UFC ESPN 45 WEIGH-IN VIDEO LAS VEGAS – The UFC on ESPN 45 fight card now is official following Friday’s official weigh-in session. Saturday’s card, which takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas with a main card on ESPN following prelims on ESPN+, is headlined by a flyweight contenders fight. Kai Kara-France (24-10 […]
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UNBEATEN SUPER WELTERWEIGHT CONTENDER TIM TSZYU RETURNS TO DEFEND INTERIM WBO 154-POUND TITLE AGAINST MEXICAN CONTENDER CARLOS OCAMPO LIVE ON SHOWTIME® SATURDAY, JUNE 17 FROM AUSTRALIA Plus! Top Super Bantamweight Contender Ra’eese Aleem Battles Undefeated Australian Sam Goodman in Title Eliminator Featured on Event Presented by Premier Boxing Champions QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – June 2, 2023 […]
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TOP MIDDLEWEIGHT CARLOS ADAMES DEFENDS INTERIM TITLE AGAINST FORMER UNIFIED CHAMPION JULIAN WILLIAMS SATURDAY, JUNE 24 LIVE ON SHOWTIME® FROM THE ARMORY IN MINNEAPOLIS IN PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS EVENT Exciting Super Welterweight Contenders Erickson Lubin and Luis Arias Duel in Co-Main Event Undefeated IBF 115-Pound World Champion Fernando Martinez Faces Unbeaten Jade Bornea Kicking Off Telecast at […]
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CLARESSA SHIELDS VS. MARICELA CORNEJO FIGHT WEEK MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES & PHOTOS Click HERE for Photos from Salita Promotions/ Terrell Groggins DETROIT – May 30, 2023 – Undisputed Middleweight World Champion Claressa “G.W.O.A.T.” Shields kicked off fight week on Tuesday with a media workout as she prepares to bring big-time boxing back to Detroit when she […]
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TEAM COMBAT LEAGUE WATCH LIVESTREAM TONIGHT – 7PM EST / 4PM PST Team Combat League Returns to Connecticut Jockeying for Playoff Positioning Moves Into High Gear MOHEGAN SUN, CT (June 2, 2023) – Tonight, live from the Mohegan Sun Expo Center in Connecticut, Team Combat League (TCL) returns with its version of Friday Night Fights. Boxers will battle all […]
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Remembering The War of the Worlds: When Wrestler Antonio Inoki Challenged Muhammad Ali The Boxer By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The late great Antonio Inoki passed away on October 1, 2022. Anoki was part of the strangest boxer versus wrestler freak show ever staged on television with modified restrictive rules. […]
This WBC Championship Belt Rumbled in The Jungle! Indianapolis Colts Owner Jim Irsay Buys Muhammad Ali’s Kinshasa Belt at Heritage Auctions For 6.16 Million Dollars By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Indianapolis, Indiana (July 25th, 2022)– Muhammad Ali was “The Greatest” of all time, and in Kinshasa, Zaire, on October 30, 1974, […]
When Muhammad Ali Got Pissed at Ernie Terrell During Vietnam War in 1967 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The late World Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, in the 1960’s as world champion, was at his best in fighting prime when he defeated Cleveland Williams, Zora Folley, Sonny Liston, Floyd Patterson, and Ernie […]
RCM Historical Boxing: Police Chief Tunney Hunsaker, Muhammad Ali’s Worst Fight By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The late former three-times world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay, in view of this reporter fought his worst professional fight on October 29, 1960, in Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky, when he fought his […]
Unique Boxing Trend! Judges NO Longer Favoring Promoter’s Fighters, Underdogs Winning Frequently During Pandemic Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Ever since Muhammad Ali got one judge’s scorecard in his first bout with Leon Spinks in defense of his world heavyweight title, which Spinks won by split decision in 15 rounds, […]
RCM Historical Boxing: Anatomy of Muhammad Ali versus Lyle Alzado Fight Poster By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Boxing posters, long a staple of many a boxing gym, are as much a part of sports memorabilia and Americana as most sports knickknacks. With the advent of computer technology, where sporting events are […]
2016 Olympian Featherweight Muhammad Ali (No Relation) Signs with Queensberry Promotions By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent 2016 Olympian, featherweight Muhammad Ali (no relation to the former World heavyweight champion Muhammad ‘The Greatest’ Ali) has signed a professional contract with Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions. Muhammad Ali ‘the younger’ won the silver medal […]
Heavyweight Champion Leon Spinks Hospitalized in Critical Condition in Las Vegas By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former World Heavyweight champion ‘Neon’ Leon Spinks, 66, who shocked the boxing world by winning a 15 round split decision over Muhammad Ali on February 15, 1978, at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, […]
Joshua, Never Underestimate Your Opponent, Ringside Lessons of a Lifetime Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent When ‘The Bayonne Bleeder’, bar-room brawler and liquor salesman Chuck Wepner, decked Muhammad Ali in the ninth round of their March 1975 World Heavyweight title bout in Richfield Coliseum in Richfield, Ohio, the boxing establishment, […]
Mysterious Heavyweight Jack O’Halloran, Hollywood Actor Few Remember in the Ring By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Between 1966 and 1974, Jack O’Halloran figured into an incredible 57 heavyweight bouts, mixing with many of the best of the best names in the heavyweight boxing ring of the era. A Philadelphia […]
Land of the Heavyweight Giants By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The late world heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, the ‘Galveston Giant’ was shorter than the man who dethroned him in Havana, Cuba, Jess Willard. The Klitschkos, Lennox Lewis, Nikolai Valuev, Primo Carnera, and Mike White are some historical examples of the tall […]
Psychology of Muhammad Ali: Getting Rid of Ego and Playing on Foreman’s Ego By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In a historical sense, the late Jack Dempsey was right when he commented on Muhammad Ali versus George Foreman “That isn’t boxing!” It was not, in the traditional sense. However, as’The […]
Dr. Ferdie Pacheco, Muhammad Ali’s Personal Physician and Cornerman, Dies at 89 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Dr. Ferdie Pacheco, Muhammad Ali’s personal physician and cornerman from his beginning as Cassius Clay, to his end after defending his world title against Earnie Shavers, has died at age 89. Pacheco […]
Bright Lights From The ‘Dark’ Continent: Boxing Greats From Africa By Jackie Edwards Boxing is more than just strength meeting strength. It’s about agility, speed and power and making quick decisions to beat your opponent. And it’s one of the primary skill sets that a mixed martial artist can have. Boxing has never lost its popularity, […]
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 […]
Muhammad Ali Rolls Over in His Grave: Son Muhammad Ali Jr. Detained by Homeland Security in Florida Because of His Muslim Sounding Name After Returning From Jamaica By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Montego Bay, Jamaica (February 25th, 2017)– The sense of love of boxing, love of people, […]
Unedited Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston II. Lewiston Tape Surfaces on YouTube By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Unedited Ali vs. Liston II 1965 Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOQ1ERnkbh4 Over half a century after Muhammad Ali (better known then as Cassius Clay). fought a rematch with Sonny Liston, an unedited black and […]
Absolute Insanity! Floyd vs. McGregor Super Fight is Here. Big Q: Will UFC Allow It? Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (February 14th, 2017)– Muhammad Ali fought Lyle Alzado and Antonio Inoki. It should not appear strange, therefore, as The Irish Sun has reported, that Floyd Mayweather […]
Hello Ali and Liberace! Bring Back Showmanship to Pro Boxing and MMA By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Nothing in life is better for a cause than the good old fashioned spectacular publicity stunt. As Liberace, once stated, “Be Outrageous!” Muhammad Ali, Liberace and Elvis Presley and Freddie Mercury knew how to […]
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 […]
REAL COMBAT MEDIA BOXING WEEKLY REPORT (12/14/2016) By Jason Gonzalez,Real Combat Media Arizona Boxing Correspondent Welcome back to another edition of the Real Combat Media Boxing Weekly Report “Boxing Blaze Edition” where we cover all the top news stories in boxing each week! Monday (December 5, 2016) Kovalev-Ward Live Gate Generates Millions Andre Ward […]
Muhammad Ali and Aaron Pryor Jr., Goodbye to The Greatest and The Hawk By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Muhammad Ali, AKA ‘The Greatest’ was heavyweight champion of the world. Aaron Pryor Jr., AKA ‘The Hawk’, was the junior welterweight champion of the world. Ali and Pryor, now gone, were two […]
Muhammad Ali versus Wilt Chamberlain Declined: A Ridiculous Concept By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Muhammad Ali, back in the day, engaged in some loco boxing exhibitions which are best forgotten. Ali versus hockey player Dave Semenko. Ali versus football player Lyle Alzado. Ali versus wrestler Rocky Inoki. Ali versus Rocky Marciano […]
Where’s Ringo? Unraveling The Oscar Bonavena Mustang Ranch Mystery By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The iconic image of Muhammad Ali standing over Oscar Bonavena at Madison Square Garden after knocking him down three times in the 15th round remains a classic. Back then, it remained hard to believe any […]
MANNY PACQUIAO LEAVES HBO WITH HIS COUNSELOR BOB ARUM Editorial By John Gatling, Real Combat Media NY Boxing Correspondent “Pakow’. ‘Manny Pic.. Pacqua’. Excuse me…”, stumbled Jim Lampley out of the block, in HBO’s historic first encounter of a legendary kind with the iconic Manny Pacquiao. In circa June 2001, a Filipino bandana wearing “Pac-Man” […]
Wanted: Dead or Alive. Sweet Jimmy Robinson, Boxing Mystery Man By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing correspondent ‘Sweet Jimmy’ Robinson is boxing’s heavyweight mystery man. Born in either 1924 or 1925, his whereabouts are forever unknown making him boxing’s mystery man. If Robinson is still alive somewhere, he would be 91 […]
Thurman Edges Porter on CBS, Kownacki Rises By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent- Ringside New York, NY (June 28th, 2016)– In the main event of a nine bout card at Barclays Center on Saturday evening, June 25, 2016, promoted by Premier Boxing Champions and DiBella Promotions, the first live boxing […]
Harold Lederman Into The Hall of Fame: Over The Years By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Copyright: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media He is a pharmacist, ex-boxing judge and HBO boxing analyst. His daughter became a boxing judge. There, of course, is much more to the magic of Harold Lederman. Humility […]
Nate Tubbs-Mahmoud Fadel Interview Live Muhammad Ali Funeral Procession Louisville By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Muhammad Ali 1942-2016 Celebrating ‘The Greatest’ of All Time In a Real Combat Media international exclusive interview live during the Muhammad Ali funeral procession, former heavyweight Nate Tubbs and former Muhammad Ali […]
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REAL COMBAT MEDIA UK: INSIDE TEAM FURY: PETER FURY PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE GREATEST. Manchester, UK, (7th of June 2016)– By Peter Fury: We, like everyone else, got news of Muhammad Ali’s passing on Saturday morning. It hit us hard. The man was a living legend. It’s always sad to lose a great champion and […]
Goodbye Muhammad Ali. A Boxing Era Ends. By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Hearing Muhammad Ali, ‘The Greatest,’ passed away from septic shock while hospitalized in Phoenix, Arizona for respiratory problems. The event merits reflective understanding. Ali waged the fight of his life to keep living on a number of […]
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