Robert Ecksel
752 articles · The Sweet Science
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Parker Outpoints Ruiz
It remains to be seen how the 6-foot-2-inch Parker will do against hard-hitting behemoths like Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder? Saturday night at the Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand, Joseph Parker…
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Ali and The RING: Better Late Than Never?
For some, ?better late than never? are the catchwords of the day. For others, the question ?what?s the point?? seems more relevant? The RING, still called ?The Bible of Boxing? on its…
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Wide World of Boxing: Joshua vs. Molina
Molina?s fight against Wilder will be used as a measuring stick to determine how Joshua might fare against the big man from Tuscaloosa? On Saturday, December 10, at the Manchester Arena in…
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Jesus Cuellar vs. Abner Mares Preview
?You have to beat the best in the world to be the best, and I have to bring my best because Abner is a heck of a talent?? On Saturday, December 10,…
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No M?s: Lomachenko Bamboozles Walters
?He was saying he?s a gladiator, he?s a warrior, he?s here to hurt people and win. But after he quit the fight, I don?t count him anymore as a fighter?? Saturday night…
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Kovalev vs. Ward: P4P or FOTY?
Everybody loves Kovalev. He drops guys to the canvas with the nonchalance of eggs falling to a sidewalk? Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, in a fight televised…
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Ortiz Outpoints Scott in Snoozer
?Malik was running around the ring and made it hard for me to fight. Everybody comes to see a show and see someone fight and brawl. It made it hard for me??…
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Danny Garcia vs. Samuel Vargas Preview
Sometimes the underdog defies the odds, achieves the impossible, and goes from underdog to top dog in one night? Three or four years ago Danny Garcia was, if not a top 10…
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Manny Happy Returns
Pacquiao?s willingness to ?rebuke someone if they are doing wrong? does not extend to Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte? On Saturday, November 5, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada,…
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Tyson Fury: Like a Rolling Stone
?If I had some smack I?d take it. If I had heroin I?d take that, never mind cocaine, for what they?ve done to me?? In keeping with the most visible public meltdown…
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What Time Is the Fury Apocalypse?
We don?t want to jump to conclusions. Fair is fair, innocent until proven guilty, it might have something Fury ate? Heavyweight champion of the world Tyson Fury needs to have his head…
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Seeing Double: The Krays and Boxing
When push came to shove, the Marquess of Queensberry and his fusty old rules were less help than hindrance? I recently watched ?Legend,? the new film about the Krays. Reginald and Ronald…
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Tyson Fury declared ?mentally unfit to fight?
Was it temperament? Was it drugs? It could be any of a thousand things that pushed Fury over the edge? People deal with pressure in different ways. Sometimes they succumb. Sometimes they…
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Crolla vs. Linares Preview
?The boy Linares can punch. Jorge is a fantastic fighter and it?s another mountain to climb, but these are the tests that I thrive on?? Saturday night at the Manchester Arena in…
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Floyd?s Advice for Triple G
Dominic Ingle stopped the fight, not at the behest of HBO, but on behalf of the fighter he was hired, at least in part, to protect? ?If you get belted and see…
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In the Red Zone: Canelo KOs Liam Smith
The endless negotiations have begun to feel like the lost years preceding the boondoggle between Mayweather and Pacquiao? Saturday night at the AT&T Arena in Arlington, Texas, in a fight televised live…
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Dong King Way
Acting as judge, jury and executioner, King got from Garrett what Garrett failed to give to King of his own volition? ?Prison was the best thing that ever happened to me. I…
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Canelo Alvarez vs. Liam Smith Preview
Canelo is a darn good fighter and a former world champion, but when the opportunity arose to unify the middleweight titles, what did he do? On Saturday, September 17, at AT&T Stadium…
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Jacobs Slaughters Mora
Friday night at the Santander Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania, Daniel Jacobs stopped Sergio Mora at 2:08 of the seventh round? Their first fight was something to remember. The rematch was something to…
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Big Underdog Beats The Ghost
This is how it starts. This is how it ends. Sometimes it?s sudden. A bad camp, a bad night, a punch one doesn?t see. Other times it?s gradual? ?I know what every…