Diego Pacheco vs. Immanuwel Aleem Preview: Undefeated Champion Puts Titles on the Line in Carson By Real Combat Media Boxing Editorial Staff Carson, California, USA, (July 18th, 2026)–Diego Pacheco defends his WBC Silver and WBO International super middleweight titles against Immanuwel Aleem on Saturday at Dignity Health Sports Park, live on DAZN as part of […]
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Abdullah Mason Stops Albert Bell To Defend Lightweight Crown Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington Defeats Rene Palacios To Retain Title CLICK HERE for Photos (Courtesy: Top Rank) CLEVELAND (July 4, 2026) — Abdullah Mason (21-0, 18 KOs) defended his WBO lightweight world title against Toledo native Albert Bell (28-1, 9 KOs) with a 12th-round TKO Saturday evening in front of a hometown […]
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NONSTOP ACTION ADDED TO ROACH VS. ZEPEDA WITH STACKED UNDERCARD SATURDAY, AUG. 1 AT THE THEATER AT VIRGIN HOTELS LAS VEGAS AS THE MAIN EVENT OF THE FIGHT, LIVE ON TNT & truTV AND WORLDWIDE ON DAZN Tickets on sale via AXS.com Sign up to DAZN LAS VEGAS (July 15, 2026) — With only weeks […]
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ROLLY ROMERO VS. TEOFIMO LOPEZ LOS ANGELES PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES & PHOTOS WBA Welterweight World Champion Rolly Romero and Two-Division World Champion Teofimo Lopez to Square Off Saturday, August 22, in PBC Pay-Per-View Event Available on DAZN and Prime Video from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Click HERE for Photos from Ryan Hafey/ Premier Boxing Champions Click HERE for […]
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Do or Die! Eubank vs. Papot DAZN Copper Box Arena Queen Elizabeth Park Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Robert Brizel Prediction Record: (123-27-8) (7-4 in Featured Bouts) Sign up to DAZN London, UK (June 16th, 2026)– DAZN, IMF Pro and Neilson Boxing will present a exciting eleven bout card of […]
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Canelo Alvarez Seeks Dmitry Bivol and GGG Golovkin Trilogy Super Bouts Later in 2022 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent San Diego, CA (February 10th, 2022)–Despite the upcoming Tyson Fury versus Dillian Whyte and Oleksandr Usyk versus Anthony Joshua II, and Felip Hrgovic versus Zhilei Zhang International Boxing Federation eliminator, the three […]
Former World Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko Enlists in Ukrainian Territorial Forces By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Kiev, Ukraine (February 3rd, 2022)– A breaking news development sending shockwaves through the boxing world, former World Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has enlisted in the Ukrainian Territorial Armed Forces Reserves. The Russian Federation has amassed […]
Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez fights back against Dmitry Bivol’s claim of turning down a title fight LAS VEGAS (January 31, 2022) – Back in December, right after Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (43-0, 29 KOs) stopped Yunieski Gonzalez to become the mandatory challenger for World Boxing Association (WBA) Light Heavyweight World Super Champion Dmitry Bivol (19-0, 11 KOs) who […]
Ex-WBC Asian Middleweight Champ Asan Saakyan of Armenia, 26, KOed, Dies After Ten Day Coma By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former World Boxing Council Asian Boxing Council Silver Middleweight champion Asan Saakyan of Vardenis, Armenia, fighting out of Novosibirsk, Russian Federation, has died at the age of 26, on January 7, […]
Artur Beterbiev Stops Marcus Browne in Ninth Round of Canada By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Montreal, Canada (September 18th, 2021)– A bloody Artur Beterbiev, bleeding from the center of the forehead down into his eyes after a clash of heads in round three for the rest of the bout, landed a […]
Beterbiev vs. Browne Top Rank ESPN + Bell Centre Montreal Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Montreal, Canada(December 17th, 2021)– The unified, World Boxing Council and International Boxing Federation World Light Heavyweight titles will be at stake in the main event of a Top Rank ESPN + eight bout card on […]
BIVOL DEFEATS SALAMOV IN RUSSIA Ekaterinburg, Russia (December 12th, 2021)–Dmitry Bivol put a great performance Saturday, retaining his WBA light heavyweight title with a wide unanimous decision win over Umar Salamov in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Bivol improved to 19-0 (11 KO) on scores of 118-110, 118-109, and 119-109, with Bad Left Hook also scoring the fight […]
MAGOMED KURBANOV VS. PATRICK TEIXEIRA FINAL WEIGHTS KURBANOV VS. TEIXEIRA IS SET AS THE CO-MAIN EVENT FOR BIVOL VS. SALAMOV LIVE ON DAZN WBO International Super Welter Title Magomed Kurbanov 154lbs. Patrick Teixeira 153.8lbs Ekaterinburg, Russia (December 10, 2021)– Golden Boy’s Patrick Teixeria (31-2, 22 KOs) is set to take on Magomed “Black Lion” Kurbanov (22-0, […]
Gilberto Ramirez Feels Dmitry Bivol Could be Avoiding Him? LAS VEGAS (October 25, 2021) – World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Light Heavyweight Champion Dmitry Bivol (18-0, 11 KOs) is ghosting undefeated Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (42-0, 28 KOs), the former World Boxing Organization (WBO) Super Middleweight World title holder. Maybe Bivol has been too busy to […]
Uzbekistan’s Bakhodir Jalolov Earns Super Heavyweight Gold By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Tokyo, Japan (August 17th, 2021)– Bahodir Jalonov of Uzbekistan stands 6’7″ and had reach advantage. Ricardo Torrez Jr. of the United States stands 6’2″. Torrez won the first round on three of five scorecards. Torrez, who looked like an […]
Saturday: Fedor Papazov-Arslan Magomedov Junior Welterweight Showdown Headlines Action-Packed Card From Russia LIVE and Exclusively on ESPN+ ESPN+ stream from RCC Martial Arts Academy to start at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT (Aug. 4, 2021) — Russian junior welterweight contender Fedor “Knockout Man” Papazov hopes to add a signature win to his ledger this Saturday, Aug. […]
Female Heavyweight Boxing Champion Olga Domuladzhanova Dies of Coronavirus at 52 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Moscow, Russia (May 15th, 2021)– Female heavyweight amateur Russian and World Boxing champion Olga Domuladzhanova, who won the female amateur heavyweight gold medal world boxing championship at Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, France, in April 2001, died […]
Majority Rules: Joe Smith Jr. Edges Maxim Vlasov to win Light Heavyweight World Title Efe Ajagba scores one-punch KO over Brian Howard • CLICK HERE for PHOTOS (Photo Credit: Mikey Williams/Top Rank via Getty Images) TULSA, OK (April 10, 2021) — Joe Smith Jr., the common man with the common name, finally reached boxing’s apex. Smith used a furious […]
Robert Brizel Editorial: If WBC Knew Povetkin Was Sick From Covid Aftereffects, Whyte Rematch Should Not Have Been Allowed At This Time Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman went public yesterday, stating to Igor Lazorin after the WBC Interim Heavyweight title rematch between Dillian Whyte […]
Whyte Drops and Stops Povetkin in Four of Rematch, Wins WBC Diamond Title By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Gibraltar (March 28th, 2021)– In a brief but accurate display of overhand combinations and pinpoint bodywork, Dillian ‘The Body Snatcher’ Whyte dropped and stopped Alexander Povetkin to win the World Boxing Council Interim […]
POVETKIN VS. WHYTE II + UNDERCARD PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES London, UK (March 26th, 2021)– Alexander Povetkin and Dillian Whyte are set to get back in the ring after months of delays to put on their rematch for the WBC interim championship. Whoever wins should be in line for a title fight with the winner of […]
STILL King Artur: Beterbiev KOs Adam Deines in Round 10 Beterbiev retains WBC/IBF Light Heavyweight World Titles • CLICK HERE for COURTESY PHOTOS MOSCOW (March 20, 2021) —Boxing’s preeminent knockout artist didn’t disappoint his partisan fans. Russia’s Artur Beterbiev, in his first bout in 17 months, knocked out Adam Deines in the 10th round to retain his WBC and IBF light heavyweight […]
March 20: Artur Beterbiev-Adam Deines Light Heavyweight Title Showdown to Air LIVE on ESPN, ESPN Deportes & ESPN+ Beterbiev-Deines and Alexander Besputin-Maximiliano Ricardo Veron doubleheader begins at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT Undercard to stream live and exclusively on ESPN+ at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT (March 12, 2021) — Boxing’s preeminent knockout artist, WBC/IBF light […]
Unified Light Heavyweight World Champion Artur Beterbiev Set for Ring Return March 20 Against Adam Deines Beterbiev-Deines to headline card that will air LIVE on an ESPN platform from Megasport Arena in Moscow (January 21, 2021) — The wait is over. WBC/IBF light heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev (15-0, 15 KOs) will fight top contender Adam Deines […]
Krusher Kovalev Fails Vada Drug Test, Bout With Ex-Olympian Melikuziev Cancelled By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Los Angeles, CA (January 16th, 2020)– The comeback bout attempt of former World Light Heavyweight champion Sergey ‘Krusher’ Kovalev, 37, against ex-Olympian Bektemir Melikuziev on January 30, 2021, has been cancelled as Kovalev has […]
MATCHROOM ANNOUNCE ACTION-PACKED START TO UK 2021 SCHEDULE Warrington, Kelly, Whyte, Okolie and Benn feature Eddie Hearn and Matchroom are delighted to announce details of their upcoming UK schedule following the British Boxing Board of Control’s confirmation earlier this week that Boxing tournaments under its jurisdiction will resume in the middle of February. All of […]
Light Heavyweight Champion Artur Beterbiev Has Coronavirus, ESPN Bout Postponed By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Moscow, Russia (December 31st, 2020)– World Boxing Council and International Boxing Federation World Light Heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev has tested positive for COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus, forcing a second postponement of his scheduled ESPN titular defense against […]
Light Heavy Duty: Joe Smith Jr. to Battle Maxim Vlasov for Light Heavyweight World Title February 13 on ESPN Smith-Vlasov and Richard Commey-Jackson Marinez lightweight showdown to air LIVE on ESPN and ESPN Deportes at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT LAS VEGAS (December 22, 2020) — Light heavyweight contender Joe “The Beast” Smith Jr., the consummate […]
January 30: Unified Light Heavyweight World Champion Artur Beterbiev Defends Belts Against Adam Deines in Moscow LIVE and Exclusively on ESPN+ Beterbiev-Deines to headline special afternoon broadcast starting at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT Undercard bouts to stream live on ESPN+ beginning at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT (December 16, 2020) — The pandemic and an […]
POVETKIN TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 Whyte rematch new target date January 30 2021 Alexander Povetkin has been forced to withdraw from his Saturday November 21 contest with Dillian Whyte due to testing positive for COVID-19. The pair were due to rematch at The SSE Arena, Wembley, live on Sky Sports Box Office but will now face each […]
POVETKIN VS. WHYTE 2 IS CONFIRMED ANNOUNCE ACTION-PACKED AUTUMN SCHEDULE Buatsi and Ritson return; Cameron and Marshall land World Title shots Following the completion of Fight Camp, Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing are pleased to confirm details of their upcoming Autumn schedule that includes the highly-anticipated rematch between Dillian Whyte and Alexander Povetkin, as […]
Tim Tszyu Dominates Jeff Horn – Video Highlights By ESPN Boxing Townsville, AU (August 27th, 2020)– Tim Tszyu has announced himself to the boxing world with a stunning performance in Townsville, dominating former world welterweight champion Jeff Horn to remain undefeated. The 25-year-old, son of Kostya, put on an absolute masterclass, bossing Horn for eight […]
FIGHT CAMP WEEK 4 RESULTS AND QUOTES 12 x 3 mins WBC Interim and Diamond Heavyweight Titles DILLIAN WHYTE v ALEXANDER POVETKIN TKO5 (0:30) (Brixton) (Russia)Dillian Whyte was knocked out cold by Alexander Povetkin, as the Russian viciously halted his World Title ambitions in the […]
WHYTE VS. POVETKIN & TAYLOR VS. PERSOON 2 PREVIEW, PRESS CONFERENCE & WEIGH-IN By DAZN London, UK (August 21st, 2020)– Dillian Whyte was, as expected, much leaner and much lighter than his last outing in 2019 at the weigh-in for his anticipated showdown with Alexander Povetkin. Whyte (27-1, 18 KOs) came in at 18st 6oz […]
Sullivan Barrera Hopes Sergey Kovalev Isn’t Back On The Bottle Las Vegas, NV (June 5th, 2020)– Sullivan Barrera thought that right now he would be entertaining offers for another title shot. The former Cuban amateur standout has a lot of nice wins on his resume with a world championship the only thing missing. Barrera was […]
Whyte vs. Povetkin Will End in a KO May 2 in Manchester Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Dillian ‘The Body Snatcher’ Whyte will have his first chance to defend his interim World Boxing Council World Heavyweight title on May 2, 2020, in Manchester Arena, in Manchester, United Kingdom, against former […]
Thabiso Mchunu Wins WBC Silver Title and Retires Ex-Champ Denis Lebedev By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent South African and African Boxing Union Cruiserweight champion Thabiso Mchunu won the vacant World Boxing Council Silver Cruiserweight title with an upset unanimous decision on December 21, 2019, at the Ivan Yarygin Sports Palace in […]
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