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By Corey Erdman - For about three rounds, the majority of the boxing world held its breath. Over the course of nine minutes, Floyd Mayweather looked like he wasn't doing exactly what he wanted inside the boxing ring for the first time in who knows how long, and the man standing across from him punching him as i...
By Corey Erdman - After an hour long media workout and another 22 seconds of sparring footage has been released, two weeks out from perhaps the richest boxing match in history, we still do not know if Conor McGregor can box. For months, information and footage about McGregor's ability inside the square...
By Corey Erdman - The great irony of Adrien Broner is that as transparent as he's been throughout his career, a lot of his popularity has been rooted in illusion. No fighter in the world has allowed fans into their personal life over the years quite like Broner has. Even in a day and age in which there are a handful of report...
By Corey Erdman - Being a boxing fan is a cruel existence for any number of reasons. The sport has no set schedule, doesn't always promise the best matchups, and has any number of injustices and inequalities that are difficult to negotiate. But perhaps no part of fandom is more difficult than watching your heroes get p...
By Corey Erdman - It's been said that boxing is the sport all others aspire to be. There are certainly elements of boxing that other sports are happy to not deal with, none moreso than the puzzling endings and controversy that judging can produce, as seen on Saturday in Brisbane. But the bout between Manny Pacquiao...
By Corey Erdman - After Saturday's TKO victory over Sergey Kovalev, it's inarguable that Andre Ward is the best fighter in the sport, pound for pound. However you interpret the meaning of “pound for pound,” Ward satisfies every requirement. Do you simply base it on achievement? The Oakland native cleared ou...
By Corey Erdman - After Adonis Stevenson had hammered Andrzej Fonfara with four consecutive monstrous left hands, it was clear that if not for any intervention, the bout would only end one way—with Fonfara out cold on the canvas. Sensing that the outcome of the fight was inevitable—even more than the wide bet...
By Corey Erdman - If boxing is considered to be a form of physical art, then perhaps it stands to reason that the work of its artists are all too often misinterpreted and unappreciated. On Saturday, two high level boxing matches ended in robberies—that is, that when it came time for the judges to pick a winner. The...
By Corey Erdman - Here's the truth: Fans on Saturday night were treated to a live showing of Canelo Alvarez's first sparring session in preparation for Gennady Golovkin. As Alvarez battered Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. around the ring for 12 rounds, HBO commentators feigned disappointment in the lack of actual competitio...
By Corey Erdman - If Shakur Stevenson is to become boxing's next superstar, his biggest obstacles may not even be inside the ring. Stevenson, by all accounts, has the goods in the squared circle. The 19-year old Olympic silver medallist is a superb technician with fast hands and a co-sign from enough professionals he...