Robert Ecksel
752 articles · The Sweet Science
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Saturday Night Fever: Porter vs. Berto
?Andre Berto is dangerous if you allow him to be. I?ve seen this man get hit. I?ve seen him get put down and he got up?? Tonight at the Barclays Center in…
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Klitschko Assays Joshua
If looks could kill, death row would be filled with would-be models. But muscles alone do not a fighter make? On April 29 at Wembley Stadium in Wembley, London, United Kingdom, former…
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Ricky Burns Burned by Julius Indongo
All but the last two of Indongo?s fights were in Namibia, but he?s clearly as comfortable beating men abroad as he was beating them at home? Saturday night at the SSE Hydro…
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Better Red Than Dead: Canelo Speaks!
Ulises Solis, whose jaw Canelo broke in a street fight five and a half years ago, might have something to say about Canelo being a ?role model? ? On Saturday, May 6,…
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Manny and the Horn of Plenty
?Horn is an Aussie,? said Arum. ?There?s government behind it. They want the fight. They wanted Manny Pacquiao?? On Saturday, July 2, at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, WBO welterweight champion…
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My Daddy Kicked Mike Tyson?s Ass
?When my kids grow up they can say their daddy kicked Mike Tyson?s ass. That?s something to be proud of I suppose?? On June 11, 2005, at the MCI Center in Washington,…
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Classic Fights: Dempsey and Firpo
Sitting on his stool between rounds, Dempsey asked Doc, ?What round was I knocked out in?? Kearns poured a bucket of ice water over his head? The date was September 14, 1923.…
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H.M.S Golovkin?Is Less More?
Some would like nothing more than to see that grin go flying off his face into the ringside seats. But turning Golovkin into Mayweather won?t be easy? Tom Loeffler stewards the H.M.S.…
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Luis Ortiz vs. Derric Rossy: That?s Entertainment
Derric Rossy is more tough and rugged than he is good. He?ll need a Buster Douglas kind of night if he hopes to pull an upset? He has the makings of a…
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Classic Fights: Louis Crushes Schmeling
Joe landed a right to the body. Max?s legs buckled and he let out a scream. ?I was paralyzed from that point on?? ?All of us who stood in the arena?s spotlight…
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Classic Fights: Marciano KOs Charles
?Ezzard Charles was the toughest man I ever fought,? said Marciano. ?I learned what pain was all about when I fought him?? ?What could be better than walking down any street in…
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Triple G: I Have a Dream
Golovkin vs. Canelo increasingly resembles the imaginary bout between Adonis Stevenson and Sergey Kovalev? After Saturday?s disappointing performance against Daniel Jacobs, unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin and his team are mapping plans…
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Golovkin Wins Controversial UD over Jacobs
?Triple G? has been portrayed as an indomitable force, a fistic anomaly, a throwback to boxing?s golden age? Saturday night at New York?s Madison Square Garden, WBC/WBA/IBF middleweight champion Gennady ?Triple G?…
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Garden Party: Golovkin vs. Jacobs
Quantifying power is an iffy proposition, because intangibles can be the difference between victory and defeat? Tonight at New York?s Madison Square Garden, in a fight televised live on HBO Pay-Per-View, Gennady…
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Classic Fights: Battle of the Long Count
?Tunney took the count, whatever it was,? said Dempsey. ?And that?s what any smart fighter would have done. In boxing, take what they give you?? On September 22, 1927, at Soldier Field…
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Mayweather vs. McGregor: Good for Boxing or Crap?
?A fight between Mayweather Jr. and McGregor is a fraud, it?s crap,? said Chavez Sr. ?This is a good business for the morbid?? Now that Floyd Mayweather has officially unretired, the only…
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Monkey See, Monkey Do
Man may not be the biggest, best or most sociable of primates, but he has mastered the art of subjugation? ?The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play…
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Lemieux Flattens Stevens
The referee Charlie Fitch didn?t bother with the count. Stevens was unconscious before he hit the deck and was out cold for four minutes? Saturday night at the Turning Stone Resort &…
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Lemieux vs. Stevens Preview
Comparing Lemieux vs. Stevens to Gatti-Ward, or even to Hamed-Kelley, before a single punch is thrown, is risky business? Tonight at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York, in…
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Ten-Count for Lou Duva
An emotional time bomb to some, a well-worn security blanket to others, Duva was old school and one of the last of his kind? ?I love what I?m doing. It?s my life.…