311 stories on BoxingScene are published under the Corey Erdman byline.
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By Corey Erdman - For Emmanuel Rodriguez, advancing to the semi-finals of the World Boxing Super Series bantamweight tournament may very well be a dubious honor. Rodriguez edged out Jason Moloney in a hard-fought battle in Orlando on Saturday night, picking up a split decision via scores of 11...
By Corey Erdman - However one chooses to describe HBO’s departure from boxing on October 27, one thing is certain—the network knew times had changed. This past week, the network formally announced that the rematch between Heather Hardy and Shelly Vincent would be included on what is, at least for now, the...
By Corey Erdman - There is no shortage of great storylines or intriguing upcoming fights in the world of boxing today—but at long last, it is how it how one might say it is supposed to be, with the heavyweight division being by far the most interesting. The feud between Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder and Tyson...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Coverage of boxing from the sport’s dedicated media and the mainstream media that parachutes in for larger fights both tend to ride raves of hysteria. When Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin met this time last year, the sport seemed to be in a bit of a transitionary period. It was one month remov...
By Corey Erdman - A year and a half ago, Mikaela Mayer sat ringside at the MGM Grand Casino in Detroit, watching her Olympic teammate Claressa Shields making her SHOWTIME debut, never thinking she’d box professionally, let alone on television. For far too long, if there could be any women’s boxing at all in the fight marketplace, there could only be one woman. Too many...
By Corey Erdman - Being a boxing fan in North America has never been easier—provided you have the money to afford it. The sheer volume of fights being broadcast, combined with the number of interested broadcasters has created a plethora of viewing options for fight fans, albeit mostly behind a paywall. Were on...
By Corey Erdman - It’s been said that you can’t find true ecstasy in sport until you succeed in a situation where failure was not just possible, but probable. Those are the situations Mikey Garcia has sought out his entire boxing career. Garcia added another belt to his collection on Saturday night, routing a much larger Rob...
By Corey Erdman - When Manny Pacquiao was in his prime, he was one of the most unstoppable offensive forces the sport had ever seen. The mid-to-late 2000s version of Pacquiao on his best nights could make fights look like a video game in which he was playing against an opponent with a disconnected con...
By Corey Erdman - For most of the history of entertainment transmissions, boxing has been on the cutting edge of broadcast technology. By and large, the direction that live broadcasts have moved through the years have been heavily influenced, If not trailblazed outright, by the Sweet Science. Consider the fact that the v...
By Corey Erdman - Being as good as Errol Spence is can be a difficult proposition at times. Spence is undeniably one of the very best fighters on the planet at the moment. Let’s suppose, for argument’s sake, that his opponent on Saturday, was the 30th best welterweight in the world. In another individua...