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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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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This section is for all content by Robert Brizel, who is a Real Combat Media Head Boxing Correspondent.
As The Bell Sounds: Referees Brown, Esteves and Lipton Explain What Happens By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent In an international Real Combat Media interview exclusive, famed boxing referees Earl Brown, Benjy Esteves Jr. and Ron Lipton explained what happens in a professional boxing referee’s mind as the bell sounds ending a round. […]
Wasfi Tolaymat Interview: Ringside Eyewitness Behind Timekeeper Says Barthelemy Won By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent In a Real Combat Media international exclusive interview, Wasfi Tolaymat, manager of Chicago middleweight Osumanu Adama, who was ringside for the International Boxing Federation super featherweight championship bout between champion Argenis Mendez and challenger Rances Barthelemy […]
It’s Strange! Barthelemy Kayoes Mendez After The Bell to Win IBF Title, Result Appealed By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Minneapolis, MN (January 4th, 2013)– According to promoter Iron Mike Tyson, “We (all) heard the bell ring ending the second round, and then we saw Argenis Mendez get hit twice (and knocked […]
Blood Score! Lightweight Osnel Charles Calls Out Raphael Luna and Dmitriy Salita For Rematch By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent In a Real Combat Media exclusive, Atlantic City lightweight Osnel Charles called Real Combat Media, and made a most unusual call out to New York City boxing promoter Dmitriy Salita and Mexican […]
Winter Storm Hercules Precedes Tyson ESPN2 Friday Night Fights Card By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Frosty the Snowman better not cancel tonight’s scheduled televised ESPN2 Friday Night Fights eight bout card, featuring the International Boxing Federation Super Featherweight World title bout between Argenis Mendez and Rances Barthelemy at the Target Center […]
Atlantic City Boxing Scene: Atlantic Club Casino Goes Broke and Will Close January 13 By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Atlantic City, NJ (January 2, 2014)– The Atlantic City boxing scene is still alive in 2014. The number of Atlantic City casino hotels available to stage boxing venues is still going down, […]
The Alex Leapai Factor: Is Dr. Steelhammer’s Reign in Jeopardy? Is The Bout Sellable? By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Consider one judge was unable to give 33-0 Russian heavyweight Denis Boytsov one round in his bout against World Boxing Organization number one heavyweight contender Alex Leapai in Germany, where Boytsov lives […]
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 […]
Andre The Giant vs. Tyson Gone Mad! Roy Jones Calls Out UFC Star Nick Diaz By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent When Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts collide, the resulting clash is going to be insane.We all remember what happened in 1998 when Iron Mike Tyson and Stone Cold Steve Austin and Stone Cold Steve Austin […]
Have A Good Christmas? Floyd’s 2014 Merry-Go-Round of Maidana, Khan and Pacquiao By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s springtime is rapidly approaching. The sun will soon shine on the next Floyd Mayweather Jr. mega fight in 2014. While it seems like the Europeans are willing to put up money for Floyd […]
Zoltan Petranyi, Europe’s Oldest Heavyweight Champion at 47 By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent At age 47, Hungarian and UBO European Heavyweight champion Zoltan Petranyi is unlikely to get a world title shot at Wladimir or Vitali Klitschko as his career winds down. A winner of fourteen straight bouts, Petranyi had a rough start. […]
Middleweight Patrick Majewski Interview: I’m Ready For Curtis Stevens! By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent In an international Real Combat Media exclusive, Polish middleweight contender Patrick Przemek ‘The Machine’ Majewski, ranked 23rd in the world at middleweight by the World Boxing Council, talked about his upcoming middleweight bout with Curtis Stevens, ranked […]
Marcos Rene Maidana, El Chino, Real Combat Media’s Risk Taker of The Year in 2013 By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Marcos Rene Maidana was figured to have absolutely no chance whatsoever against Adrien ‘The Problem’ Broner in their World Boxing Association World Welterweight title bout at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, […]
Don King Beware! Cruiserweight Rico Hoye Calls Out Guillermo Jones! By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent In a stunning new development sure to send shockwaves through the boxing establishment, in a Real Combat Media international exclusive, cruiserweight contender Rico Hoye, currently in the midst of fighting monthly as he charts his comeback to […]
17-0 with 17 Knockouts! Wow! Richard Commey, Ghana’s Rising Lightweight Star By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent With the departure of Adrien Broner to the welterweight division, Richard Commey, the Ghanian Lightweight champion, is rapidly rising through the ranks. Now 17-0 with 17 knockouts,Commey is slowly but surely taking apart the pretenders […]
Happy Holidays 2014, a Boxing Poem By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Somewhat to the tune of Winter Wonderland The rings are rolling The bells are tolling For who? Derric Rossy’s ProPlex card got snowed! There’s lovely weather For a boxing show with you. The […]
James Kirkland is The Comeback Fighter of The Year in 2013 By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent I hereby nominate James Kirkland for the Real Combat Media Boxing’s comeback fighter of the year in 2013 and he also won the award in 2011. Unlike professional baseball, to the best of my knowledge professional boxing […]
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 […]
Chicago Trainer Joseph Awinonya Interview: Why Adama Will Beat GGG in Monte Carlo By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent In an international Real Combat Media exclusive, Joseph Awinonya of Joliet, Illinois, the Chicago area trainer of world ranked middleweight contender Osumanu Adama of Ghana, and the trainer of French Welterweight champion […]
Olympian Evhen Khytrov and Trainer Buddy McGirt Are a Knockout at Webster Hall By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (December 22, 2013)– 2011 World Amateur Middleweight champion EvhenKhytrov of the Ukraine, known as ‘The Ukrainian Lion’, and his trainer Buddy McGirt are a knockout of a team. Khytrov’s […]
Trainer Abel Sanchez Interview: Why GGG Will Beat Osumanu Adama in Monte Carlo By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent In a Real Combat Media international exclusive, Abel Sanchez, the trainer of World Boxing Association World Middleweight champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin, outlined the reasons why Gennady Golovkin will defeat challenger Osumanu Adama in their […]
New York’s Fight of The Year! 2-4 Mexican Ringer Luna Takes Prospect On Trip To Hell By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Make no mistake about it. Albany, New York 2-4 Mexican fighter Raphael Luna is a ringer, who from the looks of it, had to have at least a couple hundred […]
50 Cent Fighters Knocking Everybody Out, Worthy of Better Opposition By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent To witness the latest boxing card at Resorts World Casino at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York, on December 20, 2013, boxing promoter 50 Cent and his SMS Promotions must be doing something right. It […]
James Mandingo Kirkland Honored With Special CompuBox Power Shot Award By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent James ‘Mandingo’ Kirkland was honored by boxing promoter 50 Cent of SMS Promotions for setting a 154 pound division CompuBox statistical record with 73 power shots landed on 20-0 Glen Tapia in the fourth round of […]
James Kirkland and 50 Cent Steal The Show at Resorts World Casino Boxing Card By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent- Ringside New York, NY (December 21, 2013)– Whatever American rapper and entrepreneur Curtis Jackson III AKA 50 Cent does, there’s an electric and flamboyant sense of the utter spectacular. The six bout boxing card […]
NABF Champ Paulie Malignaggi Interview: I Will Beat Marcos Rene Maidana! By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent In an exclusive interview ringside with Real Combat Media, North American Boxing Federation Welterweight champion Paulie ‘Magic Man’ Malignaggi says he would beat WBA World Welterweight champion Marcos Rene Maidana if given the chance. […]
Olympian Evhen Khytrov and Trainer Buddy McGirt Are a Knockout at Webster Hall By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent- Ringside New York, NY (December 19th, 2013)– 2011 World Amateur Middleweight champion Evhen Khytrov of the Ukraine, known as ‘The Ukrainian Lion’, and his trainer Buddy McGirt are a knockout of a […]
Four Foot Ten Baby Jake Matlala, Shortest Boxing Champion Ever, Dies at 51 in Soweto By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Jacob ‘Baby Jake’ Matlala, the shortest professional boxing champion ever at 4’10″, has died at age 51 on December 7, 2013, in his native Soweto, South Africa. Matala compiled a professional record of […]
Maidana Exposes Broner, Wins WBA Welterweight Title and Maybe A Shot at Floyd By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Houston, TX (December 15th, 2013)– Marcos Rene Maidana AKA ‘El Chino’ has traveled from his native Buenos Aires, Argentina to the United States several times. In his last three trips, Maidana has seen […]
Ding-A-Ling Man Darnell Wilson and Brian Minto Both Record Big Heavyweight Upsets By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Atlantic City, NJ (December 15th, 2013)–The famed gatekeeper of the heavyweight division, Darnell ‘Ding-A-Ling’ Wilson, chalked up another victim on his long resume at Resorts Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Saturday evening, […]
The Ukrainian Lion, Evhen Khytrov, To Debut on Salita and Urman Webster Hall Card By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (December 15th, 2013)– 2011 World Amateur Middleweight champion and 2012 Olympian Evhen Khytrov will debut in the main event of a ten bout card at Webster Hall in New York City on […]
By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (December 15th, 2013)– Curtis Jackson AKA 50 Cent hit pay dirt gold when James ‘Mandingo’ Kirkland finished off 20-0 Glen Tapia in the sixth round at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City last weekend. In the main event of an eight bout card at Resorts World […]
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