BenjyEsteves Jr. and Best Referee’s Call of 2013 in Mikey Garcia versus Orlando Salido By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Referee Benjy Esteves Jr. made the best referee’s decision in 2013, and it was an important one, as the status of the super featherweight division emerged from the bout. California’s Mikey Angel Garcia incurred a […]
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Category: Robert Brizel – RCM Head Boxing Correspondent
This section is for all content by Robert Brizel, who is a Real Combat Media Head Boxing Correspondent.
Tremendous Victory! Luis Collazo Knocks Out Victor Ortiz at 2:59 of The Second, Retains WBA International Title and Calls Out Floyd
Tremendous Victory! Luis Collazo Knocks Out Victor Ortiz at 2:59 of The Second, Retains WBA International Title and Calls Out Floyd By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Brooklyn, NY (January 31st, 2014)– Luis Collazo of Queens, New York, retained the World Boxing Association International Welterweight title with a second round knockout of ‘vicious’ […]
Gerrie Coetzee versus Michael Dokes WBA World Heavyweight Title Bout in 1983 Remembered
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 […]
Bethlehem Pennsylvania Boxing Scene: Meet Sands Events Center Owner Tommy Schantz and GM Matt Salkowski
Bethlehem Pennsylvania Boxing Scene: Meet Sands Events Center Owner Tommy Schantz and GM Matt Salkowski By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent In a Real Combat Media international interview exclusive conducted live ringside at the Sands Casino Resort Hotel Events Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Tommy Schantz, an owner of the Sands Events Center, […]
Southpaw Wars! For Vicious Victor Ortiz, It’s Do or Die Against Luis Collazo Tonight at Barclays Center
Southpaw Wars! For Vicious Victor Ortiz, It’s Do or Die Against Luis Collazo Tonight at Barclays Center By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit- Robert Brizel Brooklyn, NY (January 30th, 2014)– After tonight’s World Boxing Association International Welterweight title match between titleholder Luis Collazo of New York City and challenger Victor ‘Vicious’ […]
Former Boxers Nate Tubbs & Jose Ribalta Discuss Their Views on Medical Marijuana In this Exclusive RCM Interview
Nate Tubbs & Jose Ribalta Discuss Their Views on Medical Marijuana Heavyweight Jose Nino Ribalta Interview: Stop Medical Marijuana in Florida! By Robert Brizel, Head RCM BoxingCorrespondent Former top ranked heavyweight contender Jose ‘El Nino’ Ribalta of Miami Beach, Florida, who immigrated from Cuba and went on to fight 12 heavyweight champions and […]
Nazim Richardson and Al Ice Cole Exclusive RCM Interview
Nazim Richardson and Al Ice Cole Interview: On Adama Versus GGG in Monte Carlo, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. versus Amir Khan By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Bernard Hopkins trainer Nazim Richardson, and former world cruiserweight champion Al Ice Cole, after working the corner of WBA number nine world ranked heavyweight Travis […]
Welterweight Excitement on Promoter’s Wheel: Keith Thurman versus Shawn Porter, Marcos Maidana versus Broner, Floyd, Pacman, Luis Collazo an
Welterweight Excitement on Promoter’s Wheel: Keith Thurman versus Shawn Porter, Marcos Maidana versus Broner, Floyd, Pacman, Luis Collazo and Much Much More! By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent As 2014 begins to shape up, and boxing fans want the best matchups. Boxing fan diehards, here’s the entire lowdown! The welterweight division currently […]
Joey Dawejko Defeats Derric Rossy and Calls Out Vinny Maddalone
Heavyweight Polish Thunder Joey Dawejko Defeats Derric Rossy and Unbelievably Calls Out Vinny Maddalone! By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Polish thunder! In the main event of a six bout card at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, promoted by Sal Musumuci’s Final Forum boxing, on Saturday evening, January […]
Travis Kauffman Wins WBA 10 Round Hug-O-War at Sands Casino Bethlehem. Is Fres Oquendo next?
Travis Kauffman Wins WBA 10 Round Hug-O-War at Sands Casino Bethlehem. Is Fres Oquendo next? By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent- Ringside *Photo Credit- Robert Brizel Bethlehem, PA (January 27th, 2014)– In the pre-fight press conference, southpaw heavyweight challenger Vincent ‘Vicious’ Thompson claimed he was the next great heavyweight champion of the […]
Arctic Chill in Atlantic City: Stevens Burns Majewski, Mchunu Hangs On To Defeat Durodola
Arctic Chill in Atlantic City: Stevens Burns Majewski, Mchunu Hangs On To Defeat Durodola By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent- Ringside * Photo Credit: Robert Brizel Patrick ‘The Machine’ Majewski of Radom, Poland, has been the darling of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Since decisioning Maurice Williams at Boardwalk Hall there in August 2007, Majewski […]
Iceman John Scully Interview: How Patrick Majewski Must Fight Curtis Stevens
Iceman John Scully Interview: How Patrick Majewski Must Fight Curtis Stevens By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent In an exclusive interview with Real Combat Media, world class boxing trainer Iceman John Scully, who knows both Patrick Majewski and Curtis Stevens and their middleweight boxing styles very well, assessed Patrick Majewski’s chance of beating the […]
RCM HISTORICAL BOXING: Remembering Bearcat Wright, Who Beat Sam Langford and Jack Johnson
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 […]
Assessing Pacman’s Chances in Timothy Bradley versus Manny Pacquiao II in 2014
Assessing Pacman’s Chances in Timothy Bradley versus Manny Pacquiao II in 2014 By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Focus is the key if Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao wants to defeat Timothy ‘Desert Storm’ Bradley in a rematch and get a superior win on the comeback trail in 2014. Pacman’s recent lopsided 12 round decision […]
Polish Thunder! Hot and Cold Heavyweight Joey Dawejko Says He Will Knock Out Derric Rossy in Five Rounds
Polish Thunder! Hot and Cold Heavyweight Joey Dawejko Says He Will Knock Out Derric Rossy in Five Rounds By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent In an exclusive interview with Real Combat Media, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania heavyweight contender Joey ‘Polish Thunder’ Dawejko predicted a knockout of perennial fringe contender Derric ‘The Shaolin Fist’ […]
Canelo Wooly Bully Alvarez vs. Angulo, El Terrible Morales vs. The Rat
Viva Mexico! Canelo Wooly Bully Alvarez vs. Angulo, El Terrible Morales vs. The Rat By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Viva Mexico! Jose Sulaiman may be gone, but Mexico is certainly not to be forgotten is two unforgettable bouts coming up in 2014. Some may say, why are Mexicans fighting Mexicans? This reporter […]
Ecuadorian Professional Boxers: A Historical Look
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 […]
World Boxing Council President Jose Sulaiman, Boxing’s Godfather, Dies at age 82 in Los Angeles
World Boxing Council President Jose Sulaiman,Boxing’s Godfather, Dies at age 82 in Los Angeles By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Los Angeles, CA (January 17, 2014)– One of boxing’s best known personalities and most recognizable names ever in the modern era ever, Jose Sulaiman Chagnon of Mexico City, Mexico, a […]
Keisher Wells On Fire! Calls Out WBA Flyweight Champ Suzy Kentikian For 2014 Bout
Keisher Wells On Fire! Calls Out WBA Flyweight Champ Suzy Kentikian For 2014 Bout By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Some fighters wear two hats. In a Real Combat media International Exclusive, Keisher ‘Fire’ McLeod-Wells, a manager at world famous Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn, New York, discussed her upcoming ten round main event […]
Golden Nugget Atlantic City Casino Hosts First Boxing Card Featuring Rossy-Dawejko
Golden Nugget Atlantic City Casino Hosts First Boxing Card Featuring Rossy-Dawejko By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent For the first time since Landry’s, an American privately owned, multi-brand dining, hospitality, entertainment and gaming corporation based in Houston, Texas, purchased the Trump Marina Hotel and Casino from Trump Entertainment Resorts in February 2011 and […]
Lost Souls: Cruiserweight Lateef Kayode Fighting at 222 Pounds in Wrong Division?
Lost Souls: Cruiserweight Lateef Kayode Fighting at 222 Pounds in Wrong Division? By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Trained by Freddie Roach, and having reached 20-0 with 16 knockouts, the still active Lateef Olalalekin ‘Power’ Kayode, fighting out of Hollywood, California by way of Lagos Nigeria, should be at the top of […]
Happy Birthday Sylvester Jones Interview: Mastermind of In The Ring Entertainment
Happy Birthday Sylvester Jones Interview: Mastermind of In The Ring Entertainment By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Boxing writer Sylvester ‘Sly’ Jones in the mastermind behind in the Ring Entertainment, a well-known boxing website offering news, views, blogs and contacts in the fight game. Currently the boxing website operated by Jones is being revamped with […]
20-0 South American Cruiserweight Champion Ruben Angel Miño To Fight Makabu in Monte Carlo
20-0 South American Cruiserweight Champion Ruben Angel Miño To Fight Makabu in Monte Carlo By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Known as ‘El Hombre De Piedra’, 20-0 South American Cruiserweight champion Ruben Angel Miño of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in a move reminiscent of Carlo Monzon versus Giovanni Nino Benevenuti in Monte Carlo in […]
Broner Gets Maidana Again
You Can’t Always Get What You Want! A-Rod Canned as Broner Gets Maidana Again By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent There’s a famous song by The Rolling Stones which goes ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” In the case of many prominent sports athletes, the Mick Jagger classic tune frequently […]
Pennsylvania Athletic Commissioner Greg Sirb Sets New Rules as of January 2014
Pennsylvania Athletic Commissioner Greg Sirb Sets New Rules as of January 2014 By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent In an exclusive email sent to Real Combat Media, Pennsylvania Athletic Commissioner Gregory Sirb has changed the professional boxing and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) rules in the State of Pennsylvania, effective January 1, 2014. […]
Pro Boxing Returns To Anchorage Alaska After 13 Years
Chill Out! Pro Boxing Returns To Anchorage Alaska After 13 Years By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Plenty of people in Alaska fish for a living or work on oil rigs, with the occasional prospector looking for gold. Summertime is the best time to stop bears in tourist visits to the national parks. In […]
New York City Boxing Scene: Resorts World Casino Earns a Billion as Buffet Closes
New York City Boxing Scene: Resorts World Casino Earns a Billion as Buffet Closes By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Resorts World Casino at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York, is the highest grossing slot machine parlor in the United States. Its gaming revenue has already passed the billion dollar mark since it […]
Where’s Papito? Whatever Happened To Wilfredo Vazquez Jr.?
Where’s Papito? Whatever Happened To Wilfredo Vazquez Jr.? By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent He began his career in 2006, and went undefeated in his first 21 professional bouts, and was the World Boxing Organization Super Bantamweight Champion of the World. From that point on, the boxing career of Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. has been […]
RCM HISTORICAL BOXING: How Hoover’s FBI Affected Joe Louis and Dr. King
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 […]
Shi No Tenshi, Japanese Boxer Tesshin Okada Dies, 38th Japanese Fatality Since 1951
Shi No Tenshi, Japanese Boxer Tesshin Okada Dies, 38th Japanese Fatality Since 1951 By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent ‘Shi No Tenshi’ is Japanese language for ‘Angel of Death’. Debuting Japanese super flyweight boxer Tesshin Okada, 21 years old, died on Wednesday January 6, 2014, from injuries sustained when he was knocked […]
Dmitriy Salita Interview: Inside Star of David Promotions
Dmitriy Salita Interview: Inside Star of David Promotions By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Besides being a presence in the welterweight division today with a record of 35-2-1 with 18 knockouts, Dmitriy Salita, from Brooklyn, New York via the Ukraine, is also a noted boxing promoter in the New York City […]
Adama Trainer Joseph Awinongya Interview: How Patrick Majewski Can Beat Curtis Stevens
Adama Trainer Joseph Awinongya Interview: How Patrick Majewski Can Beat Curtis Stevens By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent In an international Real Combat Media interview exclusive, Joseph Awinongya, the trainer of world ranked middleweight Osumanu Adama of Ghana who will fight Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin for the World Boxing Association World Middleweight title in February […]

































