117.8lbs in Yokohama earlier today (June 6), to comfortably come inside the bantamweight limit, while Inoue […]
JOE CORDINA STOPS KENICHI OGAWA IN CARDIFF By DAZN Boxing Cardiff, Wales (June 5th, 2022)– Joe Cordina became Wales’ latest world champion with a stunning second-round knockout of Kenichi Ogawa in front of a rowdy home crowd at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena. Cordina’s emphatic finish came from nowhere, but it eliminated any doubt that the Welshman […]
CONFIRMED – DONNIE NIETES VS KAZUTO IOKA REMATCH FOR WBO WORLD TITLE IN JAPAN LOS ANGELES, JUNE 1 – Donnie Nietes will add another chapter to his remarkable boxing story if he reclaims the WBO world junior bantamweight title next month. The former four-weight world champion challenges Kazuto Ioka, in Tokyo, on July 13 for […]
Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire to meet in a bantamweight title unification bout from Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan Streaming coverage begins at 5 a.m. ET/2 a.m. PT (May 17, 2022) — WBA/IBF bantamweight world champion Naoya “Monster” Inoue is 17-0 in world title fights and only once has been pushed to the brink. WBC bantamweight world […]
GGG STOPS MURATA IN JAPAN TO SET UP A POSSIBLE TRILOGY WITH CANELO By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Tokyo, Japan (April 9th, 2022)– GGG is 40 years old, and like fine wine. Gennadiy Golovkin just gets better with time, in a class all by himself. GGG is in a super class […]
HOW TO WATCH GGG VS. MURATA, PRESS CONFERENCE, VIDEO PREVIEW & WEIGH-IN VIDEO Saitama, Japan (April 8th, 2022)– Gennadiy Golovkin (41-1-1) faces middleweight rival Ryota Murata (16-2) in a main event that will see the winner walk away with both the IBF and WBA world titles. Gennadiy Golovkin’s ‘Big Drama Show’ arrives in the Far […]
Japan Fight of The Month: Brutal Furuhashi vs. Kuga Japan Super Bantamweight Title Rematch Ends in A Nasty Draw By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Tokyo, Japan (January 27th, 2022)– In the main event of a five-bout card at Korakuen Hall, in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, Gakuya Furuhashi barely […]
OLYMPIC CHAMPION GALAL YAFAI SIGNS PROMOTIONAL DEAL WITH MATCHROOM Tokyo 2020 gold medallist makes pro debut on February 27 Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion Galal Yafai MBE has signed a long-term promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and will make his highly anticipated professional debut on the Lawrence Okolie vs. Michal Cieslak WBO Cruiserweight World Title show […]
Middleweight Champ Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in Japanese Omicron Limbo By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, 41-1-1 with 36 knockouts, age 39, Kazakhstan, having fought his career between 159 and 160 pounds (except for the Steve Rolls bout at 163 pounds), remains at the top of the middleweight division. Jermall […]
Ioka Outpoints Fukunaga in All-Japan War, Retains WBO World Super Flyweight Title By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Tokyo, Japan (December 31st, 2021)– In an all-Japanese titular war on New Year’s Eve 2022, in the main event of a four-bout card at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, December 31, […]
Welcome to Vietnam! Thi Thu Nhi Nguyen Becomes Vietnam’s First World Champion By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Ansan, South Korea (October 25th, 2021)– Unbeaten unknown Thi Thu Nhi Nguyen became Vietnam’s first ever world boxing champion when she decisioned Japan’s Etsuko Tada over ten rounds to win the World Boxing Organization Female […]
Lomachenko Obliterates Masayoshi Nakatani Janibek Dominates Brant in Middleweight Co-Feature • CLICK HERE for PHOTOS (Photo Credit: Mikey Williams/Top Rank via Getty Images) LAS VEGAS (June 26, 2021) — Vasiliy “Loma” Lomachenko returned in a big way. The former pound-for-pound king and three-weight world champion knocked out Masayoshi Nakatani in the ninth round of a lightweight main event Saturday at The Theater at […]
He’s Back: Vasiliy Lomachenko Returns Saturday Night Against Masayoshi Nakatani in Lightweight Main Event CLICK HERE for Photos Courtesy: Mikey Williams/Top Rank via Getty Images CLICK HERE to watch the Press Conference LAS VEGAS (June 24, 2021) — Former pound-for-pound king Vasiliy Lomachenko is ready for the next chapter. Eight months after losing an undisputed lightweight title match to […]
Inoue Demolishes Dasmarinas to Retain Bantamweight World Titles Mayer defends WBO junior lightweight title in co-feature • CLICK HERE for PHOTOS (Photo Credit: Mikey Williams/Top Rank via Getty Images) LAS VEGAS (June 19, 2021) — All hail “The Monster.” Naoya Inoue did it again, knocking out IBF No. 1 contender Michael Dasmarinas in the third round with a left hook to […]
The Monster Rises Again: Naoya Inoue Ready for Las Vegas Spotlight Inoue-Michael Dasmarinas, Mikaela Mayer-Erica Farias and Adam Lopez-Isaac Dogboe to air LIVE Saturday on ESPN and ESPN Deportes (Simulcast on ESPN+) at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT Undercard to stream exclusively on ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT CLICK HERE for Photos Courtesy: Mikey Williams/Top Rank via […]
Happy Boxing New Year! Ioka Stops Tanaka, Higa Knocks Out Kobayashi By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Tokyo, Japan (January 1st, 2021)– Good cheer! Happy Boxing New Year! A six bouts card was held on New Year’s Eve at Ota City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan on Thursday, January 31, 2020. In […]
English 
