All Three Judges Agree 116-112, Usyk Outpoints Fury, Retains World Heavyweight Title By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (December 22, 2024)– Oleksandr Usyk, came on strongly in rounds six, seven, eight and nine to take complete control over a reactive Tyson Fury and retain the lineal, WBC, WBA and […]
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Former World Champion Wilfredo Benitez, 66, Moved to Chicago Hospital Intensive Care By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Known as ‘The Bible of Boxing’, former World Junior Welterweight, Welterweight and Super Welterweight World champion Wilfredo ‘El Radar’ Benitez, 66, in declining health for years under the care of his late mother, […]
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French WBC Super Bantamweight Champion Thierry Jacob Dies at 59 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Paris, France (December 25th, 2024)–Former southpaw World Boxing Council World Super Bantamweight champion Thierry Jacob has died of lung cancer in his native Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France at age 59. Between 1984 and 1994, Jacob compiled a […]
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UFC Fight Night Tampa Results & Video Highlights By MMA News UFC Fight Night took place tonight from the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights! In the main event, welterweights Colby Covington and Joaquin Buckley clashed. While in the co-main event, Cub Swanson faced Billy Quarantillo in a […]
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Usyk Favored by Decision in Kingdom Arena Rematch Before Return to Cruiserweight By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Sign up to Watch Usyk vs. Fury 2 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (December 21st, 2024)– Lineal World Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is predicted to defeat former champion Tyson Fury by a split decision or […]
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Former World Champion Wilfredo Benitez, 66, Moved to Chicago Hospital Intensive Care By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Known as ‘The Bible of Boxing’, former World Junior Welterweight, Welterweight and Super Welterweight World champion Wilfredo ‘El Radar’ Benitez, 66, in declining health for years under the care of his late mother, […]
Albert Hughes, 70, Oldest Man to Win Professional Boxing Match By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent On December 14, 2019, super welterweight Albert Hughes Jr., who had 20 professional bouts experience under his belt, became the oldest man ever to win a professional boxing match, setting the Guinness Book of World Records […]
Alonzo Butler, Who Had 34 Pro Boxing Wins as a Heavyweight and a Deontay Wilder Sparring partner, Dies at Age 44 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent New York, NY (November 1st, 2024)– Knoxville, Tennessee top flight heavyweight Alonzo ‘Big Zo’ Butler, the principal sparring partner through the Olympic Games and […]
Former European Heavyweight Champion Steffen Tangstad Dies at 65 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Tonsberg Municipality, Norway (June 29th, 2024)– Norwegian former two-time European Heavyweight champion and world heavyweight title challenger Steffen Tangstad died on June 26, 2024, after a long illness of peripheral neuropathy, in Tonsberg Municipality, Norway. He was […]
Unraveling Mystery Behind Muhammad Ali versus Earnie Shavers 1977 Bout and Dr. Ferdie Pacheco Breaking Camp By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent On September 29, 1977, Muhammad Ali defended his undisputed World Heavyweight title for the final time, recording a unanimous 15 rounds decision over the top contender Earnie Shavers. Ali, 55-2 […]
Is 22-0 Oleksandr Usyk the Reincarnation of 49-0 Rocky Marciano? By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent 22-0 Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine, currently the undisputed World Heavyweight champion, has boxed 241 rounds in his 22 pro bouts between 2013 and 2023. Rocky Marciano, ‘The Brockton Blockbuster’, from Brockton, Massachusetts, went 49-0 in his […]
In Politics of Showboating and Rope-A-Dope, Tyson Fury is No Muhammad Ali Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Oleksandr Usyk, now the undisputed world heavyweight champion, proved he is a finer technical boxer than ‘The Gypsy King’ Tyson Fury, for the moment, which will generate interest in the contractual rematch in […]
A Tribute to European Super Featherweight Champ Willie Limond, The Scottish Warrior By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former British and European Super Featherweight champion Willie Limond of Glasgow, Scotland, ‘The Scottish Warrior’, who also held the WBU version of the World Lightweight title, died on April 15, 2024 at age 45. […]
The Rose of Soweto, Who Overcame Apartheid, South African World Champion Dingaan Thobela, Dies at 57 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Soweto, South Africa (May 3rd, 2024)– The Rose of Soweto, Dingaan Thobela, of Soweto, South Africa, who overcame the South African era of apartheid to win world titles at […]
ROBERTO DURAN GETS SUCCESSFUL PACEMAKER IMPLANT SURGERY By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Head Boxing Correspondent Panama City, Panama (March 19th, 2024)– In Panama City, Panama, International Boxing Hall of Fame retired multi division former world champion Roberto ‘Hands of Stone’ Duran, 103-16 with 70 knockouts, age 72, received a pacemaker on Monday, March 18, […]
Reflections on the Boxing Career of Joe Bugner By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In 1956, Joe Bugner and his parents were refugees from the invasion of Hungary by the Soviet Union. An athlete and discus champion, Bugner began training in Great Britain and turned professional at age 17, embarking on a […]
The Ten Worst Performing Opponents of Iron Mike Tyson’s Career By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent During his career, Iron Mike Tyson had some very brief outcomes in his 50 recorded wins. Tyson’s career stretched 20 years, between 1985 and 2005. Bouts which ended in the first and second round, of one […]
MODERN BOXERS RICKY HATTON, MICHAEL MOORER, IVAN CALDERON, DIEGO CORRALES, JANE COUCH & ANA MARIA TORRES ELECTED TO INTERNATIONAL BOXING HALL OF FAME KENNY ADAMS, JACKIE KALLEN, FRED STERNBURG, WALLACE MATTHEWS NICK CHARLES, LUIS ANGEL FIRPO & THERESA KIBBY ALSO ENTER HALL CANASTOTA, NY – (December 7, 2023) – The International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum, which […]
Joe Calzaghe, One of the Most Underestimated Champions in History, Who Helped Put the WBO on the Map By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In recent months, several boxing experts have evaluated whether or not Joe Calzaghe was either the most overrated or underrated super middleweight world champion, or world champion, in […]
Colonel Bob Sheridan, Rumble in the Jungle Hall of Fame Boxing Commentator, Dies at 79 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Victorville, California (September 28th, 2023)– Colonel Bob Sheridan, the Pro Boxing Hall of Fame commentator who broadcast over 10 thousand boxing and MMA fights on radio and television commentator, including Muhammad […]
Roberto Duran vs. Kirkland Laing – Upset of the Year in 1982 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In British boxing circles, he was called ‘The Gifted One’. Today’s boxing editorial will be a Real Combat Media Historical lookback at the 1982 Upset of the Year, and most likely the most obscure […]
Irish Micky Ward vs. Dragon Master Emanuel Augustus Fight of Year 2001 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent We’re not in Manilla, but this is the thriller in Hampton Beach!” said ringside commentator Teddy Atlas, at the end of round five, which was clearly won by the rallying Emanuel (Burton) Augustus, who […]
Former Middleweight Contender Antwun Echols, Davenport’s Kid Dynamite, Dies at 52 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former world middleweight contender and world title challenger Antwun ‘Kid Dynamite’ Echols has died at the age of 52 in his native Davenport, Iowa. Despite losing his professional debut, between 1993 and 2012, Echols compiled […]
Critical Historical Analysis of Larry Holmes vs. Michael Spinks I in 1985 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Recently, this reporter took to YouTube and chose to watch the entire 15 round International Boxing Federation World Heavyweight championship bout between undefeated Larry Holmes, 48-0, 34 knockouts, Easton, Pennsylvania, and the undefeated world […]
Former IBF Vice-President and Australian Boxing Hall of Famer Ray Wheatley Dies at 74 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Sydney, Australia (June 21st, 2023)– Australian Boxing Hall of Fame member Ray Wheatley, a 24 bout heavyweight veteran, trainer, manager, promoter, official, and former International Boxing Federation Vice-President, has passed away at […]
Reflections on the Career of Middleweight Gatekeeper King, Gabriel Rosado Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The recent retirement of 46 bouts middleweight top ten contender gatekeeper Gabriel ‘King’ Rosado was the correct decision, as his career had hit the probable end of the boxing road. Rosado, age 37, a Philadelphian […]
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 […]
Macho Camacho Way To Air This June on Bally Sports 60-Minute Documentary To Be Produced by Ron Johnson and Hector Camacho Jr. LAS VEGAS (April 18, 2023)–This June, a “Macho Camacho Way”, a 60-minute documentary chronicling the naming of a street in honor of former world champion and International Boxing Hall of Famer Hector “Macho” […]
Soviet Amateur Champion Igor Vysotsky Dies at 69, Fought Muhammad Ali and Beat Teofilo Stevenson Twice By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Moscow, Russia (April 4th, 2023)– Soviet Union 1978 amateur heavyweight champion Igor Vysotsky, the number one ranked amateur Soviet heavyweight of the 1970’s, best known for being the only man […]
Former World Lightweight Champion Ken Buchanan of Scotland Dies at 77 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Edinburgh, Scotland (April 2nd, 2023)– Former World Lightweight champion Ken Buchanan, a member of International Boxing Federation Hall of Fame and the Scottish Sport Hall of Fame, has died at a nursing home in Scotland, […]
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 […]
The Glory Ring Days of Schoolboy Bobby Chacon By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Boxer Rec Looking back on the great lower weight boxers of recent memory post pandemic, one of the first historical names to come up from my subconscious unintentionally was ‘Schoolboy’ Bobby Chacon, a former world featherweight […]
Whatever Happened to Showmanship in Boxing? Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Historically speaking, pro boxing once had it all. Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Sugar Ray Leonard. ‘Hitman’ Thomas Hearns. Roberto ‘Hands of Stone’ Duran. Muhammad Ali, ‘The Greatest’. Smokin’ Joe Frazier. ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson. Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather Jr. Sugar Ray Robinson. […]
Doctors and Dentists Who Became Professional Boxers in Boxing History By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Who are some of the highly educated boxers to have entered the ring? There are three prominent names which have surfaced. These names, it should be noted, are not noteworthy in terms of social media prominence […]
Former Heavyweight World Champ Gerrie Coetzee Dies at Age 67 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Boksburg, South Africa (January 13th, 2023)– On the same day as the passing of Elvis Presley’s daughter and only child Lisa Marie Presley, former World Boxing Association World Heavyweight champion Gerrie Coetzee, also known as ‘The […]
Happy 48th Birthday Drunken Master Emanuel Augustus By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas,NV (January 2nd, 2023)– On January 2, 2023, ‘The Drunken Master’, Emanuel Augustus (Ya’kov Burton), will celebrate his 48th birthday. Characterized by Floyd Mayweather Jr. as the toughest opponent Floyd had faced in his career, he was ranked […]
No Nonsense Hall of Fame Referee Mills Lane Dies at 85, Refereed Mike Tyson Ear Bite Fight With Evander Holyfield By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (December 7th, 2022)– Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame, and International Boxing Hall of Fame boxing referee, and Nevada attorney and judge Mills Lane, […]
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