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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Only one fighter missed weight for UFC 332. Full card records and weights, main card tale-of-the-tape breakdowns, film study, odds ranges and weigh-in video for Silva vs. Wang at the Delta Center.
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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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This section is for all content by Robert Brizel, who is a Real Combat Media Head Boxing Correspondent.
Should Junior Jones Return To The Ring? By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent *All photos Copyright Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media, All Rights Reserved Brooklyn, NY (December 21, 2012)–Brooklyn native Junior ‘ Poison’ Jones held various world boxing titles at bantamweight, super bantamweight, featherweight and super featherweight, compiling a record of 50-6 with […]
Redkach and Ion Dan Win on DiBella Undercard By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent *All photos Copyright Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media, All Rights Reserved New York, NY– Two rising prospects both won their bouts on the undercard of a ten bout card at Roseland Ballroom on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, promoted by DiBella […]
Will Rosinsky Wins in The Wrong Weight Class By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Brooklyn,NY–Will Rosinsky would much rather be fighting as a 168 pound super middleweight. When Rosinsky, now 17-2, 9 knockouts, Ozone Park, New York, agreed to fight veteran Otis Griffin, now 24-11-2, 10 knockouts, Sacramento, California, Griffin wanted the fight at […]
Gabriel Bracero Needs Better Opposition By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Brooklyn,NY–Inside the ring after Gabriel ‘Tito’ Bracero stopped Johnnie Edwards in the fourth round, trainer Tommy Gallagher noted “We need to find Gabriel some better opposition.” From his mouth to God’s ears. BoxRec lists Bracero as standing 5′ 7″, and Johnnie Edwards as […]
Mark Weinman’s Unlikely Comeback at Age 50 By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Whitestone, NY (December 20, 2012)– Now hailing from Whitestone, Queens, New York, here is Mark Weinman, The Hebrew Hammer. With 21 years between pro bouts, such a comeback attempt would seem highly unlikely. Florida relicensed Weinman and sanctioned his comeback. Here […]
Roy Jones Jr. Needs A WBA Rematch With Denis Lebedev By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY (December 19th, 2012)– Now that WBA interim champion Denis Lebedev of Russia has finally won the full World Boxing Association World Cruiserweight championship by knocking Santander Silgado of Columbia, one wonders, from Antonio Tarver to […]
Tito Bracero and Will Rosinsky Roseland Card Preview By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent *All Photos Copyright Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media, All Rights Reserved New York, NY (December 19th, 2012)– On Wednesday night, December 19, 2012, at Roseland Ballroom in New York City, Lou DiBella Entertainment will present an 11 bout card […]
Silgado Knocked Out as Lebedev Retains WBA Title By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent *All photos Copyright Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media, All Rights Reserved Brooklyn, NY (December 18th, 2012)– The dream of 23-0 cruiserweight boxer Santander ‘Cha Cha’ Silgado, a Colombian fighting out of Brooklyn, New York, ended in disappointment when World […]
Jose Nino Ribalta Interview: Tyson, Morrison and HIV, Cuba, Charity Comeback By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent In an exclusive interview with Real Combat Media, former top rated Cuban heavyweight contender Jose Nino Ribalta talked about sparring with Tommy ‘The Duke’ Morrison without being told Morrison had the HIV virus, his televised fight with […]
Cunningham Adamek IBF Eliminator Fight Preview By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent *All Photos Copyright Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media, All Rights Reserved Newark, NJ (December 17, 2012) — In a rematch of their December 2008 cruiserweight title bout in which Tomasz Adamek put Steve Cunningham on the canvas three times, and emerged as […]
Trainer Joseph Awinonya, and The Dreams of The African Assassin By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY (December 17, 2012)– Dreams are why we keep fighting, dreams are why we keep believing…from the 2011 cable television movie ‘Dreams’ co-starring Joseph Awinonya. Awinonya can be seen from 2:08 to 2:30 in the […]
Kratingdaenggym Tragedy: HIV / AIDS and Boxing By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY (December 17, 2012)– According to the late former World Heavyweight champion and New York State Athletic Commissioner Floyd Patterson, “Because of the very nature of boxing, the risk of HIV transmission from blood-to-blood contact is (always) there. […]
See Skeletons! 22-0 Edmund Gerber Exposed by Sprott in Rematch By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Hamburg, Germany (December 15th, 2012)–It ain’t over till the fat lady sings. When a fighter gets exposed, the skeletons are laughing and its Halloween all over again. And continue to be exposed heavyweight pretender contenders shall me. My […]
Punching Policeman Frankie Filippone Eyes NABA USA Title By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY (December 15th, 2012)–Italian super middleweight boxer Frankie ‘The Freight Train’ Filippone is a Master Police Officer with the Virginia Beach Virginia Police Department. Also known as ‘The Punching Policeman’, Filippone has been featured as a headline fighter […]
Danny Garcia versus Zab Judah WBA & WBC Fight Preview By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent *All photos Copyright Real Combat Media, All Rights Reserved Brooklyn, NY (December 14th, 2012)– Styles make fights. It all boils down to the preparations, getting ready in the gym, and coming up with the right game plan. If you asked […]
AYALA AND STEVENS TO MEET IN JANUARY 19th FIGHT NIGHT CO-FEATURE AT MOHEGAN SUN TOTOWA, NJ – Main Events announced today that middleweights Elvin Ayala and Curtis “Showtime” Stevens will meet in the 10-round co-feature bout on the next nationally televised edition Fight Night on NBC Sports Network, January 19, 2013. The anticipated meeting […]
Harold Lederman, HBO’s Best and Finest By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY (December 14, 2012)– At 81 years old, Home Boxing Office’s most experienced boxing analyst of 35 years, Larry Merchant, will call his last fight card on December 15, 2012. With the loss of the late HBO commentator Emmanuel […]
Why Pacman Pacquiao Lost to Marquez: Post Fight IV Review By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY (December 13th, 2012)– Juan Manuel Marquez beat Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao because Pacquiao went all out for a knockout. That is the wrong thing Pacquiao did. If Paquiao had just boxed Marquez in their fourth […]
What Happened To Super Middleweight Donavan George? By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent *Photo Copyright Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media, All Rights Reserved With a record of 23-3-1, with 20 knockouts, Chicago, Illinois super middleweight Don ‘Da Bomb’ George, at age 28, seems to have missed the boat in his quest for a world […]
On Camaraderie at Ringside and in Life By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent New York,NY (December, 13th, 2012)– It was nice to see every star from Billy Joel to Bruce Springsteen to The Who get together in the Concert For Sandy Relief at Madison Square Garden. The spirit of friendship, fellowship and camaraderie in […]
Al Ice Cole’s 22 Year Ring Journey By: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1964, the 22 year cruiserweight and heavyweight journey of the man they call ‘Ice’, Al Cole, began quietly in 1989, when Cole stopped Lorenzo Thomas in the third round of his professional debut […]
Chicago Lightweight Contender Johnny Lira Dies at 61 By: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent *Photo Copyright Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media, All Rights Reserved New York, NY (December 12th, 2012)– Colorful and controversial Chicago lightweight contender Johnny Lira, who was ranked number one by the WBA and was undefeated in his first […]
Ex-WBA Welterweight Champ Luis Collazo Calls Out Miguel Cotto By: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Queens, NY– In an exclusive ringside interview with Real Combat Media during a boxing card at Resorts New World Casino in Queens, New York, on Saturday evening, December 8, 2012, former World Boxing Association Welterweight champion […]
Virgil Hill Happy To Be in Boxing Hall of Fame, Among Eleven 2013 Inductees By: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Canastota, NY (December 11th, 2012)–Reached by telephone Saturday night while on the West coast before the start of the Juan Manuel Marquez versus Manny Pacquiao boxing card in Las Vegas, Virgil ‘Quicksilver’ […]
Vinny Maddalone Kayoes The Bear By: Robert Brizel- Ringside Flushing, NY– According to internet sports commentator and publicist Marc Abrams, “Some cats like Vinny Maddalone have nine lives.” A thirty eight year old heavyweight, Vinny Maddalone, now 36-8, 27 knockouts, Flushing, Queens, New York, has enjoyed a consistent ring career with particular resilience. […]
Pacquiao Marquez IV Preview and Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s Next Move By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (December 8, 2012)– On Saturday night, December 8, 2012, at the MGM Grand Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Manny Pacquiao will face Juan Manuel Marquez in their fourth and final confrontation in the […]
Paul Williams, The Forgotten Warrior By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY (December 7, 2012)– The famous names of boxing, oh how quickly they fade into obscurity. Joe Frazier, Emmanuel Steward, Angelo Dundee, Hector Camacho, Bert Sugar, Arturo Gatti, gone but not forgotten, and then slowly but surely much forgotten. Then there are […]
Andre Rozier Speaks on Dominguez, Jacobs, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and More By: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent New York, NY (December 7, 2012) See at far right in the photo, trainer, adviser, spiritual leader, and cornerman of Havoc Boxing Promotions, and the President and founder of Havoc Boxing Gear, Andre Rozier is […]
Whatever happened to Martinez Trainer Gabriel Sarmiento? By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent *Photo Copyright Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media, All Rights Reserved New York, NY (December 6th, 2012)–Sergio Gabriel Martinez may be universally recognized as the Middleweight champion of the world, but for much of his career, a mysterious man with sunglasses […]
Is Tito Bracero Next For Danny Garcia after Judah? By: Robert Brizel Brooklyn, NY (December 6, 2012)–On the undercard of a seven bout card at Roseland Ballroom in New York City this past October, light welterweight contender Gabriel ‘Tito’ Bracero of Brooklyn won an eight round unanimous decision over Erick ‘La Maquina’ Cruz of […]
One-Handed Boxer Shatters Boxing Stereotypes By: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent After watching a one-handed cruiserweight boxer win in Brooklyn, as a boxing writer I have to wonder……should professional boxing have a handicap division? “Anything is possible if you work hard and believe in yourself,” is the viewpoint of 33 year old boxer Michael […]
Irish Seanie Monaghan is on the Rise By Robert Brizel, Ring Combat Media Correspondent This past October 2012 at Roseland Ballroom in New York City, Lou DiBella fighter Irish Seanie Monaghan successfully defended his World Boxing Council Continental Americas Light Heavyweight title with a ten round unanimous decision over rough tough experienced Pennsylvania trial […]
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