HANEY-PROGRAIS CLASH IN FIERY FACE-OFF Superstars lay out their fight night vision as San Francisco blockbuster draws close There is under two weeks to go until Devin Haney and Regis Prograis – and the fierce rivals drew their lines in the sand ahead of the battle in an intense Face-Off that has been compelling viewing since premiering on […]
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WBC No. 1 ranked and NABF cruiserweight Champion Ryan Rozick Faces Olandewaju Durodola in Canada WBC FINAL ELIMINATOR IN CANADA Former WBC World title challenger, newly announced WBC No. 1 ranked and NABF cruiserweight Champion Ryan Rozicki (19-1, 18Kos) believes the greats come back every hundred years and he is standing proof. He compares himself […]
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Don King Productions, Inc. “The Peoples Championship” LIVE and FREE All Over Social Media on Saturday, December 2 at 7 PM ET Five Big Title Fights to be Show Live on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X MIAMI (NOVEMBER 27, 2023) – Don King will be giving all of the beautiful boxing fans an early Christmas […]
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KATIE TAYLOR VS. CHANTELLE CAMERON 2 RESULTS & VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS Dublin, Ireland (November 25th, 2023)– In Dublin, undisputed women’s super lightweight champion Chantelle Cameron faced Katie Taylor in a rematch of their May contest. Cameron won that occasion, but it was revenge for Taylor on Saturday night who was awarded the majority decision after a […]
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OLIVIER AUBIN-MERCIER GOES BACK-TO-BACK WITH 2023 PFL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY Aubin-Mercier, Ferreira, Pacheco, Magomedkerimov, Kasanganay and Pinedo Win PFL Championships and Earn $1 Million Dollar Purses Kayla Harrison and Biaggio Ali-Walsh Victorious in Return to PFL SmartCage. NEW YORK, NEW YORK – November 24, 2023 – The Professional Fighters League (PFL) wrapped up its 2023 season […]
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Joe Calzaghe, One of the Most Underestimated Champions in History, Who Helped Put the WBO on the Map By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In recent months, several boxing experts have evaluated whether or not Joe Calzaghe was either the most overrated or underrated super middleweight world champion, or world champion, in […]
Colonel Bob Sheridan, Rumble in the Jungle Hall of Fame Boxing Commentator, Dies at 79 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Victorville, California (September 28th, 2023)– Colonel Bob Sheridan, the Pro Boxing Hall of Fame commentator who broadcast over 10 thousand boxing and MMA fights on radio and television commentator, including Muhammad […]
Roberto Duran vs. Kirkland Laing – Upset of the Year in 1982 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In British boxing circles, he was called ‘The Gifted One’. Today’s boxing editorial will be a Real Combat Media Historical lookback at the 1982 Upset of the Year, and most likely the most obscure […]
Irish Micky Ward vs. Dragon Master Emanuel Augustus Fight of Year 2001 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent We’re not in Manilla, but this is the thriller in Hampton Beach!” said ringside commentator Teddy Atlas, at the end of round five, which was clearly won by the rallying Emanuel (Burton) Augustus, who […]
Former Middleweight Contender Antwun Echols, Davenport’s Kid Dynamite, Dies at 52 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former world middleweight contender and world title challenger Antwun ‘Kid Dynamite’ Echols has died at the age of 52 in his native Davenport, Iowa. Despite losing his professional debut, between 1993 and 2012, Echols compiled […]
Critical Historical Analysis of Larry Holmes vs. Michael Spinks I in 1985 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Recently, this reporter took to YouTube and chose to watch the entire 15 round International Boxing Federation World Heavyweight championship bout between undefeated Larry Holmes, 48-0, 34 knockouts, Easton, Pennsylvania, and the undefeated world […]
Former IBF Vice-President and Australian Boxing Hall of Famer Ray Wheatley Dies at 74 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Sydney, Australia (June 21st, 2023)– Australian Boxing Hall of Fame member Ray Wheatley, a 24 bout heavyweight veteran, trainer, manager, promoter, official, and former International Boxing Federation Vice-President, has passed away at […]
Reflections on the Career of Middleweight Gatekeeper King, Gabriel Rosado Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The recent retirement of 46 bouts middleweight top ten contender gatekeeper Gabriel ‘King’ Rosado was the correct decision, as his career had hit the probable end of the boxing road. Rosado, age 37, a Philadelphian […]
BIG GEORGE FOREMAN: THE MIRACULOUS STORY OF THE ONCE AND FUTURE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World is based on the remarkable true story of one of the greatest comebacks of all time and the transformational power of second chances. Fueled […]
Macho Camacho Way To Air This June on Bally Sports 60-Minute Documentary To Be Produced by Ron Johnson and Hector Camacho Jr. LAS VEGAS (April 18, 2023)–This June, a “Macho Camacho Way”, a 60-minute documentary chronicling the naming of a street in honor of former world champion and International Boxing Hall of Famer Hector “Macho” […]
Soviet Amateur Champion Igor Vysotsky Dies at 69, Fought Muhammad Ali and Beat Teofilo Stevenson Twice By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Moscow, Russia (April 4th, 2023)– Soviet Union 1978 amateur heavyweight champion Igor Vysotsky, the number one ranked amateur Soviet heavyweight of the 1970’s, best known for being the only man […]
Former World Lightweight Champion Ken Buchanan of Scotland Dies at 77 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Edinburgh, Scotland (April 2nd, 2023)– Former World Lightweight champion Ken Buchanan, a member of International Boxing Federation Hall of Fame and the Scottish Sport Hall of Fame, has died at a nursing home in Scotland, […]
Big George Foreman versus Ken Norton in Caracas Venezuela By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent At El Poliedro in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 26, 1974, a brief forgotten world heavyweight title bout remains noteworthy. Big George Foreman, after a cautious feeling out first, dropped a dazed Ken Norton three times to retain […]
The Glory Ring Days of Schoolboy Bobby Chacon By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Boxer Rec Looking back on the great lower weight boxers of recent memory post pandemic, one of the first historical names to come up from my subconscious unintentionally was ‘Schoolboy’ Bobby Chacon, a former world featherweight […]
Whatever Happened to Showmanship in Boxing? Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Historically speaking, pro boxing once had it all. Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Sugar Ray Leonard. ‘Hitman’ Thomas Hearns. Roberto ‘Hands of Stone’ Duran. Muhammad Ali, ‘The Greatest’. Smokin’ Joe Frazier. ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson. Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather Jr. Sugar Ray Robinson. […]
Doctors and Dentists Who Became Professional Boxers in Boxing History By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Who are some of the highly educated boxers to have entered the ring? There are three prominent names which have surfaced. These names, it should be noted, are not noteworthy in terms of social media prominence […]
Former Heavyweight World Champ Gerrie Coetzee Dies at Age 67 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Boksburg, South Africa (January 13th, 2023)– On the same day as the passing of Elvis Presley’s daughter and only child Lisa Marie Presley, former World Boxing Association World Heavyweight champion Gerrie Coetzee, also known as ‘The […]
Happy 48th Birthday Drunken Master Emanuel Augustus By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas,NV (January 2nd, 2023)– On January 2, 2023, ‘The Drunken Master’, Emanuel Augustus (Ya’kov Burton), will celebrate his 48th birthday. Characterized by Floyd Mayweather Jr. as the toughest opponent Floyd had faced in his career, he was ranked […]
No Nonsense Hall of Fame Referee Mills Lane Dies at 85, Refereed Mike Tyson Ear Bite Fight With Evander Holyfield By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (December 7th, 2022)– Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame, and International Boxing Hall of Fame boxing referee, and Nevada attorney and judge Mills Lane, […]
A Fond Farewell to ‘The Demon From Philadelphia’, Buster Drayton, Showtime’s First Main Event By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Philadelphia, PA (November 30th, 2022)– He rose from the sweat, blood, and guts of boxing gyms of Philadelphia to become the principal sparring partner of Marvelous Marvin Hagler to become the Junior […]
WBO World Champion Moises Fuentes Dies on Thanksgiving Day From Brain Injury By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Cancun, Mexico (November 25th, 2022)– According to World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman, former World Boxing Organization World Minimumweight and Light Flyweight champion Moises Fuentes passed away on Thursday morning from a brain injury […]
Mysterious Career and End of Cleveland Golden Gloves Champion Ted Gullick By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent A native of Youngstown, Ohio, trained by Sammy Greggs, 1961 Ohio Golden Gloves champion Ted Gullick fought his way out of prison through boxing, compiling a 43-1 record, with 41 knockouts, and his only amateur […]
RCM Historical Boxing: Muhammad Ali versus Hockey Player Dave Semenko on June 12, 1983 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Six thousand fans of both hockey and boxing were present on June 12, 1983, in Edmonton, Canada, for a bizarre Ripley’s Believe It or Not style three-round exhibition between Muhammad Ali, age […]
Response to Ken Hissner, Best Thai Pro Boxers Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In response to my comrade in boxing, Ken Hissner of Seconds Out, this reporter proposes his list of the best professional boxers to come out of Thailand. No records are padded on this list per se. Rather, […]
A Critical Analysis of Big George Foreman’s Top Ten All-Time Heavyweight Greats List Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former World Heavyweight champion George Foreman put out his personal list of the top ten heavyweights of all-time, not including Big George himself. Looking at the top ten chart we can analyze […]
Remembering The War of the Worlds: When Wrestler Antonio Inoki Challenged Muhammad Ali The Boxer By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The late great Antonio Inoki passed away on October 1, 2022. Anoki was part of the strangest boxer versus wrestler freak show ever staged on television with modified restrictive rules. […]
Hall of Fame Bantamweight and Featherweight Champion Eder Jofre of Brazil Dies at 86 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Sao Paulo, Brazil (October 7th, 2022)– Former World Bantamweight and Featherweight champion Eder Jofre of Brazil, the only Brazilian boxer ever inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, has died […]
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 […]
Former WBC Featherweight Champion Johnny Famechon Dies at 77, Beat Fighting Harada Twice By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Melbourne, Australia (August 5th, 2022)– Australian Boxing Hall of Fame Featherweight Johnny Famachon, who won the World Boxing Council Featherweight title and defeated Fighting Harada of Japan twice, has passed away after a […]
Robert Brizel Editorial: The Battle Scars and Polish Wars of Tomasz Adamek Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media While well promoted, cruiserweight and heavyweight Tomasz Adamek won many bouts, and surprised many boxing observers on occasion. Now 45 years old, Adamek, 53-6 with 31 […]
Michael Dokes vs. Gerrie Coetzee, Only Heavyweight Title Bout Between Two Fighters Coming Off Draws By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent When we think of the heavyweight division, one outcome fight fans do not expect is a draw, at four, six, eight, 10, 12 or even 15 rounds (in the 15 round […]
When Leon Spinks Was Neon: February 15, 1978 at The Hilton in Las Vegas By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Rare appears to be the championship bouts contested at The Hilton in Las Vegas, Nevada. Perhaps the most noteworthy Vegas Hilton titular bout was the victory by “Neon” Leon Spinks over Muhammad […]
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