UFC 334 is official: Ciryl Gane defends the undisputed heavyweight title against Josh Hokit, and Kayla Harrison finally meets Amanda Nunes, on November 14th at Madison Square Garden.
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Gritty British Champ Jimmy Batten, Who Went 10 Rounds with Roberto Duran, Dies at 70 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent London, UK (September 21st, 2026)– Gritty former British Super Welterweight champion Jimmy Batten, who survived three broken ribs to take Roberto Duran on a brilliant but losing 10-round trip to […]
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PITBULL CRUZ DELIVERS THRILLING SIXTH-ROUND KNOCKOUT OVER NESTOR BRAVO IN MAIN EVENT SATURDAY NIGHT FROM PECHANGA ARENA IN SAN DIEGO Daniel Blancas, Marco Verde & Eumir Marcial Score Victories in Undercard Bouts Click HERE for Photos from Cris Esqueda/ Premier Boxing Champions SAN DIEGO – September 19, 2026 – Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz is all bite, no bark. Cruz […]
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Sean Sharaf knocked out -2400 favorite Gable Steveson in 12 seconds and Arman Tsarukyan starched Mauricio Ruffy to stake his title claim at UFC 331. Full card results, Joshua Van's title defense, and video from Los Angeles.
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Everyone made weight for UFC 331. Full tale-of-the-tape breakdowns, film study, betting odds, and video from the Countdown special, press conference and weigh-in for Van vs. Pantoja 2 at Crypto.com Arena.
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This section is for all content by Robert Brizel, who is a Real Combat Media Head Boxing Correspondent.
In The Ring Entertainment: Exclusive Interview With Sylvester Jones By Robert Brizel, In The Ring Entertainment Correspondent Recently at ringside in Queens, New York, I got to sit with my usual pal Sylvester ‘Sly’ Jones, also a boxing and Mixed Martial Arts reporter. When the boxing card was over, we left ringside […]
WIBA World Champion Amanda Serrano Worthy of Better Opposition By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY (May 8th, 2013)– WIBA Women’s International Boxing Association World Female champion Amanda Serrano, a former International Boxing Federation world title holder at super featherweight, is worthy of better opposition. Serrano, who […]
Great New Rocky Marciano Black and White Highlight Clips Now on YouTube By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent Hey heavyweight boxing fight fans! There’s a great black and white boxing clip on YouTube which has the best of the best footage on Rocky Marciano from the fight years 1955 and previous. The clip contains […]
Challenge! Dmitriy Salita Calls Out Gabriel Tito Bracero Again By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY (May 7th, 2013)– Brooklyn versus Brooklyn, Israel versus Puerto Rico. Get your tickets before the house gets sold out. Dmitriy Salita wants to fight Gabriel Bracero, and he’s still making […]
Juan Laporte in Twilight, The Man With The Granite Chin RCM Historical Boxing By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent During a break in the action at Resorts World Casino Aqueduct Raceway on the evening of May 4, 2013, what a fine gentleman I walked into than former World Boxing Council World Featherweight champion […]
Baby Tito Wins By Knockout Early, Mares and Floyd On Casino Big Screen By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent- Ringside Baby Tito Wins By Knockout Early, Mares and Floyd On Casino Big Screen By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent In the main event of an eight bout card at […]
Floyd Pounds on Guerrero’s Pelo, Will September 14 Be Canelo? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (May 5th, 2013)– The May 4, 2013 MGM Grand pay-per-view extravaganza is over and done, with Mayweather pounding on Guerrero’s head and hair in the hot heat of May weather in […]
Road Warrior Glen Johnson Wins Comeback in Dominican Republic By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent Glen Johnson is 44 years old, and still the road warrior on the road. The venues in his 72 bout career were all over the United States, with side trips to Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom. […]
Albert Tornado Mensah Wins IBF Continental Africa Title, More Tagoe By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Accra, Ghana(May 4th, 2013)– Light welterweight Albert ‘Tornado’ Mensah, the IBF number six world ranked welterweight, is back in the mix at 140 pounds for a world title shot at Lamont Peterson or other. After defending […]
Song and Strategy: Lovely May Weather For A Win By Floyd Mayweather Anew By Robert Brizel By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent The May Ride Song by Robert Brizel, to the Music of Sleigh Ride Just hear those ring bells jingle-ing See fighters ring ting tingle-ing too Come on, […]
A Tale of Two Floyds, Why Floyd Mayweather Jr. Will Knock Out Guerrero By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (May 2nd, 2013)– Here is a tale of two Floyds. Yes indeed, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is going to knock out Robert ‘Ghost’ Guerrero. Here is the framework for the probable […]
IBF British Delight! How Bout Bernard Hopkins versus George Groves? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent British sports fans love soccer, foot, boxing, contact sports, the more physical the better, you name it. While all the hype of late in Great Britain has centered around David Haye, David Price, Tyson […]
RCM Historical Boxing I’ll Moide De Bum! Two Ton Tony Galento’s Magic Moment By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent He stood 5’9″, and fought his heavyweight boxing career between 183 pounds and 244 pounds. When his weight was on the heavier side, he acquired the nickname ‘Two Ton’, a beer barrel that moved, […]
Ex-WBC Heavyweight Champ Oleg Maskaev On Comeback Trail at Age 44 By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY (May 1st, 2013)– Oleg Maskaev won a comebacklast December over Own Beck, and is in preparation for his second comeback bout. Can Maskaev climb back into the heavyweight mix at age […]
Lights Out For James Toney At Age 44, Loses Another Payday Fight By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY (April 30th, 2013)– At 5’10” and 250 pounds, James ‘Lights Out’ Toney’s 1o year invasion of the heavyweight division has been hit by two irrefutable realities: Toney is too short to win […]
Baby Tito Dominguez Highlights Resorts Aqueduct May 4 Card By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent New York,NY (April 30th, 2013)– Exciting rising Dominican prospect Juan ‘Baby Tito’ Dominguez will appear in the main event of a scheduled nine bout card at Resorts World Casino Aqueduct Raceway in Queens, New York, co-promoted by the […]
Boxing Stupidity! Robert Brizel’s opinion on Rematches and Instant Replay By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Boxing stupidity is coming soon, to major boxing events and pay-per-view television nearest you. Big promoters in obsession mismatch rematches. Play It Again, Sam. First, let’s go to the videotape. When I heard the World […]
Audley Harrison and Danny Williams Should Call It A Day By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent On April 27, 2013, 28-0 American heavyweight Deontay needed only 70 seconds to finish Audley Harrison in the first round. A 41 year old southpaw who has won the London Prizefighter tournament twice, two recent first round […]
Super Danny Garcia Decisions Lion of Zab Judah in Showtime Technical War By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent Brooklyn, NY (April 28, 2013)– In the main event of a ten bout card at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on Saturday, April 27, 2013, broadcast live on Showtime television, Danny Garcia of Philadelphia, […]
Rough Go For Martinez Over Murray, Retains Middleweight Title in Argentina By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent Buenos Aires, Argentina (April 28th, 2013)–Sergio Gabriel Martinez, at 38 years old, is a fading southpaw middleweight champion. In his last bout, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. gave him all he could handle and decked […]
HBO Beware! Bermane ‘B-Ware’ Stiverne Decks Arreola, Wins Nightmare Decision By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Ontario, Ca (April 28th, 2013)– In a rescheduled Home Box Office World Boxing Council heavyweight eliminator bout originally scheduled in March, but held at Citizen’s Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California, on April 27, 2013, […]
King David Estrada Wins Cicero Comeback But Questions Remain By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Chicago,IL (April 27th, 2013)–Former welterweight contender David Estrada of Chicago, attempting a comeback after more than two years of inactivity, won a decent but uninspiring six round decision over opponent Rahman Musatafa Yusubovo at Cicero […]
Martinez versus Murray in Argentina HBO Fight Card Preview Robert Brizel and Sergio Gabriel Martinez. Photo copyright Real Combat Media, By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent Sergio Gabriel Martinez is 38 years old, the modern day Bernard Hopkins of the middleweight division Bernard Hopkins left behind, a modern day maravilla. The […]
King David Estrada Versus Yusubov Chicago Fight Card Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent Chicago, IL (April 25th, 2013)– Chicago welterweight King David Estrada, 34, whose career has been on the rocks for two years due to contractual problems with Boxing 360, will attempt a comeback […]
Second Alamo Canelotime: Alvarez Versus Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Rob Guerrero By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent The bottom line in professional boxing in 2014 boils down to two possibilities: Canelo Alvarez will either fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Robert Guerrero. It boils down to a question of which […]
Tamerlan ‘Tom’ Tsarnev, From Golden Gloves Champion to Boston Marathon Terrorist By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY (April 24, 2013)–Tamerlan ‘Tom’ Tsarnev learning the art of prizefighting from his father Anzror Tsarnev in his native Chechnya in the classical straight up European style, hitting with power and […]
A Tale of Boxing Twins, The Mitchell Brothers By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Born on August 25, 1969, Eric Mitchell and Aaron Mitchell are a pair of boxing twins who traveled different roads. In a 20 year professional career which began in 1993, Florida middleweight Eric […]
An Original Rocky: The Fall and Rise of Rocky Lockridge RCM Historical Boxing By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent An original Rocky, Ricky ‘Rocky’ Lockridge was the National AAU Bantamweight champion, and a finalist at bantamweight in the National Golden Gloves. Lockridge came into boxing as a member of the […]
Ghana‘s Lartei Lartey Scores Another Big Upset, This Time on ESPN2 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent – Ringside Atlantic City, NJ (April 22, 2013)– Manager Eric Darko has got himself a winner, and for the first time since Osumanu Adama, Accra, Ghana has produced another rising star in the […]
Who’s in the Money Hunt For The Great Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2013 and 2014? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent New York,NY (April 21st, 2013)– 2013 and 2014 are the glory money hunt years for the most qualified opponents for the as yet still unbeaten 36 year old […]
Anthony Juice Young Interview: Atlantic City’s Rising Welterweight Prospect By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Atlantic City, NJ (April 21st, 2013)– Anthony ‘Juice’ Young is a 7-0 welterweight out of Atlantic City, New Jersey, co-promoted by Greg Cohen Promotions and GH3 Promotions. Young was recently seen on the untelevised undercard […]
Who is 27-0 Heavyweight Andrzej Wawrzyk, WBA Wild Card Title Challenger? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent Who is 27-0 Heavyweight Andrzej Wawrzyk of Krakow, Poland, the World Boxing Association’s Wild Card World Title Challenger? The WBA International Heavyweight titleholder, Wawrzyk (27-0, 13 knockouts) will fight for the first […]
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