Robert Ecksel
752 articles · The Sweet Science
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Philosophical Bob Arum
Nothing shocks Bob Arum. He is philosophical. He has planned for this eventuality. He has planned for every eventuality? He has been called many things over the years, but philosophical might not…
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Pacquiao Loses Battle of Brisbane
Sunday afternoon in Brisbane, Australia, Jeff Horn upset Manny Pacquiao to win the WBO World welterweight title? Sunday afternoon at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Jeff Horn (17-0-1, 11 KOs),…
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Alexander Povetkin Exonerated
Povetkin may be too small for Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, but he can always fight them and prove me wrong? Former WBA World heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (31-1, 23 KOs), the…
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Adrien Broner: Sweet Smell of Success
?Mikey isn?t a sloppy fighter, he isn?t an awkward fighter. Don?t get me wrong, he?s a Mexican, but he boxes like an African American?? On Saturday, July 29, at the Barclays Center…
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How the Mighty Have Fallen
One wonders how excited Top Rank really is that ESPN, which was not its first choice, is televising the fight? The spin doctors are putting a positive gloss on the news that…
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Vitali Blames Himself
The heavyweight champion is big. He is strong. He is undefeated. He is also a decade younger than the former champ? Anthony Joshua?s defeat of Wladimir Klitschko came as little surprise. The…
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Whichko Klitschko this Time?
However marinated in the ins and outs of the sweet science, Klitschko is 41 and running out of options? Former unified heavyweight champion of the world Wladimir Klitschko speaks many languages. But…
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Stevenson-Fonfara Part Deux
Tonight on Showtime Championship Boxing, WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson defends title against Andrzej Fonfara? Tonight at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in a fight televised live on Showtime…
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Franchising Mayweather-Pacquiao
With a magical 49-0 wriggling like bait on a hook, the pace at which this moves depends on Mayweather? The first fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao didn?t deliver. The long…
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An Eye for an Eye
Many have called for Kell Brook to retire, having suffered two career-threatening injuries in the span of eight months? One day somebody will compile a list of the top ten pound-for-pound biggest…
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Freddie Roach: No More Knockouts?
Freddie joined Manny at the Elorde Boxing Gym in Manila to begin training for the July 2 bout in Brisbane, Australia? WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao?s fight at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane,…
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Boxing: The Scariest Sport
Beltran admitted to have mixed feelings about how it ended, as did most of us who watched the fight? Saturday night at New York?s Madison Square Garden, Raymundo Beltran (33-7-1, 21 KOs),…
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Shannon the Cannon Misfires
Perhaps it wasn?t brain damage, as diagnosed by Dr. Steelhammer, which has caused Shannon Briggs to act as he does? Those who have followed Shannon Briggs from the mean streets of Brooklyn…
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Crawford vs. Diaz Preview
One king who was recently dethroned is Bernard Hopkins. He has no vested interest in Crawford, but is willing to praise him nonetheless? On Saturday, May 20, at New York?s Madison Square…
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Classic Fights: Marciano KOs LaStarza
?He?s a great fighter,? said LaStarza in his dressing room after the fight. ?He?s definitely a better fighter than when I fought him before?? On September 24, 1953, at the Polo Grounds…
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Small Drama Show: Canelo Blanks Chavez Jr.
It was not the ?greatest fight in Mexican history,? as foretold by Canelo?s promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, but one of the worst? Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas,…
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Parker Decisions Cojanu
Joseph Parker was hoping to send a statement to the other titleholders in the division, but produced a so-so performance? Saturday night at the Vodafone Events Centre in Aukland, New Zealand, WBO…
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Will Canelo/Chavez Jr. Also Be an ?Epic? Fight?
Being a good or great fight is no longer enough. It has to be the biggest. It has to be the best. It has to be, in other words, ?epic? ? Last…
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Klitschko vs. Father Time
No man fights forever, not Bernard Hopkins, not George Foreman, not Archie Moore, and not Wladimir Klitschko? Saturday night at Wembley Stadium in Wembley, London, United Kingdom, former unified heavyweight champion Wladimir…
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Porter Slaughters Berto
Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Shawn Porter stopped Andre Berto at 1:31 of the ninth round? Porter used his fists. Porter used his elbows and head. (Amanda…