By Corey Erdman - In the week before their fight at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Canelo Alvarez and Avni Yildirim visited the venue for the first time for a photo shoot to promote the event. As is customary when fights occur in locations belonging to...
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By Corey Erdman - During a pre-fight package that aired on ESPN before his bout with Miguel Berchelt, Oscar Valdez was asked what he could do better than his opponent. “I’ve fought with a broken jaw, a broken rib, but I got back up. Maybe that’s it....
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By Corey Erdman - Sitting in his hotel room at the Fantasy Springs Casino without a bead of sweat on him, JoJo Diaz realized it wasn’t going to happen. Try as he might, the final four pounds to get him down to his contracted limit of 130 just weren’t...
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Taylor Starling sat on a plane from Miami to Charlotte bandaged and swollen. Even behind a face mask and sunglasses, it was apparent she’d not just been in a fight, but a war. Her right cheek puffed up beneath her glasses, and her hands were twice th...
By Corey Erdman - In the middle of the NFC Championship game between the Green Bay Packers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a graphic promoting the upcoming PBC on Fox telecast ran, paired with a read by commentator Joe Buck. “On Saturday, Caleb Plant,...
By Corey Erdman - There was a moment of amazement on the Showtime telecast’s commentary on Stephen Fulton’s title-winning performance over Angelo Leo on Saturday night. With ten seconds to go in the second round, Al Bernstein chimed in, breaking conv...
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By Corey Erdman - Meek Mill’s “Dreams and Nightmares” is now the unofficial anthem for Philadelphia sports, a tale of ambition in the face of horror and reveling in success achieved against all odds. When the song was released in 2012, Stephen Fulton...
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By Corey Erdman - Back in 2015, it looked as though there was another outlier coming from the Inoue family. Takuma, the younger brother of Naoya, had blazed his way through the first six opponents of his career, and was already fighting in twelve rou...
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By Corey Erdman - When Ryan Garcia hit the canvas for the first time in his life in the second round against Luke Campbell, for a moment it seemed like he would be going from social media superstar to just the latest meme. Garcia, who claims he had n...
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By Corey Erdman - Nothing illustrates the disconnect between the North American boxing community and the Japanese boxing scene better than the lack of discussion about the New Year's bout between Kazuto Ioka and Kosei Tanaka outside of the absolute d...
By Corey Erdman - Canelo Alvarez’s private jet touched down at Million Air, a luxury airport on the outskirts of San Antonio, and the boxing superstar emerged wearing designer floral print pajamas and an unbuttoned pea coat. The flight landed at midn...
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By Corey Erdman - After knocking out Kubrat Pulev to retain his bundle of heavyweight titles on Saturday, Anthony Joshua was more interested in wishing the crowd of 1,000 fans inside the Wembley Arena in London a Merry Christmas than he was in discus...
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By Corey Erdman - In the summer of 2014, Anthony Joshua was still a young professional, having just defeated Matt Skelton to improve his record to 7-0. The world he’d entered in the paid ranks after conquering the amateur world and capturing Olympic...
By Corey Erdman - Andrew Moloney remembers the exact punch that closed the eye of Joshua Franco. He can recall the feeling of his hand in his glove and the sight of Franco’s eye gradually puffing up. He’s replayed it over and over in his head a thous...
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By Corey Erdman - On its surface, the upcoming boxing match between Jake Paul and Nate Robinson would appear to be nothing more than a high-priced publicity stunt. The fight serves as the chief support for the Mike Tyson-Roy Jones Jr. exhibition bout...
