Robert Ecksel
752 articles · The Sweet Science
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Le Freak: Foreman vs. Seagal
When George Foreman was asked by his fans on social media if he was serious, he answered in the affirmative? Of the many concerns preceding the recent fight between Floyd Mayweather and…
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Boxing Hall of Shame Honors Luis Ortiz
Deontay Wilder may be a ?clean champion,? but the jury is still out on his greatness; drug cheat Ortiz was supposed to put that to the test? Mauricio Sulaiman broke the news…
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Sergey Kovalev Meets the Press
Virgil Hunter, Ward?s trainer, has reportedly reached out to Kovalev. Presumably he knows something about defeating Russians? On Saturday, November 25, at the Madison Square Garden Theater, former unified light heavyweight champion…
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Fistic Freudian Delight
?You think McGregor and Mayweather hype was over the top? Imagine me and my ?Gypsy Brother? Tyson going jaw to jaw?? Just when you thought it was safe to start loving the…
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Linares Edges Cool Hand Luke
Campbell looked terrific and against anyone less accomplished than Jorge Linares, he would have won the fight? Saturday night at The Forum in Inglewood, California, reigning and defending WBA, WBC Diamond, and…
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Ten-Count for Jake LaMotta
?If I never see another boob it ain?t gonna bother me. Impervious? I flattened a bum named Impervious in Buffalo?? Former middleweight champion Jake LaMotta passed away Tuesday in Miami. He was…
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I Know Why the Caged Byrd Sings
?It?s been years and years of the same garbage, the same trash. I?ve been in this business for 40 years. Where am I going to go? I got nowhere to go?? Saturday…
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Triple G: Habr? sangre
?I love fighting Mexican style. I love the Mexican tradition. I am surrounded by it. I have Mexican blood?? There?s something righteous about the upcoming fight between Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez.…
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Triple G Meets the Press
?I remember a lot of great champions, like Carlos Monzon, Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Bernard Hopkins. Right now I think new stories, new times for us?? On Saturday, September 16, at…
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Saturday Night Fever: Crawford vs. Indongo
The Fighting Pride of Omaha isn?t flashy by today?s standards, but there?s no one more effective? Tonight at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska, in a fight televised live on ESPN, WBC/WBO…
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And the new?God of Boxing
Conor McGregor was plucked from god knows where by you know who and it was just the luck of the Irish? It?s all so blatant, so crass. No wonder so many are…
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Dirtbag? You Talking to Me?
?This guy is one of the biggest dirtbags I ever met in my life?bar none,? said Malignaggi. ?I was amazed at what a dirtbag this person is?? Three weeks. Just three weeks…
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Lomachenko Manhandles Marriaga
The challenger?s corner threw in the towel after seven. It was Lomachenko?s third fight in a row where he made his opponent quit? Saturday night at at the Microsoft Theater in Los…
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Hi-Tech Meets Marriaga
The fighter at the top of his list is WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia, who put some hurt on Adrien Broner last week? Tonight at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California,…
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Malignaggi Comes Clean
Paulie did his best to sound sincere, but he?s new to the confidence game and failed to persuade the skeptics? ?You can fool all the people some of the time, and some…
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The Long Goodbye: Wladimir Klitschko Retires
In a world where having a big mouth is considered a virtue, Klitschko let his fists do the talking, and they spoke eloquently? Wladimir Klitschko (64-5, 53 KOs), the dignified former heavyweight…
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Garcia Outclasses Broner
Garcia?s fundamentals are sound and however workmanlike his performance, it was more than his opponent could contend with? Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, in a fight televised…
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Saturday Night Fever: Broner vs. Garcia
?Robert Garcia definitely has some confidence from beating me with Marcos Maidana. But Mikey is not Maidana?? On Saturday, July 29, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, four-division champion Adrien…
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Joe Cortez in Conor?s Corner
?My role will be to prepare McGregor so that he does not commit any breach of the rules on the day of the fight?? Conor McGregor hopes to scale Mt. Everest on…
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Froch: It?s not pantomime
The fight is bigger than boxing. It?s as big as Floyd Mayweather says it is. But as likely as not it will disappoint? On Saturday, August 26, at the T-Mobile Arena in…