David Benavidez to Challenge Cruiserweight Zurdo Ramirez in All-Mexican War Cinco De Mayo 2026 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Riyadah, Saudi Arabia (November 25th, 2025)– In a post-fight dressing room interview immediately after defeating Anthony Yarde in defense of his World Light Heavyweight title, David Benavidez announced he will be fighting […]
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Two-time middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin confirmed as new President of World Boxing at Congress 2025 in Rome (photo courtesy of World Boxing) LAUSANNE, Switzerland (November 23, 2025) – The two-time middleweight world champion and 2004 Olympic silver medallist, Gennadiy Golovkin, has been named the new President of World Boxing at its Congress 2025 in […]
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PFL: ROAD TO DUBAI TICKETS ON-SALE NOW FOR SAT 7 FEB AS DAKOTA DITCHEVA RETURNS AGAINST DENISE KIELHOLTZ Superstar Dakota Ditcheva is added to the PFL: Road to Dubai card as she returns from injury against Dutch striking specialist Denise Kielholtz The card will be headlined by two Title fights as Champion Usman Nurmagomedov and challenger […]
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FORMER WORLD TITLE CHALLENGER VANES MARTIROSYAN DIES AT AGE 39 Glendale, CA (November 23rd, 2025)– Vanes Martirosyan, a former U.S. Olympian and professional boxer, has died at age 39 after a two-year battle with skin cancer. The Armenian-American fighter, who competed from 2005 to 2018, challenged for multiple world titles during his career and stepped […]
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UFC QATAR RESULTS & VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS – IAN GARRY & KHAMZAT CHIMAEV INCIDENT VIDEO Doha, Qatar (November 23rd, 2025)– Check out the full UFC Qatar: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker results, video highlights below, and the Chimaev-Garry incident that took place backstage after the card. Main card Lightweight: Arman Tsarukyan def. Dan Hooker via submission (arm-triangle choke) […]
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Oldest Heavyweight Champion George Foreman Dies at 76 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Houston, Texas (March 22nd, 2025)– 1968 Olympic Heavyweight Gold Medalist, former World Heavyweight Champion ‘Big’ George Foreman, also called, Reverend George Foreman who was known for the 1974 ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ with Muhammad Ali, passed away Friday, […]
BIG GEORGE FOREMAN: THE MIRACULOUS STORY OF THE ONCE AND FUTURE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World is based on the remarkable true story of one of the greatest comebacks of all time and the transformational power of second chances. Fueled […]
Big George Foreman versus Ken Norton in Caracas Venezuela By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent At El Poliedro in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 26, 1974, a brief forgotten world heavyweight title bout remains noteworthy. Big George Foreman, after a cautious feeling out first, dropped a dazed Ken Norton three times to retain […]
Happy 73rd Birthday to Former Heavyweight Champion Big George Foreman! By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent A native of Marshall, Texas, former world heavyweight champion “Big’ George Foreman, who turned age 73 on January 10, 2022, has been out of the ring since 1997. Foreman, 76-5 with 66 knockouts, is best known for […]
Fights We Cannot Imagine Ever Taking Place By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Number One: Floyd Patterson versus Rocky Marciano, George Foreman or Joe Frazier If instead of rematching Ali, Patterson instead fought Big George Foreman in an attempt to regain the world heavyweight title, it would have ended as quick as […]
Heavyweight Smokin’ Bert Cooper Dies at 53, Took Evander Holyfield and Michael Moorer on Championships Trips to Hell *Photo Credit: Philly Boxing History By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (May 11th, 2019)–Pennsylvania heavyweight contender Smokin’ Bert Cooper, a Joe Frazier student protégé who took Evander Holyfield and Michael Moorer […]
Double Boxing Tragedy: George Foreman Loses Daughter, Sheriff’s Deputy Kills Middleweight Champion’s Mother By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Photocourtesy Dailystar.co.uk On Saturday, March 9, 2019, two unexpected boxing tragedies suddenly rocked the professional boxing world into an unanticipated state of mourning. Former world heavyweight champion George Foreman’s boxing daughter Freeda George Foreman, […]
Who Would Win? Mike Tyson vs. George Foreman Argument Rekindles on Facebook By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Mike Tyson versus George Foreman remains a timeless heavyweight championship riddle. Who would win? You Tubers have computer simulated the dream fight, the modern day successor to Muhammad Ali versus Rocky Marciano. Ali […]
Sonny Liston vs Evander Holyfield 15 Round Dream Fight: Who Wins? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In recent memory, individuals on Facebook and various internet boxing sites have pondered what would happen if Charles ‘Sonny’ Liston fought Evander ‘The Real Deal’ Holyfield. The matchup is not unlike Muhammad Ali versus George […]
RCM Historical Boxing: Ten Bouts Where One Last Punch Made A Difference By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent When a fight hear its final round conclusion, not every fighter makes it or wins. Every second counts. Here are a few of my favorite wild endings: One: George Foreman versus […]
Premier event – Gulf LBC selects team to travel to USA BOXING Elite National Championships in conjunction with the Selection and Announcement of the First Inaugural George Foreman Youth and Community Center Elite International Travel Team!! HOUSTON, TX (October 10, 2016) -Starting with the ring of the bell on October 22nd, local area boxers […]
By Alan Hubbard Manchester, UK, (5th of November 2015)– Religion and I may have parted company some years ago but I respect those who have the faith, whatever that might be. So I hope I do not cause offence when I say I wonder if boxing is now suffering from surfeit of Bible punching. I […]
Marvin Johnson versus Galindez: Mechanics of Counter Right By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wxHcb4cJco Critical historical look backs often reveal technique and game plan can override style and boxing ability in many cases. The case in point this reporter wishes to cite is Marvin Johnson versus the late Victor […]
Evander Holyfield, The Hardest Working Heavyweight Champion Ever By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media When one looks at the all-time heavyweight champions list, one finds such familiar names as Rocky Marciano, Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, George Foreman, Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko, Lennox Lewis, […]
Jack Bodell to David Price Connection: British Heavyweights Who Fell Short Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent For a brief moment, southpaw heavyweight Jack Bowell was a British heavyweight who seemed well on his way to going places. Bodell had decisioned Joe Bugner in September 1971 to win the Commonwealth […]
Rocky Marciano and Riddick Bowe: Most Underestimated Heavyweight Champions Ever By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Rocky Marciano and Riddick Bowe are former world heavyweight champions of unique distinction. Bowe and Marciano combine for a professional record of 92-1 with a recent win over every opponent they fought. Marciano […]
Remembering Gil Clancy, They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent RCM Historical Boxing Hall of Fame boxing trainer Gil Clancy is probably best remembered as a CBS, MSG and HBO television boxing commentator, and not as a trainer of Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George […]
Brizel’s All Time Virtual Heavyweight Boxing Championship Tournament: Round One By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In an experiment, I took some of the famous names in the heavyweight division, champions and contenders, past and present, and did my own all-time heavyweight tournament on paper. […]
Archie Moore’s Shining Light Heavyweight Moment By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Head Boxing Correspondent There are certain boxing historical moments which shatter the time barrier. Jack Johnson standing over the fallen James Jeffries. Max Schmeling knocking out Joe Louis. Rocky Marciano’s knockout punch on Jersey Joe Walcott. Round […]
The Great Ron Lyle, His Bout With George Foreman Remembered For Sure By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent Some cats have nine lives. Ron Lyle had three. The only one of 19 children to get in trouble with the law, Lyle was convicted of second degree murder in a gang fight […]
MARK CUBAN TO GIVE A DALLAS WELCOME TO MIKEY GARCIA / JUAN MANUEL LOPEZ GEORGE FOREMAN / BOB ARUM AT A NEWS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING THE WORLD FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Tomorrow! Thursday, May 9, at 1 P.M. CT American Airlines Center® * OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! * DALLAS (May 8, 2013) — Dallas Maverick’s owner MARK […]
The Strange Boxing Case of Bob Hazelton, Boxing’s First Steroids Victim By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent RCM BOXING HISTORICAL ARTICLE Tall London heavyweight Bob Hazelton, who fought professionally as a boxer from 1966 to 1980, and then went on to become a weightlifter and bodybuilder, was truly boxing’s first victim of anabolic […]
ZOU SHIMING: FISTS OF GOLD FRIDAY NOTEBOOK AND OFFICIAL WEIGHTS Tim Ryan, Larry Merchant and Big George Foreman Reunite to Call the Fights on HBO2 at 2 P.M. ET/PT MACAU (5 April 2013) – It is T-Minus one day and counting until world championship boxing premieres in Macau and the Shiming Dynasty begins! Olympic athletic […]
IF IT’S THURSDAY IT MUST BE MACAU! FINAL ZOU SHIMING: FISTS OF GOLD PRESS CONFERENCE TO BE STREAMED LIVE FROM THE VENETIAN MACAO TODAY! — 11:30 P.M. ET / 8:30 P.M. PT www.toprank.tv MACAU (4 April 2013) – It is T-Minus two days and counting until world championship boxing premieres in Macau […]
Ike Ibeabuchi Faces Fifth Parole Hearing in May 2013 By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent Ikemefula ‘The President’ Ibeabuchi, 40, will face his fifth parole hearing in Nevada on May 14, 2013. Ibeabuchi, a highly ranked heavyweight contender with a record of 20-0, with 15 knockouts, was sentenced in 1999 to two to […]
Larry Holmes in Twilight By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent *All Photos Copyright Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media, All Rights Reserved Easton, PA– At age 63, Larry Holmes still believes he was a better heavyweight boxer than all the rest. Holmes, who fought between 1973 and 2002, a 29 year span, had a career […]
Boxing- 2012 London Olympic preview By: Travis Kennedy Well it’s that time again ladies and gentlemen! It’s time to support your countries boxers at the 2012 Olympics. It seems as though it was only yesterday I was tuned in and watching Rau’shee Warren, Demetrius Andrade, and many other amateur boxers from the United States competing […]
Real Combat Media Radio speaks with former World Heavyweight Champ Shannon Briggs By: Chris “Gunzz” Cercola LIKE us on FACEBOOK RealCombatMediaCOM Follow Real Combat Media Boxing on TWITTER @REALCOMBATMEDIA Add us to your circle on GOOGLE PLUS Real Combat Media. ENJOY & SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EXCLUSIVE FIGHTER INTERVIEWS ON REAL COMBAT MEDIA YOU TUBE JOIN […]
The Journeyman Distinction By Eliud Vazquez Torres Journeymen in boxing are much needed. They are the ones that promoters call up whenever they have a prospect that they think can proceed to the next level. A journeyman can provide rounds, competition, and even a few surprises for the sponsors to evaluate the fighters that they […]
‘Sweet’ Reggie Johnson Interview Part III By Boxing Reporter and Writer Chris Cercola In part three and the final segment in this amazing interview with “Sweet” Reggie Johnson, Reggie talks about the late Julio Gonzalez, George Foreman writing him a very inspirational letter, and the great trainer Jesse Reid. There’s some history with Julio Gonzalez. When […]
Ron Lyle vs George Foreman – El Punto de Referencia Para Los Pesos Pesados Por: Boxeo Escritor Scott Canipe “Esto no es arte, pero es slugging” – Howard Cosell El 24 de enero de 1976, una de las mayores muestras de un lado a otro poder de pegada fue exhibido en el Caesars Palace en el Pabellón de Deportes de Las Vegas, Nevada. Este “combate de boxeo” es, sin duda, la mayor pelea de peso pesado de ocurrirdurante la […]
Ron Lyle vs George Foreman –The Benchmark for Heavyweights By: Boxing Writer Scott Canipe “This isn’t artistic, but it is slugging!” – Howard Cosell On January 24, 1976, one of the greatest displays of back and forth punching power was exhibited at the Caesars Palace Sports Pavilion in Las Vegas, Nevada. This “boxing match” is, […]
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