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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Takuma Inoue survived a seventh-round knockdown from Tenshin Nasukawa to retain his WBC bantamweight title by unanimous decision in Tokyo. Full card results and video highlights.
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Johnny Fisher edged Michael Pirotton by majority decision at Zuffa Boxing 11 in London, and Dana White said he is promoting Fury vs. Joshua while admitting he doesn't know if the fight will happen. Full results, video highlights, and the post-fight press conference.
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Father Time Defeats Ex-Champ Hasim Rahman, Age 53, Who Loses in an Indiana Six-Rounder By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Marc Abrams Lowell, Indiana (September 27th, 2026)– Looking more like a washed-up version of Jerry Quarry than a rejuvenated version of Big George Foreman, former World Heavyweight Champion Hasim ‘The […]
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This section is for all content by Robert Brizel, who is a Real Combat Media Head Boxing Correspondent.
Sergio Martinez, 47, Now Ranked at Middleweight Again, Calls out Gennady Golovkin By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Buenos Aires, Argentina (December 25th, 2022)– Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all by the tree. With that, at the ripe young age of 47, Sergio Gabriel ‘La Maravilla’ Martinez, currently ranked worldwide contender […]
Torn Right Knee ACL to Keep WBA Champ Daniel Dubois Out of Ring for Six Months By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent London, UK (December 25th, 2022)– World Boxing Association Regular World heavyweight champion Daniel ‘Dynamite’ Dubois, who came off the canvas three times in the first round against South African challenger […]
Social Media Boxing Star Jake Paul Signs Contract with Football’s Cleveland Browns By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Cleveland, Ohio (December 25th, 2022)– After receiving a title from the World Boxing Association, social media and boxing star Jake Paul, a king at publicity and self-promotion, has moved to yet a higher plane. […]
Super Welterweight Champion Jermell Charlo Breaks Left Pinkie and Thumb, Tim Tszyu Bout is Postponed By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Houston, Texas (December 25th, 2022)– In the final major boxing development of 2022, the January 28, 2023 world super welterweight unified titular defense of Jermell ‘Iron Man’ Charlo of the United […]
Claressa Shields Wins The ‘Real Combat Media Female Boxer’ of 2022 – Wants Marshall Rematch Next By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Flint, Michigan (December 24th, 2022)– Simultaneous two-division world champion boxer Claressa Shields has been named the Real Combat Media Female Boxer of the Year for 2022. Female world champions Katie […]
Lethal Leigh Wood Wins the “Real Combat Media Knockout of 2022” With His Win Over Michael Conlan By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Nottingham, UK (December 23rd, 2022)– Twice in world championship bouts, world-class fighters entered the twelfth and final round with Leigh Wood. Both times, Can Xu and Michael Conlan hit […]
Zion Clark, Man with No Legs, Wins MMA Debut in San Diego at Gladiator Challenge By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent San Diego, CA (December 21, 2022)– Mixed Martial Arts History was made on Saturday, December 17, 2022, when Zion Clark, MMA Team Bodyshop, Columbus, Ohio, the man with no legs, won […]
JAKE PAUL AWARDED A WBA BELT FOR HELPING CHANGE THE BOXING BUSINESS By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Head Boxing Correspondent Colombus, Ohio (December 21, 2022)– (6-0, 4 Kos) social media boxing star Jake ‘The Problem Child’ Paul was recently awarded a World Boxing Association title, presented to him by Bernard Hopkins in Miami. Paul […]
47-Year-Old Sergio Martinez Win His 5th Fight in a Row in His Comeback Orlando, Florida (December 18, 2022)– Sergio ‘La Maravilla’ Martinez, age 47, the southpaw former World Middleweight champion, continues to test his surgically repaired knees. Martinez won the fifth consecutive bout of his comeback after a ring absence of over six years, with […]
UFC Vegas 66 Results & Rafa Garcia Wins Bloodbath Decision on Undercard By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (December 18th, 2022)– In the main event of a 13-bout UFC card, UFC Vegas 66, UFC Fight Night 216, at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, Saturday night, December 17, 2022, the […]
Hermans Drops Spencer to Win IBO Title in Upset, Makhmudov Wins in One Round By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Shawinigan, Canada (December 17th, 2022)– The career of former World Boxing Organization Female World Super Middleweight champion Femke Hermans appeared to be over in April 2022 when she was knocked out by […]
Everlast Responds to Terence Crawford’s Defective Gloves & Team Avanesyan Appeals Editorial By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Head Boxing Correspondent Lincoln, Nebraska (December 16th, 2022)– Terence Crawford’s defective Everlast boxing gloves before the sixth round in his recent WBO World Welterweight titular defense against challenger David Avanesyan at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, […]
Unfair Matchmaking, Refereeing and Judging is Ruining Pro Boxing ? Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent If a second knockdown had been counted as his first one, former European Super Lightweight champion Sandor Martin would have earned a majority 10-round draw with former world champion Teofimo Lopez, instead of losing a […]
Manny Pacquiao & Austin Trout Return, Bud KOs Avanesyan, Tale of Two Lopez By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In a December 2022 month of exciting boxing, Manny Pacquiao returned in exhibition form, and Terence Crawford, Teofimo Lopez, Luis Alberto Lopez, and Austin Trout scored important career continuing wins for the weekend […]
Michael Conlan Stops Karim Guerfi in First in SSE Arena Belfast Main Event By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Belfast, Ireland (December 11th, 2022)– Michael ‘Mick’ Conlan, 18-1 with nine knockouts, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, the former WBA interim World Featherweight champion, had only this to say to the Belfast crowd […]
COMPLETE FIGHT NIGHT QUOTES, RESULTS & PHOTOS FOR BELLATOR MMA 289: STOTS VS. SABATELLO OFFICIAL FIGHT NIGHT PHOTOS (PLEASE CREDIT: BELLATOR/LUCAS NOONAN) POST-FIGHT VIDEO INTERVIEWS HERE IC-Raufeon Stots (19-1) defeated #6-Danny Sabatello (13-2) via split decision (48-47, 45-50, 48-47) Stots Quotes: “I’m satisfied that I got the win, but I wanted to get that motherf*cker out of there. That’s the most satisfying given […]
MANNY PACQUIAO RETURNS TODAY FOR AN EXHIBITION By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Head Boxing Correspondent Seoul, South Korea (December 10th, 2022)– Southpaw Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao, 62-8-2 with 39 knockouts, General Santos Sur, Philippines, age 43, a former eight-division world champion, 16 months retired since losing a decision to Yordnies Ugas in August 2021, will […]
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, […]
Britannia Waives The Rules! Timekeeper Rang Bell 12 Seconds Early Round One Dubois-Lerena, Ref Ends Fight After Bell in Round Three, UK Waives WBA 3 Knockdown Rule Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Britannia waives the rules! That is a line from the well-known patriotic song ‘Rule Britannia’. Last Saturday’s World […]
The Fury versus Chisora Hamburger Exhibition in Tottenham Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent After witnessing Tyson Fury dismantling of challenger Dereck Chisora by tenth round stoppage on Saturday night, December 3, 2022, in defense of his lineal and World Boxing Council World heavyweight title, the Top Rank, ESPN+ and BT […]
In the First December Outdoor Stadium Boxing Event in History, Fury Stops Chisora in Chilly Tenth Round of Trilogy By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Tottenham, UK (December 8th, 2022)– In the first outdoor boxing event ever held in December at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in Tottenham, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday, December […]
Boxing Results From South Korea By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Inchon, South Korea (December 4th, 2022)– A seemingly insignificant six-bout card held at Paradise Plaza in Inchon, South Korea, on Saturday, December 3, 2022, on the same day as the Tyson Fury versus Dereck Chisora card in Tottenham, United Kingdom, turned […]
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 […]
Thanksgiving Weekend Roundup: Ryder and Whyte in Controversial Wins, Broken Nose Wardley and Prograis Score KOs, Estrela in Lucky Upset By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Happy Thanksgiving to all boxing fans and sports fans! In the world of professional boxing, the United Kingdom was the big winner in all of the […]
REGIS PROGRAIS DOMINATES & STOPS JOSE ZEPEDA TO BECOME THE BEST FIGHTER AT 140LBS CARSON, California – On Saturday night on Dignity Health Sports Center in Carson, California, southpaw Regis Prograis, 28-1 with 24 knockouts, Houston, Texas, won the vacant World Boxing Council Super Lightweight title with an eleventh-round knockout of southpaw Jose Zepeda, 35-3 […]
Olivier Mercier Scores Real Combat Media MMA KO of the Month, Wins PFL World Title By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (November 27th, 2022)– In an event billed as MMA’s richest night, on Friday, November 25, 2022, at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden New York City on ESPN+ Pay-Per-View, Olivier Aubin-Mercier scored […]
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 […]
Bruecker vs. DeMoor Misfits Boxing is a Danger to the Sport Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent On Saturday, November 19, 2022, on the Misfits 3 boxing card at Moody Theater in Austin, Texas, the cruiserweight pro boxing bout between 2-0 MMA fighter Josh Bruecker of Detroit, Michigan, and debuting ex-college […]
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 […]
Israel Adesanya Loses UFC Title, Then Gets Arrested at JFK Airport By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (November 18th, 2022)– On Saturday night, November 12, 2022, Israel ‘The Last Stylebender’ Adesanya, 23-2, of Lagos, Nigeria, by way of New Zealand lost his UFC Middleweight title by knockout to Alex […]
Unraveling Stevie Sparks vs. Montana Love DQ Controversy Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Cleveland, Ohio (November 14th, 2022)– On Saturday evening, November 12, 2022, at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, in Cleveland, Ohio, the televised DAZN main event ended in controversy when referee David Fields disqualified undefeated junior welterweight contender Montana Love, […]
Ricky Hatton and Marco Barrera Battle to Eight Round No Decision in Manchester By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Manchester, UK (November 13th, 2022)– On Saturday evening, November 12th, 2022, old friends and rivals Ricky Hatton and Marco Antonio Barrera, made their final ring appearances, battled to an eight-round no decision at […]
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