Robert Ecksel
752 articles · The Sweet Science
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Triumph of the Will: Santa Cruz KOs Martinez
?I?m up for anyone,? said Santa Cruz. ?I?d love to fight Carl Frampton. He won, he said he wants to move up in weight, so let?s do it?? Saturday night at the…
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Knight and Haye
That sounds like a hard act to follow, but if anyone can follow the King of Rock ?n? Roll it?s the King of the World? ?I was the Elvis of boxing.??Muhammad Ali…
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Manny Pacquiao: Animal Crackers
Floyd Mayweather was asked by TMZ Sports, ?Floyd, did you hear what Manny Pacquiao said? He said gays are worse than animals?? Loved in some quarters, disdained in others, when Manny Pacquiao…
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Boxing by the Book: Rolando Vitale?s ?The Real Rockys?
?Boxing fans are passionate and thankfully some of them take that passion and write about it and share that passion with others?? The Italian American fighter looms large in boxing history. Names…
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London Calling: Joshua vs. Martin
On Saturday, April 9, at the O2 Arena, Anthony Joshua will fight newly crowned IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin? The ramifications of Tyson Fury beating Wladimir Klitschko continue. That victory was the…
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Roy Toy: A Fight He Cannot Win
If this continues much longer, as it?s likely to do, we?ll eventually see him box a kangaroo or wrestle an octopus? Anyone with an ounce of sense wants Roy Jones to retire.…
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Did Roger Rabbit Frame Tarver?
?They still haven?t said how it got in my system. I think they accused me of using some kind of cream or something?? Antonio Tarver says he was framed. He points fingers.…
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Gute Nacht, Gutknecht?
Braehmer vs. Gutknecht II will take place on March 12 at the Jahnsportforum in Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany? Thomas ?Tommy Gun? Oosthuizen (25-0-2, 14 KOs), the hard-drinking, street-fighting southpaw from Boksburg, Gautang, isn?t…
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Larry Holmes Reads the Tea Leaves
In defiance of here today, gone tomorrow, Floyd ?Money? Mayweather continues to spend as if it?s going out of style? ?You show me a man says he ain?t fighting for money, I?ll…
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Amir Khan and the Bridal Bouquet
Perhaps Khan?s speed will cause Canelo problems, but the problems won?t be greater than Canelo?s power? Those who were hoping that WBC middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) might try to…
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Would Golovkin Beat Hagler?
John David Jackson, when talking about a possible fight between Golovkin and Canelo, mentioned Marvelous Marvin Hagler? There are more what-ifs in boxing than oil in Saudi Arabia. Fight fans love to…
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Kovalev Overwhelms Pascal
Sergey Kovalev overwhelmed Jean Pascal, leaving his new trainer Freddie Roach no choice but to throw in the towel at the end of round seven? Saturday night at the Bell Center in…
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Carl Froch: High Noon
In an ideal world, in an ideal sport, the subject would never even arise. But the world is no more ideal than boxing? Watching the dismantling of Roy Jones Jr. is not…
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Kovalev-Pascal II: This Time, It?s Personal
Kovalev?s power and fearlessness, no less than his killer instinct, will still be a handful, no matter what Freddie Roach teaches Pascal? Is there anything more personal than hitting another man in…
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Garcia Wins War Against Guerrero
Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, Danny Garcia decisioned Robert Guerrero to win the WBC World welterweight title? Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California,…
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?Big Baby? Crushes Donovan Dennis
Jarrell Miller is still a work in progress. He may be a diamond in the rough, but he is big, he is bad, and he punches with authority? Jarrell ?Big Baby? Miller…
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Two Kings of the World
?Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.??Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. They were both proud sons of the South. They were both African-American. Their birthdays were days apart. They…
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Memento de Mori: Haye Murders Aussie
?I am going to make a serious run at this division. The titles are all over the place. It will take someone like me to clean it up?? Saturday night at the…
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Does King Kong Need Freddie Roach?
?I am happy with the work I have done with my coach. If you do not need to repair your car, why take it to the mechanic?? With Vitali Klitschko retired and…
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Mayweather and America?s Dad
In addition to being rich and famous, Cosby also happens to be black, which is where Floyd Mayweather steps in? It was only a matter of time until Floyd Mayweather, who feels…