Diego Pacheco vs. Immanuwel Aleem Preview: Undefeated Champion Puts Titles on the Line in Carson By Real Combat Media Boxing Editorial Staff Carson, California, USA, (July 18th, 2026)–Diego Pacheco defends his WBC Silver and WBO International super middleweight titles against Immanuwel Aleem on Saturday at Dignity Health Sports Park, live on DAZN as part of […]
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Abdullah Mason Stops Albert Bell To Defend Lightweight Crown Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington Defeats Rene Palacios To Retain Title CLICK HERE for Photos (Courtesy: Top Rank) CLEVELAND (July 4, 2026) — Abdullah Mason (21-0, 18 KOs) defended his WBO lightweight world title against Toledo native Albert Bell (28-1, 9 KOs) with a 12th-round TKO Saturday evening in front of a hometown […]
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NONSTOP ACTION ADDED TO ROACH VS. ZEPEDA WITH STACKED UNDERCARD SATURDAY, AUG. 1 AT THE THEATER AT VIRGIN HOTELS LAS VEGAS AS THE MAIN EVENT OF THE FIGHT, LIVE ON TNT & truTV AND WORLDWIDE ON DAZN Tickets on sale via AXS.com Sign up to DAZN LAS VEGAS (July 15, 2026) — With only weeks […]
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ROLLY ROMERO VS. TEOFIMO LOPEZ LOS ANGELES PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES & PHOTOS WBA Welterweight World Champion Rolly Romero and Two-Division World Champion Teofimo Lopez to Square Off Saturday, August 22, in PBC Pay-Per-View Event Available on DAZN and Prime Video from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Click HERE for Photos from Ryan Hafey/ Premier Boxing Champions Click HERE for […]
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Do or Die! Eubank vs. Papot DAZN Copper Box Arena Queen Elizabeth Park Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Robert Brizel Prediction Record: (123-27-8) (7-4 in Featured Bouts) Sign up to DAZN London, UK (June 16th, 2026)– DAZN, IMF Pro and Neilson Boxing will present a exciting eleven bout card of […]
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Filipino Fighter of Month Vic Saludar Wins Upset in Japan Again, Retains WBO Title By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Filipino WBO World Minimumweight champion ‘Vicious’ Vic Saludar has done the seemingly impossible yet again. For the second time in seven months, Saludar has beaten the odds and won a 12 round […]
Unknown 15-0 Thai Fighter Apinun Khongsong Scores Incredible Upset in Japan By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Tokyo, Japan(February 19th, 2019)– Unbeaten but unknown 15-0 Thai super lightweight Apinun Khongsong of Bangkok traveled to Tokyo, Japan, and scored an unpredictable, unlikely and shocking fifth-round knockout in hostile territory of 31-7-1 Japanese […]
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 […]
FLOYD MAYWEATHER STOPS NASUKAWA IN JAPAN By ESPN Boxing Tokyo, Japan (December 31st, 2018)– Floyd Mayweather dusted off the boxing gloves and stopped Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in the first round of their three-round welterweight exhibition match on New Year’s Eve. Mayweather, 41, a former five-division world champion, floored Nasukawa three times before the end […]
FLOYD MAYWEATHER MEDIA DAY VIDEO & QUOTES FOR HIS FIGHT WITH TENSHIN NASUKAWA Tokyo, Japan (December 7th, 2018)– Undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and sensational RIZIN Fighting Federation star Tenshin Nasukawa will battle in a special exhibition fight on New Year’s Eve from Saitama Prefecture Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. See below for quotes gathered from the media workout […]
Rob Brant Upsets Ryota Murata to Win Title – Video Highlights Reported By ESPN Boxing Las Vegas, NV (Octover 22, 2018)– Rob Brant warned Ryota Murata and his team that they should not plan ahead, and he was right. Brant, the heavy underdog, schooled Murata in a lopsided decision to win a secondary middleweight world […]
Ryuichi Funai, Most Obscure Champion You’ve Probably Never Heard Of Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Not that anybody really cares who the dominant fighters in the super flyweight division are, but the World Boxing Organization Asia Pacific Super Flyweight champion is former Japanese Super Flyweight champion Ryuichi Funai. At […]
Naoya Inoue Stops Jamie McDonnell in Round 1 in Tokyo, Japan By ESPN Boxing Tokyo, Japan (May 26th, 2018)– Japanese star Naoya Inoue, already a two-division world titleholder and one of the pound-for-pound best in boxing, added to his growing reputation with a sensational performance on Friday. Inoue more than lived up to his nickname […]
WBA king faces Inoue in Japan on Friday Tokyo, Japan (May 24th, 2018)– Jamie McDonnell says he’ll prove that he’s the best Bantamweight in the world as he faces pound-for-pound star Naoya Inoue in Tokyo, Japan on Friday, live on Sky Sports. McDonnell puts his WBA crown on the line for the seventh time […]
Australia, Turkey, Japan and England to host WBO bouts Jack Catterall opponent is Christopher Sebire (26-10-1, 9 KO’s), The World Boxing Organization (WBO), chaired by Francisco ‘Paco’ Valcárcel, will have seven fights in different parts of the world this upcoming weekend. Saturday, May 19: In Australia, there will be a duel of unbeatens when the […]
WBO Shocking Knockout of Year! Lagumbay Kayos Obara in Rare Double Knockdown By Robert Brizel Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Valencia City, Philippines (May 2, 2018)– Filipino welterweight southpaw Alvin ‘Time Bomb’ Lagumbay scored the shocking knockout of the year of 2018 so far in the most unlikely of enemy territory, Korakuen Hall in […]
Latigo Rosales TKOs Higa in Ninth, Wins WBC Flyweight Title, Japan Gets Burned in Japan Again By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Yokohama, Japan (April 15th, 2018)– Cristofer ‘El Latigo’ Rosales finally won on the road on his third try. Rosales, 27-3, with 13 knockouts, Managua, Nicaragua, won the vacant World […]
Filipino Surprise! Beast Pumicpic Wins 12 Round Decision Again in Japan, Retains WBO By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Tokyo, Japan (April 13th, 2018)– Beyond Manny Pacquiao, it has been said Filipinos always get a raw deal when they travel to fight in others countries, particularly in Japan, Australia, and Thailand. […]
Ryoichi Taguchi vs. Milan Melindo, New Year’s Eve Fight of the Year Award 2017 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New Year’s Eve brings merriment and good entertainment. However, can world class athletes produce a quality sporting event on New Year’s Eve? They can. They did in 2017. Here’s yet another […]
HASSAN N’DAM – RYŌTA MURATA WBA MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP REMATCH TO BE TELEVISED LIVE FROM TOKYO TO U.S. Sunday, October 22 at 7 A.M. ET Exclusively on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes LAS VEGAS, NEV. (September 28 , 2017) – The world title rematch between World Boxing Association (WBA) middleweight champion Hassan N’Dam (36-2, 21 KOs), of […]
KAL YAFAI DEFENDS WBA BELT AGAINST ISHIDA IN CARDIFF Birmingham ace meets unbeaten Japanese mandatory on October 28 Birmingham, UK (September 6th, 2017)– Kal Yafai will defend his WBA World Super-Flyweight title against unbeaten mandatory challenger Sho Ishida at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on October 28, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Yafai puts […]
MIGUEL COTTO VS. YOSHIHIRO KAMEGAI LOS ANGELES PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES, PHOTOS AND VIDEO COTTO VS. KAMEGAI IS SATURDAY, AUGUST 26 AT STUBHUB CENTER PRESENTED LIVE BY HBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® (L-R, Miguel Cotto and Yoshihiro Kamegai pose during a press conference on May 31 to promote their 12-round fight for the vacant WBO Junior […]
Hassan N’Dam Gets A Split Decision Over Ryota Murata in Japan TOKYO (AP) — WBA middleweight interim champion Hassan N’Dam survived a fourth-round knockdown on Saturday and went on to a split-decision win over Japan’s Ryota Murata. The crowd at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo jeered after the decision making N’Dam the regular WBA middleweight […]
Brant Waiting Eagerly to Face Winner of N’Dam vs. Murata Tokyo, Japan (May 20th, 2017)– No one is watching tomorrow night’s fight for the vacant WBA World middleweight title between Japan’s Ryota Murata #2-rated and France’s #1-rated Hassan N’Dam, at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan, more closely than WBA #3 contender Rob “Bravo” […]
Lewkowicz Secures Right to Broadcast KO King Guzman’s Title Defense This Saturday in Japan Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing is proud to announce he has secured the rights to broadcast a special early-morning Woz Promotions tripleheader of world-class boxing, on TyC Sports, on Saturday, December 31, 2016 (4:30 am ET/6:30 pm JST), from the Shimazu Arena […]
OLIVER FLORES TALKS WBA WORLD TITLE FIGHT WITH UCHIYAMA LEON, NICARAGUA (December 28, 2015) – With just a few days away from his first world title opportunity, WBA #6 rated super-featherweight contender,Oliver Flores (27-1-2, 17 KOS) talks about his upcoming fight with WBA world champion Takashi Uchiyama (23-0-1, 19 KOs). Uchiyama vs. Flores […]
OLIVER “TROMBITA” FLORES WBA # 7 SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT CONTENDER Press Release For Immediate Release FLORES DETERMINED TO DETHRONE UCHIYAMA LEON, NICARAGUA (December 10, 2015) – WBA #7 rated super-featherweight contender, Oliver Flores (27-1-2, 17 KOS), is eager to show the world he is capable of dethroning WBA world champion Takashi Uchiyama (23-0-1, 19 KOs). The […]
Takahiro Ao vs. Ray Beltran for the vacant WBO lightweight title May 1st Millersville, PA (March 31st, 2015)– Former two-division world champion Takahiro Ao returns to the ring in his 2015 debut where he will battle two-time world title challenger Ray Beltran in a 12-round rumble for the vacant WBO lightweight world championship on Friday, May 1. […]
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Jorge Linares seeks third world title December 30th Tokyo , Japan (December 30, 2014)– Still eight months shy of his 30th birthday, Jorge “El Nino de Oro” Linares (37-3, 24 KOs) has the opportunity to become the youngest Venezuelan to win world titles in three divisions when he faces Mexico’s Javier “Implacable” Prieto (24-7-2, […]
Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Hisashi Amagasa set for Dec. 31 New York, NY (December 4, 2014)– Unified junior featherweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux, 34 (14-0, 9 KOs) will be going to Japan to face Hisashi Amagasa, 29 (28-4-2, 19 KOs) on December 31st. Gary Hyde who manages Rigondeaux had this to say about Amagasa, “First and foremost […]
Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez Stays Unbeaten with the Win over Akira Yaegashi Tokyo, Japan (September 6, 2014)–Unbeaten Nicaraguan Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (40-0, 34 KOs), 112, collected his third world championship (Flyweight) when he lopsidedly defeated Akira Yaegashi (20-4, 10 KOs), 112. Roman floored him in the third, and followed up by steadily piling […]
Shi No Tenshi, Japanese Boxer Tesshin Okada Dies, 38th Japanese Fatality Since 1951 By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent ‘Shi No Tenshi’ is Japanese language for ‘Angel of Death’. Debuting Japanese super flyweight boxer Tesshin Okada, 21 years old, died on Wednesday January 6, 2014, from injuries sustained when he was knocked […]
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