Joey Archer, Middleweight Title Challenger, Dies in Rensselaer at 87 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (May 3rd, 2025)– Middleweight contender Joey Archer, who won 45 pro bouts between 1956 and 1967, beat Sugar Ray Robinson, who was unsuccessful in winning the American and world middleweight titles, as he […]
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Historical Boxing Tale of the Four Sugar Rays
Historical Boxing Tale of the Four Sugar Rays By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Boxing is called “The Sweet Science” by many. While many boxers have used the nickname “Sugar” From Sugar Shane Mosley to Ultimo Sugar Ramos Zaquiera, and that is a story written and rewritten by many boxing historians […]
RCM HISTORICAL BOXING: Raging Bull Jake LaMotta versus Sugar Ray Robinson Rivalry, When Boxing Was Great
Raging Bull Jake LaMotta versus Sugar Ray Robinson Rivalry, When Boxing Was Great By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent “The three toughest fighters I ever fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Sugar Ray Robinson. I fought Sugar Ray Robinson so many times, I’m surprised I’m not diabetic.” The flamboyant […]
RCM HISTORICAL BOXING: Boxing in Microscopic Detail – The Brothers Who Beat Sugar Ray Robinson
Boxing in Microscopic Detail: The Brothers Who Beat Sugar Ray Robinson By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The ability to master any profession comes from the unique ability to give attention to microscopic details. The great boxing stories come from both the obvious and the rare. On occasion, a microscopic […]
RCM HISTORICAL BOXING: The Last Ring Days of Sugar Ray Robinson
The Last Ring Days of Sugar Ray Robinson By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The late great former world welterweight and middleweight champion Walker Smith Jr., better known as Sugar Ray Robinson, stood for an excellence in the ring which may never be surpassed. Between 1940 and 1965, Robinson won […]
RCM HISTORICAL BOXING: Best Boxing Entrance: Prince Naseem Hamed in Thriller
Best Boxing Entrance: Prince Naseem Hamed in Thriller By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The best boxing entrance in my view was Prince Naseem Hamed’s ’Thriller’ ring entrance in 1998. More show than hype, perhaps created, perhaps contrived, it was pure originality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZvBDYS6hsY Prince Naseem Hamed arrives dancing to […]
RCM HISTORICAL BOXING: Gene Fullmer Never Forgot Sugar Ray Robinson’s Left Hook
Gene Fullmer Never Forgot Sugar Ray Robinson’s Left Hook By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Sugar Ray Robinson knocks out Gene Fuller, Regains World Middleweight Title https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdROjwy34qU On January 2, 1957, Sugar Ray Robinson lost a 15 round unanimous decision and his world middleweight title to Mormon boxer Gene Fullmer. […]
NEVADA BOXING HALL OF FAME TO HONOR EPIC 2015 CLASS OF INDUCTEES AT CAESARS PLACE
NEVADA BOXING HALL OF FAME TO HONOR EPIC 2015 CLASS OF INDUCTEES AT CAESARS PLACE Induction Gala Will Be August 8 at Home of Champions Tickets Go On Sale This Wednesday! April 8, at Noon PT LAS VEGAS (April 7, 2015) — Caesars Palace became renowned around the world as […]
Boxing icons Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson Headline Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame’s Class of 2015
Boxing icons Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson Headline Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame’s Class of 2015 LAS VEGAS, NV (February 19, 2015) — Legendary boxers Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson headline the 21-person 2015 Class of Inductees into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame. It is a star-studded cast which […]
RCM HISTORICAL BOXING: Whatever Happened To Marvelous Marvin Hagler?
Whatever Happened To Marvelous Marvin Hagler? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Originally from Newark, New Jersey, Marvelous Marvin Hagler was oonly the second famous fighter to train out of Brockton, Massachusetts, after Brockton’s native son Rocky Marciano. Hagler was a southpaw middleweight world champion. Hagler compiled a record of […]
RCM Historical Boxing: A Kaleidoscope of Boxing Sugars
RCM Historical Boxing: A Kaleidoscope of Boxing Sugars By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ramos, Sugar Ray Hammond, Sugar Ray Seales, Sugar Ray Leonard, Sugar Shane Mosley, Bert Sugar, Sugar Ray Clay Jones Jr. (Anthony Small), Sugar Shay (Ishe) Smith, and Suga (not Sugar) Rashad Evans. Of these Sugars, […]
BATTLE FOR THE WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT CROWN
NO MIDDLE GROUND! JULIO CÉSAR CHÁVEZ, JR. and SERGIO MARTINEZ BATTLE FOR THE WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT CROWN, ON MÉXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEKEND, SATURDAY, SEPT. 15, at THOMAS & MACK CENTER. PRESENTED LIVE BY HBO PAY-PER-VIEW® Tickets Go On Sale This Thursday! July 12 at 3 P.M. ET / Noon PT LAS VEGAS, NEV. […]












