SEASON 2 OF PFL MENA COMING TO JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA, ON MAY 9 AS PART OF JEDDAH SEASON PFL MENA Continues to be the Premier MMA Competition in the Middle East PFL MENA to Partner with Jeddah Season to Help Grow the Sport of MMA in the Middle East JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA (March 25, 2025) […]
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(#4) CORY SANDHAGEN AND (#5) DEIVESON FIGUEIREDO HEADLINES FIRST UFC® EVENT IN DES MOINES FEATURED BOUT: (#13) REINIER DE RIDDER vs. BO NICKAL UFC® FIGHT NIGHT: SANDHAGEN vs. FIGUEIREDO TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, MARCH 21 Las Vegas – UFC® delivers its first event in Des Moines, Iowa, headlined by a pivotal bantamweight bout that will see No. […]
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FORMER WORLD CHAMPION & AUSTRALIAN SUPERSTAR TIM TSZYU RETURNS TO TAKE ON RISING CONTENDER JOEY SPENCER IN MAIN EVENT OF PBC CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING ON PRIME VIDEO ON SATURDAY, APRIL 5 Tszyu vs. Spencer Headlines Action Beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT from Newcastle, Australia NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA – March 18, 2025 – Former world champion and Australian superstar Tim […]
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Third time the charm Ryan “The Bruiser” Rozicki to Challenge WBC Cruiserweight World Champion Badou Jack on May 3 in Saudi Arabia HAMILTON, Ontario, Canada (March 19, 2025) – Canadian cruiserweight challenger Ryan “The Bruiser” Rozicki (20-1-1, 19 KOs) will finally get his World Boxing Council (WBC) Cruiserweight World title shot against defending champion Badou “The Ripper” Jack (20-1-1, 19 […]
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KAMBOSOS JR VS. WYLLIE + UNDERCARD FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES Eddie Hearn, Matchroom Sport Chairman: “Good morning everyone. Welcome to Sydney, Australia. A huge night of boxing on Saturday. Two World Championship fights and an all-Australian blockbuster between George Kambosos Jr and Jake Wyllie here at the Qudos Bank Arena, live and exclusive all […]
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Welcome to Era of Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, – Inspiring Heavyweight Champions Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Inspiring World Boxing Council World Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and World Boxing Association, World Boxing Organisation, International Boxing Federation and International Boxing Organization World Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk have taken the year […]
Tony Who? Olympic Bronze Medalist Tony Madigan Dies, Fought Muhammad Ali Twice By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent There exists a short list of boxers who fought Muhammad Ali more than once in the amateurs and as a professional. Henry Cooper. George Chuvalo, Joe Frazier, Jerry Quarry, Floyd Patterson, Joe Bugner, […]
When Boxing Was King By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Sportswriter Robert Brizel’s education with boxing history today centers around boxing’s most famous emotional ‘relationship’, good, indifferent or otherwise. Muhammad Ali and Smokin’ Joe Frazier are no longer with us. Many other famous heavyweight names have slipped into the […]
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 […]
Remembering Italian Heavyweight Lorenzo Zanon, A Historical Look Back By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Heavyweight Lorenzo Zanon of Italy hit the world rankings in the 1970s by opening his career 20-2-1, including beating Alfredo Evangelista, winning a rematch with Lucien Rodriguez, beating Brian O’Melia and drawing with Randy Stephens. Zanon […]
Former WBA World Heavyweight Champion Jimmy Ellis Dies at 74 By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (May 8th, 2014)–Jimmy Ellis, who rose up in Louisville, Kentucky in the shadow of his amateur boxing friend Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali), and won the World Boxing Association version of the World Heavyweight […]
Strange Muhammad Ali versus Michael Dokes Miami Beach Three Round No Decision By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Muhammad Ali versus Michael Dokes, The Fountainbleau Miami Beach Exhibition, 1977 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM6UpbLgLJI In April 1977, Muhammad Ali fought two exhibitions of three rounds each against Jody Ballard and future World […]
Did Angelo Dundee, A Trainer With Magical Instincts, Create The Rope-A-Dope? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent About 18 months ago, Hall of Fame boxing trainer Angelo Dundee died on my birthday, February 1, 2012. The losses of boxing luminaries like Dundee, Joe Frazier, Bert Sugar […]
DIAZ & TAPIA SCORE BIG STOPPAGE WINS—FIGHT CARD NOW ON DEMAND ON GFL Farrell gets TKO; Barnwell decisions Dawejko; LaManna outlasts Leiva; Gangemi, McKenna and Wright have successful pro debuts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTIC CITY (August 21, 2012)—This past Saturday night rising prospect Joel Diaz scored an impressive stoppage after round two over Guillermo Sanchez […]
THOMAS “CORNFLAKE” LAMANNA TO TAKE ON YOLEXCY LEIVA THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT BALLYS IN ATLANTIC CITY FIGHT CARD TO BE STREAMED LIVE ALL OVER THE WORLD ON GFL.TV FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTIC CITY (August 16, 2012)–Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna of Millville NJ will step back into the ring this Saturday at Bally’s Atlantic City when he […]
CARD SHAPING UP FOR AUGUST 18TH POUND FOR POUND BOXING EVENT AT BALLYS IN ATLANTIC CITY Joel Diaz Jr. take on Guillermo Sanchez in 10 round Main event Plus undefeated Glen Tapia, Thomas LaManna, Lavarn Harvell and battle of undefeated Heavyweights Joey Dawejko and Dorsett Barnwell FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTIC CITY (August 8, 2012)—On Saturday […]
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