DEONTAY WILDER TO DEFEND WBC HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD TITLE AGAINST POLISH CHALLENGER ARTUR SZPILKA ON SATURDAY, JAN. 16, LIVE ON SHOWTIME® FROM BARCLAYS CENTER IN BROOKLYN Tickets On Sale This Monday, December 14 For Brooklyn’s First Heavyweight World Championship In 115 Years BROOKLYN (Dec. 9, 2015) – Undefeated WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder will […]
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RCM Historical Boxing: Jack Root, Champion of Yesteryear
Jack Root, Champion of Yesteryear By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent His real name was Janos Ruthaly, and he was the most famous fighter ever to come out of the Czech Republic. Between 1897 and 1906, Jack Root was 47-3-3 with 28 knockouts, retiring at age 29. Root’s last […]
RCM Historical Boxing: Ruby Robert Fitzsimmons Turns 150, Remembering The Great Champion
Ruby Robert Fitzsimmons Turns 150, Remembering The Great Champion RCM Historical Boxing By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent The Hall of Fame World Heavyweight champion Bob ‘Ruby Robert’ Fitzsimmons turned 150 on May 26, 2013. Bob died on October 22, 1917, at the age of 54. Bob debuted with a four […]
Reflections On The Great White Hope 30 Years Later
Reflections On The Great White Hope 30 Years Later By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent *All Photos Copyright Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media, All Rights Reserved New York, NY– By winning 24 consecutive fights in a row, Irish Gerry Cooney in and of himself was nothing special, until the media got wind of the hype […]





