Robert Ecksel
752 articles · The Sweet Science
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Big Baby Clobbers Kassi
?Tyson Fury, he doesn?t want this work. He?s always complaining. He?s always sick or something. I don?t know what?s wrong with him?? Friday night at the Rhinos Stadium in Rochester, New York,…
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Teddy Atlas Trashes AIBA
Boxing is subjective and not the easiest sport to judge, but let?s face it, some of the decisions have stunk to high heaven? The fallout from Rio 2016 continues. Teddy Atlas, often…
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Bob Arum vs. HBO
With HBO refusing to give Arum what he wants, he has reached out to Showtime, ESPN, and Turner Sports as possible alternatives? Top Rank?s Bob Arum is not a happy camper. His…
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Old School: Roy Jones Beats Rodney Moore
To treat his fights as if they were anything more than a vain attempt to turn back the clock is as lame as it is irresponsible? Saturday night at the Pensacola Bay…
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Can Krusher Crush Ward?
?I will try to knock him out because I am Krusher and I try to live up to my nickname. Let?s do it?? On Saturday, November 19, at the T-Mobile Arena is…
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Andre the Giant: Ward Blanks Brand
Andre Ward is a tough sell in the best of times. In the worst of times, when a tune-up is a letdown, he is harder to sell than ever? Andre Ward did…
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A Star Is Born: Frampton Outsmarts Santa Cruz
?I had a good game plan. But I won it with my heart, not with my head, and I got my hand raised. I won ? because I didn?t lose control ??…
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Adonis Stevenson Flattens ?Top Dog?
The end came, as ends often come, with reassuring familiarity. The favorite won in dramatic fashion. The loser lay sprawled face down on the canvas? Friday night at the Centre Videotron in…
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?El Terremoto? Meets the Press
Leo Santa Cruz is fighting in his home country, but the Irish fans will be out in droves to support Carl Frampton? On Saturday, July 30, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn,…
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Make Boxing Great Again: Crawford vs. Postol
Will Crawford vs. Postol enough to forget, even for a blessed moment, the freak shows by which it is bookended? You betcha? Much is being made of Saturday?s super lightweight unification bout…
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BoxRec Hits Two Million Mark
John Sheppard has shepherded BoxRec from a part-time operation into the most visited boxing website on the planet? Two million fights. It?s almost inconceivable. From its modest beginnings in 2000 to its…
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Wilder Slaughters Arreola
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder stopped Chris Arreola, despite having a broken right hand and torn bicep? Saturday night at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama, WBC World heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder…
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Kovalev Struggles to Defeat Chilemba
Monday night at the DIVS Arena in Ekaterinburg, Russia, Sergey Kovalev successfully defended his titles against Isaac Chilemba? Monday night at the DIVS Arena in Ekaterinburg, Russia, WBA/IBF/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey…
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Wladimir Klitschko Fights Back
?Boxing is a manly sport. That?s why I tell everyone that boxing should be introduced into the public school curriculum.??Adolf Hitler Wladimir Klitschko isn?t alone. Unfortunately, neither is Tyson Fury. In advance…
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Joe Smith Jr. Crushes Fonfara
?I?m happy to take this victory back home to New York to all my fans. Now everybody knows who I am. This is the best thing that could have happened?? Saturday night…
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Wilder vs. Arreola Preview
To stay busy means more than getting another tattoo. It means finding someone who has shown little inclination to fight to the best of his ability? It may no longer matter who…
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Molina Outwits Provodnikov
They rearrange features and have their features rearranged in turn. They search and destroy. They want to injure. They want to maim. They want to win? Saturday night at the Turning Stone…
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Ten-Count for Muhammad Ali
Other heavyweight champions before Ali embodied the zeitgeist, John L. Sullivan and Jack Dempsey come to mind, but few led the charge? ?This life is not real. I conquered the world and…
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Rise of the Boxing Technocrats
To call Lara clever doesn?t do him justice. He has mastered as many Cubans have mastered the art of hitting and not being hit in return? Winning isn?t the most important thing.…
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Povetkin Fails Drug Test, Fight with Wilder in Jeopardy
The sport has taken steps to remedy the problem, but chemists are always one step ahead, when they?re not two or three steps ahead? Boxing has a problem. The problem is not…