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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NFL Heavyweight Boxer Chuck Powell Dies, Fought Muhammad Ali and Floyd Patterson By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Charlie ‘Chuck’ Powell, perhaps the greatest all-around athlete ever to come out of San Diego, California, who was a star in the National Football League, and for a time a world ranked professional heavyweight boxer, […]
Trump Plaza to Close September 16, Remembering Roberto Duran Versus Barkley in 1991 By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent With additional commentary on the impact of the closure of the Atlantic City casino resorts NJTV News Trump Plaza Report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qFwVu91yR8 Within the next 15 days, three Atlantic City Hotel Casinos are going to […]
Boxing Book Review World Exclusive: Tommy The Duke Morrison 1996-2006 My Darkest Years Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent With encouragement from Trisha ‘The Duchess’ Morrison, Real Combat Media presents an international exclusive, the first book review in a three part series of the writings of the late former […]
Bare Knuckles Boxing Movie Review: Hard Times Starring Charles Bronson, Historical Commentary by Ring Historian Henry Hascup By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Set in 1933 New Orleans, Louisiana during The Great Depression, the 1975 boxing film Hard Times stars the late movie tough guy Charles Bronson as a […]
Tommy Morrison: Successful Boxing To MMA Crossover Fighting Style By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent One angle boxing fans seemed to have missed regarding Tommy ‘The Duke’ Morrison is he was more than just your typical stereotyped Rocky movie tough guy. Tommy, was, in one strong sense, the successful barroom version of […]
Remembering Herbie Hyde, AKA The Dancing Destroyer By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Between 1989 and 2010, Herbie Hyde, a Nigerian Briton also known as ‘The Dancing Destroyer’ had a professional boxing record of 49-4 with 43 knockouts as a cruiserweight and heavyweight. Hyde is best known for winning the World Boxing Organization […]
RCM Historical Boxing: Remembering Avenamar Peralta By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Between 1965 and 1982, one of Argentina’s best light heavyweight boxers was Ramon Avenamar Peralta, who won 103 bouts, lost 32, and drew seven times, with 64 knockouts in the 149 contests he fought. Peralta was undefeated in his first 40 professional bouts. […]
Detached Retina Perspectives: RCM Historical Boxing Takes A Look At What It Means By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Professional boxers with eye injuries, in most cases, face the end of their careers almost immediately. George Kandelaki, Calvin Brock, Rick Folstad, Michael Olajide, Leotis Martin, Jeff Chandler, John Henry Lewis, Leotis […]
A Historical Look Back at Sonny Liston versus Floyd Patterson II By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Charles ‘Sonny’ Liston made the lone defense of his World Heavyweight title on July 22, 1963, at the Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Though Sonny’s appearance was brief to say the least, Liston’s world title […]
Forgotten Greg Page: What Happens When a Fighter Signs With Two Promoters By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent I first met rising heavyweight prospect Greg Page on November 4, 1981, when I covered his fifth round stoppage of Marty Monroe on CBS television in Kiamesha Lake, New York. It was not long after […]
Did Jack Johnson Try To Board The Titanic? The Truth Now Told By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent On April 15, 1912, The British passenger liner Titanic sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. The largest ship afloat at […]
Boxing Light Heavyweight Historical Fantasy Matchup: Harry Greb vs Saad Muhammad By Robert Brizel Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Now that Philadelphia’s former World Light Heavyweight champion Matthew Saad Muhammad belongs to the ages, a first thought in a dream matchup between departed legends would be a dream matchup between Saad Muhammad and ‘The Pittsburgh Windmill’, […]
Ode To Heavyweight Jerry Quarry: A Historical Look Back at His Ill-Fated Comeback By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Every once and awhile, boxing experts remember the likeable Irish Jerry Quarry. He was the original ‘Great White hope’, and probably the best of the best who did not beat Muhammad Ali, […]
Rocky Marciano on the Scorecards When He Beat Jersey Joe Walcott For The Title By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent When Rocky Marciano fought Jersey Joe Walcott for the world heavyweight title at Municipal Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 23, 1952, Rocky weighed a cruiserweight 194 ½ pounds to Walcott’s 196 ½ […]
Referee Ron Lipton: Merqui Sosa versus Charles Williams, A Forgotten Historical Gem By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Merqui Sosa did great work on the inside, with Prince Charles Williams fighting off the ropes and landing uppercuts. The inside bout caused heads to clash inside too often too soon. […]
Educator and Referee Mark Conn, New York State Athletic Commission’s Forgotten Gem By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent He was born on my birthday, the first of February, in 1916. He would live until September 29, 2011. When he died at 95 years old, he became the longest living professional […]
U.S. Navy Heavyweight Dave Ziggy Zyglewicz Had A Moment In The Sun By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent David ‘Ziggy’ Zyglewicz of Houston, Texas, learned to box in the United States Navy as an amateur from September 1961 to September 1964. Zyglewicz then turned professional, and won his professional debut by […]
Jack Johnson versus Jack Dempsey Historical Dream Matchup: Who Would Win? By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent In 1941, a 63 year old Jack Johnson, widely regarded as the greatest heavyweight fighter of all-time, called out 46 year old Jack Dempsey for what might be regarded as potentially the strangest bout of […]
Some of The Luckiest Punches in The History of Professional Boxing By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Beyond talent, skill, heart, guts, passion and glory in the sport of boxing, certain punches which have won famous bouts must be categorized as pure luck. Far from specific power or an intentional game […]
Referee Ruby Goldstein, The Jewel of the Ghetto’s Two Best Sparkling Moments By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent From Madison Square Garden to the Polo Grounds, Ruby Goldstein, nicknamed ‘The Jewel of the Ghetto’, was New York’s most famous boxing referee. For 20 years, his was the face of boxing itself. […]
The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Middleweight Dennis The Magician Milton, A Historical Look Back By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Born on August 23, 1961, Dennis ‘The Magician’ Milton of Bronx, New York, rose to prominence in boxing the hard way. From nowhere, Milton was four New York Golden Gloves championships. In […]
RCM Historical Boxing – How Would Benny Leonard, The Ghetto Wizard, Have Fared Against Today’s Lightweights? A Historical Comparison By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Known as ‘The Ghetto Wizard’, Benny Leonard (1896-1947) is ranked by the International Boxing Research Organization as the greatest lightweight fighter of all time. Leonard fought between 1911 […]
Gerrie Coetzee versus Michael Dokes WBA World Heavyweight Title Bout in 1983 Remembered By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent In August 2012, Michael Dynamite Dokes passed away. Like so many boxers before and after him, Dokes allowed drug abuse to ruin his career potential. Cocaine was the culprit which ruined Dokes before his […]
Remembering Bearcat Wright, Who Beat Sam Langford and Jack Johnson By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Historically speaking, Ed ‘Bearcat’ Wright (1997-1975) will probably be remembered only rarely if at all. The Omaha, Nebraska heavyweight fought professionally in the pioneer era between 1919 and 1936. His career ended shortly before the start of […]
Ecuadorian Professional Boxers: A Historical Look By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent To answer a question posed to me this week, Ecuador has a history in boxing. Most of its more recent history in the boxing world has been in amateur boxing and in particular, at The Olympics. On the surface, it […]
How Hoover’s FBI Affected Joe Louis and Dr. King By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent The late former world heavyweight champion, Joe Louis Barrow AKA ‘The Brown Bomber’, interacted with the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at some point during the American Civil Rights Movement led by. Dr. King in […]
Smokin’ Joe Frazier, Our GQ With Flash, When Boxing Had Class By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent As we head into the New Year, and are filed with memories of years past, one can find it hard pressed to remember the athletes who brought class to professional sports. While many athletes do not […]
Boxing’s Most Bizarre Moments in Ring History During the Modern Era By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Through the magic on YouTube and other online sources and video compilations, historical footage can be found documenting some of professional boxing’s most bizarre moments. Jack Dempsey holds the distinction of two of boxing’s most […]
Before GGG-Adama and Murray-Fletcher, Monzon-Benevenuti II Was In Monte Carlo By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Monte Carlo Spelugues, the casino mecca in the principality of Monaco, has been the host of an annual boxing tournament. A high class venue for a televised boxing, show, Monaco has a history of televised boxing going […]
TOMMY MORRISON BOOK NOW AVAILABLE Tommy’s books My Boxing Career and My Darkest Years are ready for shipping this weekend ! Books can be purchased today by logging on to: www.tommythedukemorrison.com Tommy’s words.. Tommy’s life.. Tommy’s books. All proceeds go to his two sons Trey and Kenzie. Please buy them! Thank you! Trisha for Tommy […]
Alejandro Lavorante, Argentine Heavyweight Contender Time Forgot By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Discovered by Jack Dempsey, Alejandro Lavorante won the amateur Argentina heavy weight championship and then turned professional with a third round knockout of Dean Bogany at Municipal Stadium in San Antonio, Texas, on September 22, 1959. Lavorante won 12 […]
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