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By Corey Erdman - Claressa Shields fights tend to follow a familiar pattern. There is about a thirty second period at the beginning of the fight in which her opponents look like they may be able to bother her in some capacity, until it becomes clear what Shields is doing.
By Corey Erdman - If you’ve been on the internet for more than six months and are of sound mind, you can probably immediately identify the aesthetics of misinformation. You know the types of Facebook or Instagram posts: Comic sans font, bizarre sentence structure, random capitalization and
By Corey Erdman - For the better part of 14 years, it was either not feasible or not possible for Jonathan Guidry to chase his dreams. Not just his dream of becoming a heavyweight champion, but even becoming a full-time boxer. Late last year, Guidry was without electricity
By Corey Erdman - In an era in which hustle culture is glamorized, there’s no shortage of people who proclaim they’re never not working. For some that may be true, although for those for whom it is, it’s likely not something they’re particularly happy about. For others, it’s a more boastful, if not disingenuous way of embracing a bootstrap mentality.
By Corey Erdman - Steve Geffrard had a feeling this exact thing could happen. Early in 2021, Joe Smith Jr. was scheduled to face Maxim Vlasov for the vacant WBO light heavyweight title, but Vlasov tested positive for COVID-19. Geffrard said in a YouTube interview with Marc Abrams that he thought there might be a possibility for him to step in at that point.
By Corey Erdman - Every generation of heavyweight boxing has its big men whose ultimate career achievements are simply winding up on a list of best fighters to not win a heavyweight title. The 60s and 70s had a litany of them, stuck behind a handful of all-time greats who ensured the likes of Jerry Quarry, Earnie Shavers, Jimmy Young and more never held the gold. The 90s had David Tua and Ike Ibeabuchi, memorable and thrilling fighters who for very different reasons never made it to the top.
By Corey Erdman - The economy of boxing is built on the story of the underdog. As an industry, pugilism posits that it is a haven for individuals who are underdogs in life, literally fighting their way out of given circumstances. But on a more practical level, the industry is fueled...
By Corey Erdman - There were a lot of uncertainties heading into Friday’s light heavyweight title bout between Artur Beterbiev and Marcus Browne. Most pressing was the issue of whether it would happen at all.
By Corey Erdman - Nonito Donaire sat next to Reymart Gaballo at their pre-fight press conference, no hangers on or dais between them as is customary in boxing. It would have been pointless to feign the necessity of barriers or restraint between two fighters who genuinely liked one another, and in Gaballo’s case, idolized his foe. As it turned out, there was a more practical reason for Donaire to sit next to Gaballo, as he wound up acting as a translator for Gaballo at one point. As Gaballo described what he needed to watch out for against Donaire, he looked to Donaire for the English translation of what he was saying.
By Corey Erdman - Moments after his victory over JoJo Diaz on Saturday night, Devin Haney remarked that he had “learned a lot” from the fight. Generally, fighters don’t refer to bouts in their immediate aftermath as learning experiences unless they were losing efforts or didn’t particularly go as expected. Otherwise, fighters tend to view victories as validations of what they already knew about themselves and their opponents.