The Mayer of New York City: Mikaela Mayer Dethrones Sandy Ryan Xander Zayas & Bruce Carrington prevail in co-feature bouts CLICK HERE for Photos (Courtesy: Mikey Williams/Top Rank) NEW YORK CITY (Sept. 27, 2024) — Mikaela Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) is once again a world champion. The former unified junior lightweight queen defeated bitter rival Sandy Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) via majority decision […]
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PFL EUROPE CHAMPIONSHIPS LYON ON SATURDAY 14 DECEMBER TO BE HEADLINED BY ABDOUL ABDOURAGUIMOV RETURNING TO ACTION AGAINST LAUREANO STAROPOLI PFL Europe Championships Lyon at the LDLC Arena on 14 December will be headlined by France’s Abdoul Abdouraguimov as he faces off against Argentina’s Laureano Staropoli in a Welterweight main event The evening will […]
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BOOTS AND BAM HEADLINE PHILLY BLOCKBUSTER ON NOV. 9 Ennis and Rodriguez defend World titles at Wells Fargo Center Raymond ‘Savage’ Ford will return to action up at Super-Featherweight when he takes on Orlando Gonzalez at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Saturday November 9, live worldwide on DAZN – with Ford leading the undercard […]
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Tripleheader includes Junior Middleweights Xander Zayas vs. Damian Sosa and Featherweights Bruce Carrington vs. Sulaiman Segawa ESPN+ Available on ESPN.com and ESPN App on Mobile and Connected TV Devices New York, NY (September 27th, 2024)– Top Rank Boxing on ESPN: Ryan vs. Mayer will be presented live this Friday, September 27, at 10:30 p.m. ET/ […]
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UFC Fight Night 243 Official Weigh-In Video & Betting Odds 3 p.m. ET: Main Card | 12 p.m. ET: Undercard Subscribe to ESPN+ UFC action is in Paris this weekend with UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis, live from Accor Arena on Saturday, Sept. 28, on ESPN+ (English and Spanish) and SiriusXM Fight Nation, with the main […]
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ROBERTO DURAN GETS SUCCESSFUL PACEMAKER IMPLANT SURGERY By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Head Boxing Correspondent Panama City, Panama (March 19th, 2024)– In Panama City, Panama, International Boxing Hall of Fame retired multi division former world champion Roberto ‘Hands of Stone’ Duran, 103-16 with 70 knockouts, age 72, received a pacemaker on Monday, March 18, […]
Derrieck Cuevas-Marlon Aguas Welterweight Showdown to Stream LIVE & Exclusively on ESPN+ Streaming action from Panama begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT (Nov. 28, 2023) — Puerto Rican welterweight contender Derrieck Cuevas returns against Ecuadorian veteran Marlon Aguas in the 10-round main event this Friday, Dec. 1 at Coliseo de Combates Pandeportes in Panama City, Panama. Cuevas looks to […]
FRIDAY: Padraig McCrory-Steed Woodall Super Middleweight Showdown & Derrieck Cuevas-Alberto Mosquera Welterweight Battle Headline International Cards LIVE on ESPN+ McCrory-Woodall bill streaming LIVE from Belfast at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT Cuevas-Mosquera card streaming LIVE from Panama City, Panama at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT (Aug. 1, 2023) — Two international fight cards will stream live and exclusively in the U.S. this Friday on […]
UNDEFEATED TITLIST WILLIAM “EL CAMARÓN” ZEPEDA CONTINUES TO BLAZE THROUGH LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION WITH STATEMENT KNOCKOUT VICTORY OVER JAIME “JAIMITO” ARBOLEDA VICTOR “EL TORNADO” MORALES, JR. PULLS SECOND ROUND UPSET KNOCKOUT WIN OVER DIEGO DE LA HOYA TO BECOME NEW WBA INTERCONTINENTAL TITLEHOLDER EXCLUSIVELY LIVE WORLDWIDE ON DAZN FROM COLLEGE PARK CENTER IN ARLINGTON Click HERE for Photos Mandatory Credit: […]
Rene Santiago-Carlos Ortega Junior Flyweight Showdown to Stream LIVE and Exclusively in the U.S. on ESPN+ Streaming action from Panama City begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT (April 11, 2023) —Puerto Rican junior flyweight Rene “Chulo” Santiago will defend his WBO Latino title in a 10-round main event this Friday, April 14 against hometown hero Carlos “Arañita” Ortega at Coliseo […]
THE UNDEFEATED WILLIAM “EL CAMARÓN” ZEPEDA TO DEFEND HIS WBA CONTINENTAL AMERICAS LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE AGAINST JAIME “JAIMITO” ARBOLEDA AS NEW MAIN EVENT OF APRIL 29 DAZN SHOW UNDERCARD TO FEATURE GOLDEN BOY FAN FAVORITES INCLUDING DIEGO DE LA HOYA, VICTOR MORALES, RAUL “EL CUGAR” CURIEL AND FEMALE FLYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION MARLEN ESPARZA SATURDAY, APRIL 29 AT COLLEGE […]
Undefeated Puerto Rican Luis Rodriguez Scores KO to Win WBA Continental Americas Super Middleweight Title Saturday, January 28 in Panama Luis Rodriguez, Team Rodriguez January 29, 2023, Panama City, Panama – – Luis Rodriguez, now a perfect 11 wins in 11 fights with 11 stoppages, won the World Boxing Association Continental Americas Super Middleweight title with […]
Undefeated Puerto Rican Luis Rodriguez Fights Encarnacion Diaz For the WBA Continental Americas Super Middleweight Title Saturday, January 28 in Panama Luis Rodriguez, Team Rodriguez Panama City, January 27, 2023 – – Luis Gonzalez, a perfect 10 wins in 10 fights with 10 stoppages, will fight for the World Boxing Association Continental Americas Super Middleweight title […]
Little Poison, Ex-WBC Super Bantam Champ Rigoberto Riasco, Dies at 69 in Panama By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Panama City, Panama (August 31, 2022)– Former lineal and World Boxing Council Super Bantamweight World champion Rigoberto “Little Poison” Riasco, who dominated the lower weights in the 1970s, has died in his native […]
Miguel Madueño to Fight in WBA Title Elimination Bout Against Jezzrel Corrales on March 12th ORANGE, CA (March 7, 2022) – Thompson Boxing’s unbeaten lightweight contender, Miguel “El Explosivo” Madueño (27-0, 25 KOs), who is known for his explosive power and exciting fights, now has the chance of a lifetime as he faces former world champion Jezzrel Corrales (25-4, 10 KOs), in WBA […]
Sampson Boxing Friday Box & Roll! Three WBC Latino Title Bouts in Panama By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Panama City, Panama (January 15th, 2022)– In the hometown of “Hands of Stone”, Roberto Duran, from the Vasco Nunez De Balboa Convention Center at Hotel De Panama, Bella Vista, Panama City, Panama, Sampson […]
A Critical Analysis of Rematches Won and Lost by Roberto Duran By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Esteban DeJesus, Edwin Viruet, Pat Lawlor and Jorge Castro were later career rematches Panama’s “The Hands of Stone” Roberto Duran won. Sugar Ray Leonard (bout three), Vinnie Paz (Pazienza) and Hector Camacho were rematches Roberto […]
Robert Brizel Editorial: Accused Cheater Panama Lewis Died in 2020, Not To Be Forgotten EditBy Robert Brizel, Brick Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Mundo Deportivo Noted trainer Carlos ‘Panama’ Lewis died quietly at age 74 in September 2020 during the COVID-19 Novel coronavirus pandemic, cause unknown. Gone, notoriously not forgotten by […]
“BIMBITO” MÉNDEZ WILL DEFEND HIS TITLE ON FEBRUARY 8 IN PANAMA SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO– Puerto Rican Wilfredo “Bimbito” Méndez will defend for the second time his WBO 105 pound belt when he faces Ecuadorian Pedro Villegas on Saturday, February 8, at El Panama Hotel in Panama City, Panama, as part of the “WBO […]
No Respect! 1-6 Super Middleweight Jermaine Corley Outpoints Roberto Duran Jr. By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Unheralded 1-6 super middleweight Jermaine Corley of Concord, North Carolina, has scored a minor upset and played the role of spoiler. In The grand tradition of cartoon character Wile E. Coyote, at Resorts World Casino […]
Hall of Fame WBA Featherweight Champion Eusebio Pedroza Dies at 62 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Panama City, Panama (March 3rd, 2019)– International Boxing Hall of Fame retired World Boxing Association World Featherweight champion Eusebio Pedroza, who fought in 22 consecutive WBA world title bouts from 1978 to 1985, […]
By PBC Biloxi, Mississippi (May 27th, 2018)– Former 130-pound titleholder from Dominican Republic drops 140-pound contender four times en route to a lopsided decision victory on PBC on FS1 Saturday in Mississippi. In a true crossroads fight, it was the wily veteran moving up in weight who came away with the win Saturday […]
Latino Wars! Roberto Duran versus Alexis Arguello Lightweight Dream Fight By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Roberto Duran of Panama and Alexis Arguello of Nicaragua would have been a mega blockbuster of a lightweight bout if it had actually happened. The bout would have been on equal par with Marvelous […]
Mysterious Guillermo Jones to Reappear in New WBA Bout By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent At age 45, Guillermo Jones, 40-3-2 with 30 knockouts, Colon, Panama, is perhaps promoter Don King’s last major calling card (as Bermane Stiverne did not make it out of the first round of the rematch with Deontay […]
Jezreel Corrales Scores WBA Upset of the Year in Tokyo By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent San Miguelito, Panama (April 27, 2015)– Confusing orthodox and southpaw super featherweight Jazreel Corrales scored the upset of the year of 2016 so far, Wednesday, April 27, 2016, at Ota-City General Gymnasium, in Tokyo, […]
STEVE SMOGER’S POPULAR REFEREE CLINIC HEATING UP PANAMA MAY 26 Panama’s former World WBA Champion Chanttall “La Fiera” Martinez is shown here at Rockers Gym with Steve Smoger TORONTO (April 24, 2014) — Steve Smoger’s popular and informational Referee Clinic, recently conducted in St. Maarten, Delaware and Toronto, Ontario, Canada, will next be held May 26 […]
62 Year Old Roberto Duran vs. Jorge “Locomotora” Castro on September 7th A press conference was held in Argentina to announce the clash of legends between 45-year-old former world champion Jorge “Locomotora” Castro (130-11-3, 90 KOS) and the 62-year-old Roberto “Mano de Piedra” Duran. This will be the rubber match of their trilogy on September […]
Undercard Announced For ‘Las Vegas in Panama II’, August 10 in Panama City Promoters Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing and Carlos Gonzalez of Best Boxing have announced the undercard for their blockbuster “LAS VEGAS IN PANAMA II” show at the beautiful Megapolis Convention Center in the Hard Rock Hotel in Panama City, Panama, on Saturday, […]
