Robert Ecksel
752 articles · The Sweet Science
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Doomsday in D?sseldorf
Maybe Fury has a thermonuclear device waiting to explode on Klitschko?s chin. He had better, or he won?t be singing Danny Boy at the end of the fight? ?Joe Louis ain?t no…
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Murder He Wrote: Killing O?Neil Bell
When a population is armed to the teeth and deemed immaterial, an itchy trigger finger is all it takes to assert one?s relevance? ?We don?t let them have ideas. Why would we…
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I Beat Canelo
?When you have the opportunity to dominate eight of the twelve rounds, you don?t expect anything less than victory?? He?s not alone. There are others who believe Miguel Cotto beat Canelo Alvarez…
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Needle in a Hayestack
David Haye is as glib as ever, but given the fluid state of the heavyweight division anything is possible? Former cruiser and heavyweight champion David Haye (26-2, 24 KOs) is returning to…
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Canelo Overpowers Cotto
Canelo Alvarez overpowered Miguel Cotto to win the WBC World middleweight title by scores of 119-110, 118-110, and 117-111? Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, Saul…
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Can Martin Murray Finally Win a World Title?
?It would be great for British boxing to have another world champion, but I just don?t think he has got the tools to pull this one off?? Saturday night at the Tui…
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Disgrace Is Relative
?I don?t need belts,? said Cotto. ?I have enough belts in my house and with $1.1 million I can buy any belt I want?? After Cotto was stripped of his middleweight title…
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WBC Strips Miguel Cotto of Middleweight Title
?It?s a great honor and I?m thankful to God that this fight is happening. This is a fight that I?ve been craving. This fight is for real?? On Saturday, November 21, at…
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Frank Galarza: To be or not to be
?Most of these fighters don?t really talk about nothing. They talk about fame, glory, jewelry, how they look in a fancy car. It doesn?t even matter?? ?To be or not to be,…
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Oscar?s Missive to Mayweather
I?m not sure when boxing and bitchiness went hand in hand, but these are unusual times so perhaps that explains it? Oscar De La Hoya must have a lot of time on…
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The Empire Strikes Back
?His comments made me sick. It is disgusting. It has nothing to do with the promotion. It just shows what is inside Tyson Fury?? The normally cool, calm and collected Wladimir Klitschko…
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The Great Race
I?m not big on ?aura? and ?charisma.? I?m also not sure what ?risks? and ?chances? Mayweather believes he took? Those who think racism no longer exists are fooling themselves. Lynchings are few…
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Nicholas Walters Had an Axe
Walters is finally moving up in weight. Hopefully day before weigh-ins, an experiment that has failed, won?t interfere with his career any time soon? On Saturday, December 19, at Turning Stone Resort…
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The Sound and the Fury
Listening to Fury talk about God is one thing. Hearing him call Klitschko ?a devil-worshipper? is another? ?Never give a sword to a man who can?t dance.??Confucius You?ve got to hand it…
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Desert Storm Blows Away Rios
With Teddy Atlas in his corner, Bradley was a different fighter, more focused, more disciplined, unmistakably new and vastly improved? Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada,…
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Oldies But Baddies
Boxing, like life, runs the risk of being a freak show. Winning may be all that matters. How one wins may be of no account? When considering what boxing needs to enliven…
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Timothy Bradley vs. Brandon Rios Preview
Boxing is endlessly fascinating, but endlessly parochial, and I must have inadvertently changed the subject when talking with Teddy Atlas? Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada,…
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Povetkin?s Travels: Russian Vityaz vs. The Viking
Maybe Povetkin, who at 36 is no spring chicken, can catch 39-year-old Klitschko at the right time, assuming no one else catches him first? On Wednesday, November 4, at Basket-Hall Arena in…
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Mike Tyson for President
?He said really crude things. They was really crude. He needs someone to work with him on how to deliver his messages and stuff?? ?If voting changed anything, they?d make it illegal.??Emma…
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Al Haymon, But No Nudity
As if to celebrate Playboy?s newfound seriousness it ran an article titled ?Who Is Al Haymon, and What Has He Done to Boxing?? ?Life is too short to be living somebody else?s…