Robert Ecksel
752 articles · The Sweet Science
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This Hank?s for You
For Crawford to grow as a fighter and develop into a marquee attraction, he needs to fight the best of the best in his division? On Saturday, February 27, at New York?s…
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Hate Me, Don?t Berate Me
Who better to hate than the man who has emulated Floyd ?Money? Mayweather, however ineffectively, from the start? ?The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to…
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Is the Third Time the Charm?
A third fight between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley won?t resolve anything that hasn?t already been resolved? When is a rubber match not a rubber match? A rubber match is not a…
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The Other Heavyweight Champions
No one expects Wilder vs. Szpilka to eclipse Jeffries-Corbett, and some think it?s a sacrilege to even mention the two fights in the same breath? Now that Wladmir Klitschko has gotten his…
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Eight Days a Weeks
Tony Weeks has a cool, relaxed, cordial, inviting manner. There?s no bluster or bombast. He has nothing to prove. He appears to be a man at peace? I?m just a lucky so-and-so.…
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Happy New Year, Tokyo Style
The Japanese don?t need funny hats, noisemakers, and endless renditions of Auld Lange Syne. Not when there?s boxing? The Japanese get New Years. They don?t need funny hats, noisemakers, and endless renditions…
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Roy Jones Retire? Nyet!
I spoke with John Wirt, the Chicago-based attorney/promoter who is CEO of Jones? Square Ring Promotions? He is 46 years old. He has been boxing professionally for over a quarter century. He?s…
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Batting Cleanup: Tom Loeffler
?Give Canelo a lot of credit. He?s established himself, both inside the ring and outside the ring, as a very marketable fighter?? Tom Loeffler, Managing Director of K2 Promotions, doesn?t do flamboyant.…
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The Two Gentleman of Verona
Saturday night in Verona, New York, interim WBA World heavyweight champion Luis Ortiz gets it on with late bloomer Bryant ?By-By? Jennings? ?A man I am, cross?d with adversity.??The Two Gentleman of…
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Roy Jones Kaput
Enzo Maccarinelli, like Roy Jones, is also past his prime. But compared to Jones he looked as fresh as a daisy? Saturday night at the VTB Arena, Moscow, Russia, Roy Jones Jr.…
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Donaire Wins War of Attrition
Donaire won the vacant WBO World super bantamweight title by grinding out a decision over unheralded but tough Cesar Juarez? Friday night at Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in…
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Ali Speaks!
In a recently released statement, Muhammad Ali has gone public with his dismissal of Donald Trump and all he stands for? I am sick and tired of Donald Trump. But that?s nothing…
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PBC on NBC Tripleheader
?As we say in Spanish, ?Si, se puede,? yes we can. I am ready to get in the ring, risk it all and be the man who wins?? Saturday night at the…
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IBF Strips Tyson Fury
Fury believes he can play by his own rules and remain unscathed. That?s sometimes true in life. It?s rarely true in boxing? Say what you will about Tyson Fury, but no one…
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Brooklyn Bomb Factory: Jacobs TKOs Quillin
Quillin, fighting out of the red corner in black and white trunks, was supposed to be the bigger bomber, but Jacobs fought like a man possessed? ?If you get belted and see…
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Jacobs vs. Quillin: Brooklyn?s Finest
Saturday night in Brooklyn, WBA middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs defends his title against former WBO middleweight champion Peter Quillin? Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, in a fight…
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Tyson Fury: What a Difference a Month Makes
The effects of last month?s interview with Oliver Holt, the Mail?s Chief Sports Writer, continue to reverberate, especially in the mind of Tyson Fury? Does the Daily Mail want to bring down…
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The Rematch
Klitschko will have to be a different fighter than he was Saturday, a different fighter than he has been for much of his career? The heavyweight title used to be called the…
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Fury-Haye / No Way Jos?
Unlike Fury, who easily beat Klitschko, Haye mistook the meaning of toe-to-toe and limped his way to a shameful defeat? Now that Planet Boxing has resumed its orbit around the sun, now…
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Danse Macabre: Fury Embarrasses Klitschko
Tyson Fury, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, United Kingdom, won a unanimous decision over Wladimir Klitschko, the sleepwalker from Kiev, Ukraine? Saturday night at the ESPRIT arena in D?sseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Tyson Fury (25-0,…