Three fighters missed weight at UFC Vegas 122. Full card records and weights, main card tale-of-the-tape breakdowns, film study, odds ranges and weigh-in video for Allen vs. Duncan.
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ALL-ACTION FORMER WORLD CHAMPION ARMANDO RESENDIZ TO FACE AUSTRALIAN CONTENDER KOEN MAZOUDIER IN FEATURED BOUT SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 LIVE ON TNT & DAZN FROM THE COSMOPOLITAN OF LAS VEGAS Jermall Charlo Out of Previously Scheduled Bout With Injury Plus! Unbeaten Rising Star Marco Romero Battles Braulio Ferreira to Kick Off “The Fight” Live on TNT […]
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DAZN Saturday Night Fights! Golden Boy Presents Schofield vs. Bahdi Chicago Card By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Robert’s Prediction Record: 152-40-9, with 7-4 in major bouts Chicago, Illinois (October 9th, 2026)– Golden Boy Promotions and DAZN will present a nine-bout card with two world title bouts on Saturday Night Fights at […]
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COMPLETE PFL MENA 11: LAST MAN STANDING RESULTS Mostafa Rashed Nada submits Osama ElSeady in the second round of their long-awaited trilogy fight Badreddine Diani, Ylies Djiroun, Mehdi Saadi, Abdelkrim Zouad and Mohammad Fahmi earn places in the PFL MENA Finals PFL MENA 12: MMA’s Most Wanted Set For Al Khobar On December 11 RIYADH, […]
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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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Boxing Taps: Remembering Those We Lost in 2020 January 2020 to December 2020 was a dramatic time period for both professional sports and the world, as the COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus impacted everyone. As infections and casualties mounted, the professional sports world incurred many losses. Professional boxing lost a number of influential individuals to the sport, […]
Ex-Champ Frankie ‘The Surgeon’ Randall Dies at 59, Fought in 10 World Title Bouts By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Memphis, TN (December 26th, 2020)– Frankie ‘The Surgeon’ Randall, who operated on 89-0-1 Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on January 29, 1994, at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, capturing […]
Mike Tyson Boxed Here – No More Trump Plaza Boxing, To Be Blown Up February 2021 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Atlantic City, NY (December 18th, 2020)–Iron Mike Tyson was there. Beginning in 1985, Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey hosted 41 boxing events. As the […]
Magic of Colorized Boxing Films of Vintage Fights: Whole New World For Fight Fans By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Restoration of archival boxing and sports films from 16MM and 8MM and Super 8 black and white classics to colorization is a painstaking process. Classic black and white motion pictures have been […]
The Springfield Rifle, Davey Moore Among 13 Inducted Into 2021 IBHOF By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The late Davey ‘The Springfield Rifle’ Moore, who compiled a 120-5 amateur record, was the 1952 National AAU 118-pound amateur champion, represented the United States at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland. Davey went […]
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 […]
Buster Douglas, 60, Seeks Rematch With Mike Tyson 30 Years After Shocking KO Upset By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Columbus, Ohio (December 3rd, 2020)– Move over Mike Tyson versus Evander Holyfield III. Former World Heavyweight champion James ‘Buster’ Douglas, whose shocking tenth knockout upset of the then seemingly indestructible 37-0 Iron […]
Juan Domingo Roldan, Argentina’s Great Middleweight, Dies of Coronavirus at 63 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Buenos Aires, Argentina (November 24th, 2020)– Juan Domingo Roldan, AKA Martillo (Hammer), who succeeded the late Carlos Monzon as Argentina’s best middleweight and best-known fighter in the 1980s, died on November 18, 2020, of COVID-19 […]
Former World Super Welterweight Champ Miguel Castellini Dies of Coronavirus at 73 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Box Rec Buenos Aries, Argentina (October 29th, 2020)– From cutman Nelson Cuevas to referee Eddie Cotton, the professional boxing world continues to suffer losses during the COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus time period. […]
e Robert Brizel Editorial: New Look Chris Byrd on Road to Middleweight Marijuana Paradise By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Chris Byrd and Marc Abrams Former International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization World Heavyweight champion Chris ‘Rapid Fire’ Byrd is back at age 50 as a middleweight! The southpaw […]
Boom Boom Alan Minter, Pride of Britain, World Middleweight Champion Dies at Age 69 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent London, UK (September 12, 2020)– Former World Middleweight champion Alan “Boom Boom” Minter, the Pride of Great Britain, who scrapped his way through a hard-fought career to win the world middleweight […]
WBA Featherweight Champion Ernesto Marcel of Panama Dies at 72, Defeated Alexis Arguello By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (July 1st, 2020)– Retired World Boxing Association World Featherweight champion Ernesto Marcel has died in his native Panama City, Panama at age 72. Marcel compiled a career record of […]
Pete Rademacher Dies at 91, Olympic Gold Medalist Fought for Heavyweight Title in First Pro Bout By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Sandusky, Ohio (June 11th, 2020)– Pete Rademacher, the outgoing heavyweight who won the Chicago Golden Gloves, the All-Army championship, the All-Armed Forces Championship, and the 1956 Olympic Heavyweight Gold […]
From Boxing to Bicycles: The Marlon Thomas Story By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent 48 bout veteran Marlon ‘Trouble Man’ Thomas terrorized the lower weight classes between 1991 and 2014. Fighting out of Detroit, Michigan, Thomas compiled a professional record of 37-9-1 with 21 knockouts, and one No Contest. At […]
Noted Trainer, Ex-World Welterweight Champion Curtis Cokes, Dies in Dallas at 82 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Dallas, TX (June 2nd, 2020)– Former World Boxing Association and World Boxing Council World Welterweight champion Curtis Cokes, who fought in 80 professional bouts between 1958 and 1972, has died in his […]
Fight or Bite? Iron Mike Tyson Training For Comeback at 53 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (May 3rd, 2020)–From Jack Johnson to Jack Dempsey to Joe Louis, from George Foreman to Sonny Liston, from Smokin’ Joe Frazier toto Muhammad Ali to Wladimir Klitschko, many former heavyweight champions […]
Ex-World Middleweight Champion Michael Nunn Seeks Kickboxing Comeback At Age 57 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Davenport, Iowa (April 30th, 2020)– Former International Boxing Federation World Middleweight champion and World Boxing Association Super Middleweight champion Michael Nunn, 57, who was released from prison in April 2019 after serving 17 […]
RCM Historical Boxing: Rocky Marciano vs. Sonny Liston By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent There have been fantasy tournaments, and dream matchups, but some matchup concepts have proven more popular than others. Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, Larry Holmes and Jack Johnson are some of the stronger and more […]
Robert Brizel Editorial: Iron Mike Tyson vs. Muhammad Ali Would End in a 15 Round Draw By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In the recent heavyweight fantasy tournament, the only boxing tournament at the moment, put together by the World Boxing Super Series, Tyson defeated Ali in the final round to […]
South Central LA to Gold 1984 Olympic heavyweight champion Henry Tillman COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 2, 2020) – Capturing an Olympic gold medal is special but overcoming tremendous odds and winning it at home, never mind meeting your future wife, made it extraordinarily special for 1984 Olympic heavyweight champion Henry Tillman. And beating Mike Tyson […]
Detroit’s Hedgemon Lewis, Golden Gloves and World Welterweight Champion, Dies at 74 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Greensboro, Alabama (April 2, 2020)– Detroit Michigan’s Hedgemon Lewis is a member of the California Boxing Hall of Fame as a fighter and trainer. The 1963 Detroit Diamond Belt amateur champion, National […]
Chegui! The Life and Times of World Light Heavyweight Champion Jose Torres By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Jose ‘Chegui’ Torres was born on May 3, 1936, in Playa, Ponce, Puerto Rico. He began boxing at 17 years old after he joined the United States Army in 1943 during World War […]
The Man From Down Under, IBO Heavyweight Champion Jimmy Thunder, Dies at 54, Held Record For World’s Fastest KO By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Auckland, New Zealand (February 13, 2020)–The ‘Man From Down Under’, former International Boxing Organization and World Boxing Federation World Heavyweight champion James ‘Jimmy Thunder’ Peau, a super […]
Actor Kirk Douglas Was A Big Fan of Rocky Marciano By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In 1970, the late Hollywood actor Kirk Douglas hosted a television documentary tribute to his friend, the late world heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano. Kirk Douglas met Rocky Marciano when he was in a Los […]
Five Decade Career of Super Lightweight Champion Saoul Mamby Ends at Age 72 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Brooklyn, NY (December 21, 2019)– The five decades career and boxing life of former world super lightweight champion Saoul Mamby, who was in the gym his entire life long after the spotlight […]
Ex-Champ Leon Spinks Battling Pneumonia in Intensive Care, Still Fighting For His Life By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (December 13th, 2019)– Former World Heavyweight champion ‘Neon’ Leon Spinks, 66, who defeated Muhammad Ali to win the lineal world heavyweight championship in 1978, remained hospitalized in Las […]
Heavyweight Champion Leon Spinks Hospitalized in Critical Condition in Las Vegas By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former World Heavyweight champion ‘Neon’ Leon Spinks, 66, who shocked the boxing world by winning a 15 round split decision over Muhammad Ali on February 15, 1978, at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, […]
Grave Restored of Rev. Bendigo Thompson, Brobdingnagian Bare Knuckles Champion By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Photo Credit: Emma Percival Photo, Gedlingeye.co.uk In September of 2019, the grave of the former world bare-knuckles boxing champion was restored, a man from an era long before the rules of the Marquess de Queensberry. The […]
Jorge Luis Gonzalez Remembered, Trash Talk Pissed’Em Off Heavyweight Contender By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The ring has a history of pro boxers who, after fighting for a world title and not winning it, either abandoned their career or simply faded off the map due to various factors. Personal motivation […]
Hero, Heroin or Murder? Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston Showtime Documentary By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent * Photo Credit: boxinghalloffame.com Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Charles ‘Sonny’ Liston, an 89 minute documentary or shockumentary of the controversial life of the former world heavyweight champion (depending on how one interprets […]
Mike Tyson to Jack Dempsey Connection By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former world heavyweight champion Iron Mike Tyson is best known as a boxer, and for his colorful personality. Mike is lesser known for his proficiency with racing pigeons, and as an expert boxing historian who is a student […]
Errol Spence Jr. To Salvador Sanchez Connection: Robert Brizel Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Life in the fast lane. Some professional athletes think the speed ride never ends. The late World Boxing Council World Featherweight champion Salvador Sanchez crashed his Porsche 928 in a truck at 3:30 A.M. on […]
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