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.
Cassius Clay versus Rocky Marciano in 1965: More Likely A Cautious Draw By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent If Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) had fought Rocky Marciano in 1965 as was quietly proposed, beyond the financial factor (the money would have been in the millions for both, outrageous at the […]
Put Up or Bust: Seth Mitchell Versus Chris Arreola Will Be Mitchell’s Nightmare By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Indio, CA (September 6th, 2013)– Just a short piece and prediction here. It’s put up or shut up time for heavyweight Seth Mitchell, a football player nice guy who cannot fight. […]
Boxing and MMA versus Football: A Pro-Union Editorial and Why By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Reader’s Note: The views expressed are not the views of Real Combat Media. Recently the National Football League paid 750 million dollars to settle claims by more than 4500 former NFL football players […]
Big Apple Boxing Comes To Jamaica Queens September 16. Is James Kirkland Next? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (September 4th, 2013)– Lou DiBella Entertainment and 50 Cent’s SMS Promotions will present Big Apple Boxing, an exciting card of boxing at Resorts New World Casino Aqueduct […]
Horrendous Cheap Shot Boxing Referee Clip Shows Up on YouTube By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In a new boxing clip up on YouTube, a foreign fighter is hit in the face with a cheap shot while on his knees on the canvas after getting knocked down somewhere in […]
New Thomas LaManna Interview: New Skylyfe Gym in Millville For Boxing Youth By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In a new exclusive interview with Real Combat Media, middleweight prospect Thomas ‘Cornflake’ LaManna of Millville, New Jersey, has founded the new Skylyfe Gym in Millville, a nonprofit gym designed to give […]
Rocky V Tommy The Duke Morrison versus Stallone Final Fight Scene Relived By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent What better way to pay tribute to the late heavyweight Tommy ‘The Duke’ Morrison than by reliving his final street fight scene as Tommy Gunn versus Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) in the […]
Boxer Tommy Morrison Reportedly Dies at 44, Cause Remains Shrouded in Mystery By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (September 2nd, 2013)– Boxing website 8 Count News and Mixed Martial Arts site MMAdirt.com posted a story by Darren Barcomb on September 2 that boxer Tommy Morrison passed away […]
Cindy Checkmate Serrano Back in Action Against Garcia. Smirnova Next? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In a six round bout scheduled to take place in the Dominican Republic on Saturday, August 31, 2013, which does not appear on BoxRec, Cindy ‘Checkmate’ Serrano, the BoxRec number eight world ranked featherweight, […]
Judah versus Magic Man Malignaggi Callout adds to Brooklyn Salita vs Bracero Hijinks By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent With the new opening of the Barclays Arena, Dmitry Salita and Gabriel Tito Bracero have been welterweight calling each other out like mad for about a year for Lou DiBella to […]
Ernesto Marcel, World Champion Time Forgot By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent There will never be a Hall of Fame induction for the brilliant Panamanian World Featherweight champion Ernesto Marcel, who came along before Salvador Sanchez and Eusebio Pedroza, who fought the best between 114 and 130 pounds in […]
Bam! Bam! Ruben Olivares Had Mucho Power in the Lower Weights By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent If ever there was an Ernie Shavers of the lower weight classes, Ruben Olivares was it in terms of raw power. Olivares, like Shavers, was a fine technical boxer. Precisely how […]
How Abner Mares Lost to Johnny Gonzalez: A Brief Look at the How By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Of the eight International Boxing Federation, International Boxing Organization and World Boxing Council Super Bantamweight and Featherweight World title bouts Abner Mares has been in, , only one ended in […]
The Three Controversial Fights of Big Scott LeDoux By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The Fighting Frenchman, heavyweight Alan ‘Big’ Scott LeDoux, fought between February 1974 and May 1983, compiling a professional record of 33-13-4 with 22 knockouts. In his first controversial bout, LeDoux is the only fight in ring history […]
Bloody Broken Jaw Teon Kennedy Edges Collado at Bally’s By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Photos courtesy Ray Bailey Atlantic City, NJ (August 25th, 2013)– A bloody broken jawed Teon Kennedy, bleeding profusely from the mouth, closed with a strong offense down the stretch in the last three rounds to pull […]
Inside Source: Boxer Tommy Morrison could be 24 to 48 hours From Death By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Atlantic City, NJ (August 25th, 2013)– A credible reliable inside source ringside at the Bally’s Hotel and Casino boxing card on Saturday night, August 24, 2013, has stated he has been in touch with […]
A Poem For The Magic Man By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Paulie Malignaggi is The Magic Man He Do His Thing Like No Other Man Can He’s Been in Nine World Championship Bouts 32-0? No Matter. Paulie Will Knock Them Out. Paulie Outpunched Broner, and Kept Him in Line After […]
The Science of the Uppercut By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Just a small but powerful thought, of how important the uppercut is in professional boxing for the ring technicians who know how to win rounds on points, who also know how to use the left uppercut and right uppercut […]
Trainer Jovan Sugar Hill Interview on Salita and Bracero: Let’s Make It Happen! By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In a Real Combat Media exclusive interview ringside after a boxing card at Fight Factory Arena in Brooklyn, New York, Emanuel Steward’s nephew and longtime Kronk gym trainer Jovan ‘Sugar’ Hill, now […]
Tale of Two Chambers: Rise and Fall of Steve and Eddie Chambers By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent A short thought to note life has been cruel of late and not particularly kind to the professional boxing careers of heavyweight contender Eddie Chambers and his brother, welterweight contender Steve Upsher […]
Trainer Joseph Awinongya Interview: A Critical Analysis of Geale Versus Barker By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In a Real Combat Media international exclusive, Joseph Awinongya of Ghana, who owns and operates the Will County Boxing Gym in Joliet, Illinois, where he trains former top rated former International Boxing Federation […]
Vinny Paz Razzmatazz: Boose, Cars, Strippers, Gambling, Bankruptcy, and More By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Vinny Paz, formerly known as Vinny Pazienza, made millions during his professional career as a boxer. Between 1983 and 2004, fighting between 137 and 171 pounds, ‘The Pazmanian Devil’ compiled a ring record of […]
Maicelo-Rodriguez Opening Bout at Revel Casino Ends in a Late Knockout Classic By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent-Ringside *Photo Credit – Robert Brizel Atlantic City, NJ (August 19th, 2013)–On arrival at The Revel Resort and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on August 17, 2013, the first bout had […]
Geale Gets Robbed, Barker Wins IBF Middleweight Title By Strange Split Decision By Robert Brizel, Head Boxing Real Combat Media Correspondent – Ringside *Photo Credit – Robert Brizel Atlantic City, NJ (August 18th, 2013)– Newly crowned International Boxing Federation Middleweight Champion Darren Barker entered the ring for the featured Home Box Office Boxing […]
The Great Roy Jones Jr., Commentator and Still Champion By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent At 44 years old, 56-8 with 40 knockouts, and a year inactive, Pensacola, Florida native Roy Jones Jr. appears unlikely to return to the ring for another fight. Still, you never know. Roy has […]
Szpilka Comes Off Canvas Again To Finish Mollo and End His Career By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Chicago, IL (August 17th, 2013)– Heavyweight Mike Mollo had the potential to be a world champion, but beyond a certain point, felt he had the wrong promoter. He wanted to get out of […]
Daniel Geale Comes to America To Fight Darren Barker A Century After Les Darcy By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In 1916, World Middleweight champion Les Darcy of Australia attempted to enlist in active service for Australia during World War I, but his mother blocked it as Darcy was […]
Tor Hamer Blinks and Manswell Stinks, Melson Wins Rematch at BB King By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent – Ringside New York, NY (August 15th, 2013)– Tobago heavyweight Kerston Manswell came to the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan in 2011 with a 20-0 record, but he still cannot fight. Brooklyn […]
Remembering Gil Clancy, They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent RCM Historical Boxing Hall of Fame boxing trainer Gil Clancy is probably best remembered as a CBS, MSG and HBO television boxing commentator, and not as a trainer of Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George […]
RCM Historical Boxing – Bad Blood! Iceman John Scully versus DeGrandis 1988 Golden Gloves Brawl Remembered By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Ever hear the Neil Sedaka song ‘Bad Blood’? It wasn’t all Riddick Bowe versus Andrew Golota. A new documentary on the life of noted boxing trainer Iceman […]
Ten Famous Name Boxers Who Fought in The Wrong Division RCM Historical Boxing By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Here is my list of ten famous name boxers who fought in the wrong weight class: Number One: Bob Foster. The Albuquerque, New Mexico native failed against such heavyweights […]
Can Kermit Cintron Return to Championship Form? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Welterweight Kermit ‘El Asesino’ Cintron has only five wins in his last 11 fights. At age 33, with a record of 34-5-2 with 28 knockouts, Cintron is at a crossroads turning point in his career. Cintron has beaten […]
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