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 ...
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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...
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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 Kazu...
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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...
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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...
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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 c...
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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. ...
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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 suppor...
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By Corey Erdman - Around this time three years ago, O’Shaquie Foster was sitting in the communal area of an Orange County, Texas jail watching Terence Crawford fight Julius Indongo for the unified 140...
Read MoreWhile pro boxing has adapted to the times in many respects, creating COVID-free bubbles and running shows in studios and empty venues all over the world, many fighters are still left unemployed, or at...
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By Corey Erdman - Terence Crawford is one of two men who is called the pound for pound best fighter on the planet by anybody these days. The consensus top dog amongst outlets and observers is Canelo A...
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By Corey Erdman - Derek Chisora arrived at the weigh-in for his bout against Oleksandr Usyk dressed like The Joker, albeit a giant, musclebound version of the normally spindly Batman villain. In the B...
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By Corey Erdman - A lot has been asked of Jaime Munguia in a short period of time. The 24-year old became a professional boxer eight years ago, still a teenager, and within five years was already a wo...
Read MoreOtto Wallin’s trainer Joey Gamache told him that Teofimo Lopez was going to beat Vasiliy Lomachenko. As Wallin sat in a New York City bar with friends watching his trainer working in Lopez’s corner as...
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By Corey Erdman - On the week of the biggest fight of his life, Teofimo Lopez fielded a whole lot of questions, ranging from typical tactical queries to deep dives into his relationship with his fathe...
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By Corey Erdman - Try as it might to pass for its former self, a good portion of boxing’s offerings during the global pandemic have been aseptic. Something from the fighters, from the limited audience...
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By Corey Erdman - At the front of the Soul City Gym’s aerobics class is Isaiah Steen. A striking figure: a tall, muscular man with an archetypical boxer’s build, dreadlocks tucked into a spandex cap, ...
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By Corey Erdman - One of Ruben Villa IV’s favorite things to do is finishing his afternoon road work by running up a hill in Riverside, California that overlooks the entire city. Up there, he can brea...
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By Corey Erdman - Everyone who sees Jaron “Boots” Ennis in the ring knows there’s something special about him. One could debate how high his ceiling is, but there should be universal agreement that he...
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By Corey Erdman - Becoming the heavyweight champion of the world is one of the sporting realm’s crowning achievements. Society at large has long considered holding that title one of the most impressiv...
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