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.
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 […]
New Interview with Mayor Vitali Klitschko: Kyiv Will Have a Christmas Tree By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Kyiv, Ukraine (November 7th, 2022)– The Ukrainian city of Kyiv faces a winter with no heat, water or power, as Russian forces have been striking at Ukraine’s infrastructure for the past month. Ukraine looks […]
Bivol Beats Zurdo, Dirrell and Williams Return, Rakhimov Wins IBF By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (November 6th, 2022)– This past weekend, Friday, November 4, 2022, to Sunday, November 6, 2022, featured significant action packed results in the boxing world. In the major event of the weekend, […]
Former UFC Legend Mark Hunt, Trained by David Tua, Upsets Sonny Bill Williams Down Under By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Sydney, Australia (November 5th, 2022)– At Aware Super Theatre in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday evening, November 5, 2022, former UFC legend Mark ‘The Super Samoan’ Hunt, age 48, of New Zealand, […]
Anthony Young Wins Decision at Showboat Atlantic City as Ring Announcer Declares the Wrong Winner in Halloween Mistake By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent- Ringside *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Atlantic City, NJ (October 31st, 2022)– In the main event of a seven-bout card in the Carousel Room at Showboat […]
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, […]
JAKE PAUL VS. ANDERSON SILVA PREVIEW, PRESSER, BETTING ODDS, WEIGH-IN & HOW TO WATCH! Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva Showtime Desert Diamond PPV Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Glendale, Arizona (October 28th, 2022)– Showtime Pay-Per-View and Fite TV will host an unusual and unique boxing card at Diamond Desert Arena […]
WBO Mandatory No Choice, Usyk Says He Will Not Fight Joe Joyce Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Kyiv, Ukraine (October 26th, 2022)– With British heavyweight contender Joe ‘Juggernaut’ Joyce scoring an impressive win over former champion Joseph Parker, Joyce has a voice. Joyce is now the mandatory World Boxing Organisation […]
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 […]
Ruiz or Usyk? Best 2023 Heavyweight Options for Deontay Wilder By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former World Boxing Council World Heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder is back in the game and the heavyweight mix with his first-round knockout of former sparring partner Robert Helenius on October 15, 2022, at Barclays Center in […]
Caleb Plant Scores Real Combat Media Knockout of Month for October 2022 Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent On Saturday evening, October 15, 2022, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Caleb Plant, the former International Boxing Federation World Super Middleweight champion, scored the Real Combat Media ‘Knockout of the Month’ […]
R & B Promotions and Hard Hitting Promotions Showboat Atlantic City Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Atlantic City, NJ (October 23rd, 2022)–Promoter Alex Barbosa’s R & B Promotions, in conjunction with Manny Rivera’s Hard Hitting Promotions, will present its second professional boxing card at Showboat Atlantic City, in Atlantic City, […]
Kenya’s Philip Waruinge, Olympic Medalist and World Title Challenger, Dies at 77 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Lanet, Nakuru, Kenya (October 22, 2022)– Philip Waruinge, also known as Philip Waruinge Nakayama, who competed in the 1964, 1968, and 1972 Olympics, and challenged twice for the vacant World Boxing Council Super Bantamweight […]
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 […]
Dead Serious 44, Ten Amateur Bouts Scheduled Undercard Bout One, 197 to 210 Pounds Males, Scheduled for Three Rounds Joshua Jenkins (Amateur Debut), Asbury Park Jiu Jitsu, Neptune City, New Jersey vs. Julio Brodie (Amateur Debut), Top Flight Mixed Martial Arts, Belfort, Maryland Undercard Bout Two, 147 to 154 Pounds Males, Scheduled for Three Rounds […]
ANTHONY JOSHUA ACCEPTS TERMS TO FIGHT TYSON FURY Gypsy King Tyson Fury vs. Joshua: Who Wins Battle For Glory? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent London, UK (September 13th, 2022)–The Gypsy King, Tyson Fury, has been challenged by some. The Gypsy King, Tyson Fury, issued a taunt with a deadline challenge to […]
Dead Serious Promotions Presents Dead Serious 44 MMA Show at Showboat AC Sept. 24 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Dead Serious 44 MMA Flyer and Photo images by Angelo Carchesio. Used with credited permission. Atlantic City, NJ (September 13th, 2022)– Dead Serious Promotions at deadseriousmma.com and co-promoters Frankie Perez Sr. and […]
TUF Nations Winner, UFC Canadian Middleweight Elias “The Spartan” ‘Theodorou, Dies at Age 34 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Toronto, CA (September 12th, 2022)– Elias “The Spartan” Theodorou, a Canadian middleweight who competed in MMA in UFC and was the TUF Nations winner, passed away from liver cancer in his native […]
No More Talk NFL Boxing! Le’Veon Bell Scores Nasty TKO Win Adrian Peterson in LA Social Gloves Exhibition By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Los Angeles, CA (September 11th, 2022)– Mark Gastineau tried it. Ed “Too Tall Jones” tried it. Now, two of today’s most noteworthy National Football League running backs have […]
Deadline! Fury Gives Joshua to Midnight to Accept Big Money Super Fight Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent London, UK (September 1o, 2022)– Lineal and World Boxing Council World Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and promoter Frank Warren gave Anthony ‘AJ’ Joshua the ultimate deadline, by midnight tonight, Saturday, September 10, 2022, […]
British Boxing and Sports Postponed Due to Passing of Elizabeth II By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent London, UK (September 10th, 2022)– Claressa Shields, Savannah Marshall, Mikaela Mayer, and Alycia Baumgardner, part of what was to be a historical British all-women’s first of its kind professional boxing card, will have to wait […]
ANDY RUIZ JR. DROPS LUIS ORTIZ THREE TIMES ON HIS WAY TO A DECISION VICTORY IN FOX SPORTS PBC PAY-PER-VIEW MAIN EVENT SUNDAY NIGHT FROM CRYPTO.COM ARENA IN LOS ANGELES Isaac Cruz & Edwin De Los Santos Score Victories, Plus Abner Mares & Miguel Flores Fight to Majority Draw, in PPV Undercard Bouts Click HERE for Photos […]
FURY VS. USYK UPDATES & OTHER RCM INTERNATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT NEWS Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent London, UK (September 3rd, 2022)– In a new interview with talkSPORT, WBA, WBO, IBF, and IBO World Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk called Tyson Fury crazy, with ethnic overtones, stating, “I want the (Tyson Fury’s World […]
A Tribute to Hard Hitting Heavyweight Earnie Shavers, Dead at 78, Who Had 68 Knockouts By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Youngstown, Ohio (September, 3rd, 2022)– Heavyweight Earnie Shavers died on September 1, 2022. Between 1969 and 1995, Shavers made his statement. Stamina in the ring was not his forte. When it […]
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 […]
Ring Announcer Alex Barbosa Brings Boxing Back to Camden, New Jersey After 34 Years By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Camden, NJ (August 30th, 2022)– A hop, skip and a jump across the Ben Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia brings you to the Battleship New Jersey, in Camden, New Jersey. The battleship was […]
Alex Barbosa Interview and Weights From Camden For R &B Promotions Battleship Card By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Marc Abrams Camden, NJ (August 28th, 2022)– All sixteen scheduled fighters for the eight scheduled fights weighed in on Saturday, August 27, 2022, in Camden. New Jersey, for the Sunday, August […]
Small Step for Thomas LaManna in Comeback at Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Atlantic City, NJ (August 23rd, 2022)– After falling short in his bid to win a share of the world middleweight title, Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna, by his own […]
R&B Promotions Presents Battleship Boxing! A Nine Bout Card on Battleship New Jersey in Camden on August 28 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Camden, NJ (August 21, 2022)– R & B Promotions will present Battleship Boxing, an exciting nine-bout card of professional boxing, featuring top prospects on Sunday, August 28, 2022, […]
Thomas LaManna and Rising Star Promotions Present Nine Bout WBO Card at Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City This Weekend By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Atlantic City, NJ (August 17th, 2022)– Thomas LaManna and Rising Star Promotions will present an exciting nine-bout card of professional boxing at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic […]
Farmer vs. Bey Cancelled Again as Promoter Lacks Cash By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Abu Dhabi (August 14th, 2022)– The scheduled main event ten-round lightweight bout between Tevin Farmer and Mickey Bey at Findlay Toyota Center in Prescott, Arizona did not take place on August 12, 2022. For Farmer and Bey, […]
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