Ben Whittaker survived a wild final round to outpoint Conor Wallace by unanimous decision in Birmingham and secure the IBF mandatory position. Full card results and video highlights.
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Natalia Silva beat Wang Cong by unanimous decision to win the vacant UFC women's flyweight title at UFC 332. Full card results, video highlights and press conference.
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Only one fighter missed weight for UFC 332. Full card records and weights, main card tale-of-the-tape breakdowns, film study, odds ranges and weigh-in video for Silva vs. Wang at the Delta Center.
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Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua traded barbs and shared a civil face-off at their London launch press conference. Get the full preview for the December 11 fight in Cardiff, with tale of the tape, odds and the press conference video.
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Matchroom and Boxlab Present 10 Unbeaten Prospects DAZN Card with Omari Jones By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Robert Brizel (2025-2026) Prediction Record: 144-40-9, 7-4 in Major Bouts Orlando, Florida (September 29th, 2026)– DAZN, Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and Boxlab Promotions will present eight bouts featuring 10 unbeaten prospects at Caribe Royal […]
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Philadelphia Mourns Loss of Charlie ‘Choo Choo’ Brown By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Philadelphia, PA (October 1st, 2026)– On September 20, 2016, it was reported that Charlie ‘Choo Choo’ Brown, 68, had passed away. Brown fought between 1979 and 1993, compiling a professional record of 26-16-2 with 18 knockouts. On January […]
Philadelphia Mourns Loss of Frank ‘The Animal’ Fletcher By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (September 26th, 2026)– On September 22, 2026, southpaw middleweight veteran Frank ‘The Animal’ Fletcher, an entertaining television fighter whose boxing style featured nonstop action, courage, and gritty determination, passed away in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 72. Between […]
Iran Barkley Recovering From Spleen Surgery, Long-Term Prognosis Good By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Iran Barkley’s Facebook New York, NY (September 24th, 2026)– Former World Middleweight, Super Middleweight, and Light Heavyweight champion Iran ‘The Blade’ Barkley, 66, remains hospitalized at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City following surgery […]
Gritty British Champ Jimmy Batten, Who Went 10 Rounds with Roberto Duran, Dies at 70 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent London, UK (September 21st, 2026)– Gritty former British Super Welterweight champion Jimmy Batten, who survived three broken ribs to take Roberto Duran on a brilliant but losing 10-round trip to […]
Canadian Heavyweight Champ George Chuvalo Went Distance with Ali Twice, Dies at 89 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Toronto, Canada (September 14th, 2026)– Muhammad Ali, who went the distance twice with ‘The Toronto Tank’. Later on in life reflected and said he was the toughest opponent he ever fought and that […]
El Tigre Colenense of Panama, World Lightweight Champion Ismael Laguna, Dies at 83 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Panama City, Panama (September 9th, 2026)– Former World Lightweight champion Ismael Laguna Meneses, El Tigre Colenense, has passed away in his native Panama City, Panama, at age 83. Fighting between 1960 and 1971, […]
Unraveling the Referee Mitch Halpern Mystery By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Richard Steele, a top referee in professional boxing, explained, “He (Mitch Halpern) was my son. I taught him everything I knew. He took what I had taught him, and with his great natural ability, made himself a great referee. I […]
Former Featherweight Champion Jose Legra, The Puma of Baracoa, Dies in Madrid at 83 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Madrid, Spain (July 16th, 2026)– Cuban former two-time World Boxing Council World Featherweight Jose Legra Utria, known by his nicknames as ‘The Puma of Baracoa’ and ‘The Pocket Cassius Clay’, has passed […]
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 […]
Courageous Bantamweight World Title Challenger Frankie Duarte, Who overcame Heroin Addiction, Dies of a brain tumor at 71 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Los Angeles, CA (May 28th, 2026)– Courageous, hard-hitting two-time world title challenger Frankie Duarte, who overcame heroin addiction to restart his career with young trainer Joe Goossen and […]
The Rock Returns! Former World Heavyweight Champion Hasim Rahman, 53, Making Comeback July 14 in Rochester By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Rochester, NY (May 28th, 2026)– Former World Heavyweight champion Hasim ‘The Rock’ Rahman, in an attempt to break the late George Foreman’s record and become the oldest world heavyweight champion […]
El Maestro, Former WBC World Flyweight Champion Miguel Canto, Dies at 78 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Merida, Yucatan, Mexico (April 19th, 2026)– Mexican boxing legend Miguel Canto Solis, also known as ‘El Maestro’, died of a heart attack in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2026. Canto […]
Tommy Hitman Thomas Hearns Placed Under Conservatorship of Son Ronald Hearns By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Detroit, Michigan (March 15th, 2026)– Hall of Fame multi-division world champion Thomas ‘Hitman’ Hearns, with dementia, who recently lost his home to tax foreclosure, has been placed under guardianship and conservatorship of his son, former […]
A Class Act, Ruben Castillo, Four-Time WBC Featherweight Title Challenger, Dies at 68 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Bakersfield, CA (February 27th, 2026)– Featherweight great Ruben Castillo, who challenged four times for the World Boxing Council Featherweight and Super Featherweight titles in a career spanning between 1975 and 1997, but who […]
Pittsburgh Windmill, Harry Greb Went 45-0 in 1919, His Greatest Year in Boxing History By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In 1919, Hall of Fame boxer Harry Greb went 45-0 and traveled across 426 rounds in top condition! No fighter has accomplished this unblemished record since, and in all statistical probability, never […]
AAU Champ Dennis Milton, Middleweight Contender Known as The Magician, Dies at 64 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (January 29th, 2026)– Four-time New York City Golden Gloves champion and two-time National AAU champion Dennis ‘The Magician’ Milton of Bronx, New York, who decisioned future world champion Gerald McClellan, […]
From 25-0 World Champion to 13 Losses: The No Contest Crash of Chucky Flores By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent He was once 25-0 and the International Boxing Organization’s World Super Bantamweight champion. A bizarre No Contest with Guillermo Rigondeaux, which should have enabled him to retain his title at Mandalay Bay […]
APBC President Albert Low and Ali’s Grandsons Reject Proposed CSAC Changes to Muhammad Ali Act By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Sacremento, CA (October 22nd, 2025)– In a newly released public statement, Albert Low, current president of the Association of Professional Boxing Commissions, and the members of the APBC Commission, unanimously disagrees […]
Questionable Record of Mexican Media Executive Jorge Kahwagi Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Disclaimer: *These are the opinions of Robert Brizel and not the Real Combat Media editorial team. Wealthy Mexican media executive and politician Jorge Antonio Kahwagi Macari of Mexico City, Mexico, somehow professionally boxed between 2001 and 2015, […]
Former European Heavyweight Champion Joe Bugner Dies at 75 in Australia By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Brisbane, Australia (September 3rd, 2025)- Former British and European Heavyweight champion Joe Bugner, who twice battled Muhammad Ali, and also fought Henry Cooper, Jack Bodell, Ron Lyle, Joe Frazier, Earnie Shavers, and other notables, has […]
30 Years After Gerald McClellan vs. Nigel Benn, Looking at Root Cause By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In amateur and professional sports, boxing is no exception to the rule when it comes to playing favorites for hometown fighters over visiting challengers. Life, it can be said, is rarely fair, and referees […]
A Class Act, Tommy Brooks, Hall of Fame Trainer of Champions, Dies at 71 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Atlantic, City (August 3, 2025)– The very classy International Boxing Hall of Fame elite trainer Tommy Brooks, who learned his training craft from Archie Moore and Eddie Futch, who trained such heavyweight […]
Muhammad Ali’s Brother, Forgotten Fighter Rudy Clay AKA Rahaman Ali, Dies at 82 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Louisville, Kentucky (August 3rd, 2025)– Rudy Clay, also known as Rahman Ali and Rahaman Ali, the forgotten loyal boxing younger brother of the late world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay), who lived […]
Hall of Fame Promoter of 10 Thousand Bouts Don Elbaum, King of Atlantic City, Dies at 94 By Robert Brizel, head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Atlantic, City, NJ (July 31st, 2025)– Hall of Fame boxing promoter, matchmaker and manager Don Elbaum, who promoted over 1000 boxing cards and over 10 thousand bouts, primarily in […]
The Camden Buzzsaw, Former World Champion Dwight Muhammad Qawi, Dies at 72 – Career Highlights Video By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Camden, NJ (July 28th, 2025)– The Camden Buzzsaw, former World Light Heavyweight and World Cruiserweight champion Dwight Muhammad Qawi, passed away this past weekend on July 25, 2025, at the […]
Mihai ‘The Lion’ Leu, Former Undefeated WBO Welterweight Champion, Dies in Romania at 57 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Bucharest, Romania (July 5th, 2025)– Former World Boxing Organisation World Welterweight champion Mihai ‘The Lion’ Leu, also known as Michael Loewe, who won 180 of 200 amateur bouts, then went 28-0 as […]
The Bodysnatcher, Three Division World Champion Mike McCallum, Dies in Vegas at 68 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (June 2nd, 2025)– Former National Golden Gloves champion, Super Welterweight, Middleweight and Light Heavyweight World champion Mike ‘The Body Snatcher’ McCallum, who after retirement became a boxing trainer in Las […]
Nino Benvenuti, Italy World Junior Middleweight and Middleweight Champion, Dies at 87 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent, Dies at 87 Rome, Italy (May 21st, 2025)– Giovanni ‘Nino’ Benvenuti, the 1960 Olympic Welterweight Gold Medalist in Rome who went on to hold the World Junior Middleweight and World Middleweight championships during his […]
Joey Archer, Middleweight Title Challenger, Dies in Rensselaer at 87 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (May 3rd, 2025)– Middleweight contender Joey Archer, who won 45 pro bouts between 1956 and 1967, beat Sugar Ray Robinson, who was unsuccessful in winning the American and world middleweight titles, as he […]
Kenny Adams, Olympic Coach and Trainer of Champions, Dies at 84 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (April 13th, 2025)– Olympic Coach and Hall of Fame trainer of 25 world champions Kenny Adams, who put the strength training and conditioning in boxing on the map, died Monday, April 7, […]
WBA World Lightweight Champion Livingston Bramble Dies at 64 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (March 24th, 2025)– Former World Boxing Association World Lightweight champion Livingston Bramble, also known as Ras-l Alujah Bramble, whose Rastafarian vegetarian beliefs, voodoo dolls, love of snakes, and two successful HBO titular wins over […]
Oldest Heavyweight Champion George Foreman Dies at 76 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Houston, Texas (March 22nd, 2025)– 1968 Olympic Heavyweight Gold Medalist, former World Heavyweight Champion ‘Big’ George Foreman, also called, Reverend George Foreman who was known for the 1974 ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ with Muhammad Ali, passed away Friday, […]
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