Dave Allen Knocks Out Johnny Fisher in Rematch, Eddie Hearn Talks 2026 Trilogy Bout By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Sign up to DAZN Hackney Wick, UK (May 18th, 2025)– In a rematch of the December 2024 heavyweight bout won by split decision by Johnny Fisher in which Dave Allen knocked down […]
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UFC FIGHT NIGHT BURNS VS. MORALES RESULTS & VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS By MMA News Preliminary Card Highlights HyunSung Park def. Carlos Hernandez HyunSung Park earned a first-round submission in this flyweight matchup. Denise Gomes def. Elise Reed Denise Gomes got it done in round two in this strawweight bout. Luana Santos def. Tainara Lisboa Luana Santos […]
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UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales Weigh-in Video 7 p.m. ET: Main Card | 4 p.m. ET: Prelims UFC returns to Las Vegas this weekend with UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales, live from UFC APEX, May 17, on ESPN+ (English and Spanish) and SiriusXM Fight Nation, with the main card at 7 p.m. ET and prelims […]
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JAKE PAUL VS. JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ JR. PRESS CONFERENCE & THE RETURN OF HOLLY HOLM Sign up to DAZN to Watch this Fight! Los Angeles, CA (May 15th, 2025)– Jake Paul (11-1, 7 KOs) will take the next step to becoming a world champion when he faces former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. […]
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PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES AND PHOTOS EDGAR BERLANGA VS. HAMZAH SHEERAZ AND SHAKUR STEVENSON VS. WILLIAM ZEPEDA Click HERE for Photos; Courtesy of Golden Boy Promotions Click HERE To Watch the Press Conference on the DAZN YouTube Channel Sign up to DAZN to Watch this Fight! NEW YORK, NY – May 15, 2025 – To kick off the massive Ring […]
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Four Foot Ten Baby Jake Matlala, Shortest Boxing Champion Ever, Dies at 51 in Soweto By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent Jacob ‘Baby Jake’ Matlala, the shortest professional boxing champion ever at 4’10″, has died at age 51 on December 7, 2013, in his native Soweto, South Africa. Matala compiled a professional record of […]
THABISO MCHUNU SIGNS PROMOMTIONAL CONTRACT WITH MAIN EVENTS Thabiso Mchunu Photo Credits to Rich Graessle/Main Events TOTOWA, NJ – Main Events announced today that they have signed up-and-coming cruiserweight sensation Thabiso Mchunu, 14-1, 10 KOs, to an exclusive promotional contract. The southpaw from South Africa made his American debut on August 3rd with a […]
Heavyweight Boxing Life and Times of Nelson Mandela July 1918-July 2013 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent As the lifetime of former South African President and anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela draws to a close in a vegetative state close to his 95th birthday on July 18, […]
South African Heavyweight Johnny Du Plooy Dies at Age 48 By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Gauteng, South Africa (April 12, 2013)– In the second such South African heavyweight tragedy since former WBO World Heavyweight champion Corrie Sanders was killed in a robbery attempt in September 2012, South African […]
Harry Simon To Georges Carpentier Connection By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent 27-0 cruiserweight boxer Harry Simon of Namibia is 41 years old. His career began as an amateur boxer representing Namibia as a welterweight in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Sapin, and later turning pro with a first round knockout of […]
Press Release January 16, 2013 A tournament was held in Johannesburg, South Africa on December 3rd to raise funds for the children of the late Corrie Sanders. The tournament was put together by Rodney Berman of Golden Gloves, South Africa’s top promoter and Jeff Ellis, publisher of the African boxing magazine, ‘African Ring’. […]
PRESS RELEASE THOMAS “TOMMY GUN” OOSTHUIZEN RETAINS TITLE WITH DOMINATE DECISION OVER FORMER WORLD TITLE CHALLENGER FULGENCIO ZUNIGA FROM L-R: Rodney Berman, Lou DiBella, Tommy Oosthuizen, Harold Volbrecht, Gary Pretorious, Brian Mitchell & Johnny Muller New York, NY/ Gauteng, SA (11/10/12) – Earlier tonight, 24-year-old red-hot undefeated super middleweight contender Thomas “Tommy Gun” Oosthuizen […]
PRESS RELEASE THOMAS “TOMMY GUN” OOSTHUIZEN RETRUNS NOVEMBER 10TH TO DEFEND HIS IBO CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST FORMER WORLD TITLE CHALLENGER FULGENCIO ZUNIGA FROM L-R: Rodney Berman, Lou DiBella, Tommy Oosthuizen, Harold Volbrecht, Gary Pretorious, Brian Mitchell & Johnny Muller New York, NY/ Gauteng, SA (10/15/12) – On Saturday, November 10, the 24-year-old red-hot undefeated super […]
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