UFC 329 Results: Max Holloway TKOs Conor McGregor in Round 1 after a knee injury cuts short McGregor's five-year comeback. Paddy Pimblett and King Green earn Performance of the Night, Royval-Kavanagh takes Fight of the Night.
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UFC 329 Preview: Conor McGregor’s Return, Full Fight Card, Odds & Keys to Victory for Every Main Card Fighter By Real Combat Media MMA Editorial Staff How to Order UFC 329 Las Vegas, NV (July 11th, 2026)– Five years. That’s how long it’s been since Conor McGregor last walked to the Octagon, and tonight at […]
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UFC Fight Night Baku Recap: Rafael Fiziev Stops Manuel Torres With Spinning Wheel Kick, Full Fight Card Results By Real Combat Media MMA Editorial Staff Baku, Azerbaijan (June 28th, 2026)– Rafael Fiziev needed a moment like this, and he delivered it in the best way possible: on home soil, in front of a roaring Azerbaijani […]
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The Bell Will Ring! Gassiev vs. Kadiru VTB Arena Moscow Card Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Prediction Record (118-28-9) with predictions (6-4-1) in feature fights. Moscow, Russia (July 10th, 2026)– The International Boxing Association, in conjunction with Epic Sports & Entertainment, Queensberry promotions, and the IBF Boxing YouTube channel, will […]
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DAZN AND PBC ANNOUNCE LANDMARK DEAL Premier Boxing Champions & TGB Promotions join DAZN, The global home of Boxing TGB Promotions to join DAZN’s unrivalled roster of promoters including Matchroom, Queensberry, Top Rank, Golden Boy, Boxxer, Salita Promotions and MF Pro Deal Kicks Off With Errol Spence Jr. vs. Tim Tszyu Event July 25 […]
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This section is for all content by Robert Brizel, who is a Real Combat Media Head Boxing Correspondent.
Dynamite Karl Dargan Could Be The Next Lightweight Superstar By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY ( April 4th, 2013)– With Edwin Valero no longer with us, and Adrien Broner having departed the lightweight division for Paulie Malignaggi and higher weight skies, Karl ‘Dynamite’ Dargan could be and should be the […]
Ronson Frank Wins Comeback in Quiet Card By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent- Ringside New York, NY (March 28th, 2013)– Light heavyweight prospect Ronson Frank made a successful comeback after more than two years inactivity due to contractual disputes with the O’Shea Brothers, scoring a second round stoppage of limited Sharif […]
Gennady Golovkin versus Nobihiro Ishida WBA IBO Fight Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent Monte Carlo, Monaco (March 27, 2013)– World Boxing Association and International Boxing Organization World Middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan will defend his world titles against Japanese challenger Nobuhiro Ishida in the main event on March 30, […]
Reapplying David Haye To The Heavyweight Mix By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent London, UK (March 27, 2013)– Now that David ‘Hayemaker’ Haye, 32, has reapplied to the British Boxing Board of Control to have a boxing license issued to him in 2013, an assessment must be made as to where David […]
Banner Promotions Signs Welterweight Prospect Cornelius Whitlock For ESPN By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY (March 26th, 2013)– Former Maryland Golden Gloves Amateur Champion Cornelius Whitlock, now 1-0-1 with one knockout, has signed with Banner Promotions, and will appear on the ESPN undercard on March 29, 2013 in Turning […]
Boxing’s Ghetto Wizard, Benny Leonard By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSxreC59N9c New York, NY( March 25th, 2013)– In This Corner, Benny Leonard, ESPN six minute career highlight film on YouTube Benny Leonard, ‘The Ghetto Wizard’ ranks eighth in Ring’s Magazine’s list if the 80 best fighters of the past 80 years, […]
Stevenson Gets Revenge on Bell Centre Card, Readies For Chad Dawson By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent Montrael, Canada (March 24th, 2013)– In two important bouts which took place at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on Friday evening, March 22, 2013, Canadian light heavyweight contenders Adonis Stevenson and Eleider Alvarez […]
Heavyweight Robert Helenius Fighting Through Right Hand Injury By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Magdeburg, Germany (March 24, 2013)– Swedish heavyweight fighter Robert Helenius, ‘The Nordic Nightmare’, has reached an overhyped 19-0 with 11 knockouts. Once touted as the one man to beat Wladimir Klitschko, Vitali Klitschko, and Alexander Povetkin, […]
IBO Champ King Kong Agbeko Back in The Bantamweight Mix By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Accra, Ghana (March 23, 2013)– Joseph ‘King Kong’ Agbeko is back, with a a 12 round unanimous decision win over Luis Melendez of Columbia at Accra Sports Stadium in Accra, Ghana, on Friday, March […]
Edwin Valero versus Adrien Broner Dream Fight, Using Demarco Factor By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent RCM Fantasy Boxing With all the hype coming up surrounding Adrien Broner’s step up to welterweight to challenge Paulie Malignaggi for Malignaggi’s World Boxing Association World Welterweight title, there’s still a few moments to ponder the dream […]
Cuban Heavyweight Odlanier Solis Beats 17-0 Larsen, Future Still Uncertain By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Berlin, Germany (March 23rd, 2013)– On Friday, March 22, 2013, Cuban Heavyweight Odlanier Solis Fonte, ranked ninth in the world on Boxrec, won a 12 round decision over 17-0 Norwegian Leif Larsen to retain his International […]
Mike Rossman’s Shining Moment By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Though his real name is Michael Albert De Piano, he was known to the world as light heavyweight boxer Mike Rossman. Rossman debuted on August 10, 1972, with a second round knockout of Stanley Dawson in Atlantic City, New Jersey. A […]
Javier Fortuna Will Knock Out Miguel Zamudio, Tropicana Fight Preview By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Las Vegas based boxing promoter Samson Lewcowicz is planning an April 19 card featuring impressive 21-0 Dominican Southpaw Javier Fortuna versus 25-1-1 Mexican Miguel Zamudio for the interim World Boxing Association World Featherweight title currently […]
Curtis Showtime Stevens versus Derrick Findley Fight Preview By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent *Photo Credit: Main Events New York, NY (March 20,2013)– On April 20, 2013, at Madison Square Garden, Curtis ‘Showtime’ Stevens of Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, will fight the eight round middleweight bout against Derrick ‘Superman’ Findley of Gary, Indiana, […]
Sugar Ray Seales Can See The Light By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY (March 19th, 2013)–Every once in a while, boxing fans hear about the stellar career of Hall of Fame World Middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson. They talk about the sensational high profile career of Sugar Ray Leonard. They […]
Emile Griffith, Benny Kid Paret Jr., and The End of The Ring of Fire By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media correspondent Pugilistica Dementia, Parkinson’s, Gout, Arthritis and Diabetes are some of the conditions affected the now mentally and physically declining former World Welterweight, Light Middleweight and Middleweight champion of the world, […]
Speaking of The Ultimate Book of Boxing Lists By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent The late Bert Sugar and Teddy Atlas teamed with Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Iran Barkley, Ruben Olivares, Thomas Hearns and others to write ‘The Ultimate Book of Boxing Lists’ which was published in 2010 by Running Press. […]
Watch Out For The Roach Trap By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Carson, California (March 17, 2013)– To what do you owe the distinction of reading about a roach trap on a full contact sports site? On a recent Saturday night at Home Depot Center in Carson, California, the Home Box Office […]
Osumanu Adama’s Half Pound Overweight Fizzle Raises Big Belt Questions By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Middleweight Osumanu Adama, 32, had a chance to win three significant title belts on Saturday March 16, 2013, in Lowell, Massachusetts, and secure a World Boxing Council top 40 rating. Instead Adama fizzled, and showed up to […]
Timothy Bradley versus Ruslan Provodnikov Fight Preview By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Carson, California (March 16th, 2013)–When Timothy Bradley decisioned Manny Pacquiao, whether you agree with the decision or not, Bradley’s stock rose into the mix of world class fighters. Critics such Kevin Iole of Yahoo criticize Bradley’s decision to take […]
Tito Bracero To Fight Mike Torres at Roseland Ballroom on April 4 By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Brooklyn, NY ( March 16th, 2013)– DiBella Entertainment light welterweight prospect Gabriel ‘Tito’ Bracero, A Puerto Rican out of Brooklyn, New York, will fight Mike Torres of Jersey City, New Jersey in an eight […]
Ronson Frank Interview: Doing It His Way Without O’Shea By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent In a Real Combat Media exclusive, 16-0 southpaw light heavyweight contender Ronson Frank, 35, preparing for his comeback bout against Sharif Kemp in Long Island City Queens, New York, in the main event of an […]
A Tribute To Tony Martin, A Pound For Pound Welterweight By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent On March 10, 2013, retired Philadelphia welterweight boxer turned landlord Tony ‘Pound For Pound’ Martin, 52, was fatally shot during an argument while attempting to collect rent from a tenant at one of his rental properties. The […]
Guillermo Jones To Finally Fight Denis Lebedev For WBA Cruiserweight Title By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY (March 14, 2013)– Former World Boxing Association World Cruiserweight champion Guillermo Jones of Panama, stripped of his world title for failing to defend it against either challenger Andres Taylor or interim champion Denis […]
When Bobby Czyz Was King By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY (March 14, 2013)– When Bobby Czyz was world light heavyweight champion, it was a different era. Czyz turned pro in April 1980 and won 20 consecutive bouts before losing a ten rounder to middleweight […]
Glory Days of Boxing in Atlantic City By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Atlantic City ( March 13th, 2013)– Madison Square Garden and public television helped the sport of boxing to reach its popularity. While boxing may soon be surpassed by Mixed Martial Arts, or may combine with it to do interesting […]
Should Welterweight Shamone Alvarez Make A Comeback? By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY ( March 13th, 2013)– Now 21-6, with 12 knockouts, onetime welterweight contender Shamone ‘The Truth’ Alvarez of Atlantic City has lost five of his last six professional bouts. Alvarez showed up recently at ringside during a boxing […]
Referee Benjy Esteves Jr. is The Wise Man of Boxing By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY (March 12, 2013)– On July 30, 1992, an unknown referee named Benjy Esteves Jr. refereed three bouts at Waterloo Village in Stanhope, New Jersey. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Arturo Gatti, Junior Jones, Rayomnd Joval, […]
Young Stribling, The Champion Who Never Was By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent They called him the ‘King of the Canebrakes’, a strange nickname which would be the equivalent of ‘The Executioner’ today. Born on December 26, 1904, in Bainbridge, Georgia, William Lawrence Stribling Jr. AKA Young Stribling, was only 28 years […]
Teddy Atlas and The Meaning on Consistency By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Atlantic City, NJ ( March 10th, 2013)–Listening to Teddy Atlas at ringside after the ESPN television lights had faded in Atlantic City recently, giving a brief talk with constructive feedback to rising 12-0 light middleweight prospect George Rogers on his […]
Bernard Hopkins Turns Clock Back Before DST, Cloud’s Punches Miss 521 Times By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Brooklyn, NY ( March 10th, 2013)–Only a few hours before Daylight Savings Time turned the clock back at 2:00 Eastern Standard Time, Bernard Hopkins, considered the pound for pound best light heavyweight fighter […]
Julian The Hawk Jackson Interview: Virgin Islands Boxing Invades The USA By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent In a Real Combat Media International Exclusive, former World Junior Middleweight and Middleweight Champion Julian Jackson, 52, brought a contingency of United States Virgin Islands fight fans to cheer on his son, light middleweight […]
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