Robert Ecksel
752 articles · The Sweet Science
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Broner vs. Allakhverdiev
If The Hawk takes flight and soars to victory, we won?t be writing much about Adrien Broner in the future? It?s hard to keep a good man down. Whether Adrien Broner is…
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Is Roy Jones a Terrorist?
Jones was probably unaware that he had broken any laws. But as the old saying goes, ignorance of the law is no excuse? During a recent visit to Crimea, which was annexed…
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Trumping Floyd Mayweather
One of them shaves his head while the other has a comb-over. One of them is black. One of them is orange? ?Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.??D.H. Lawrence Comparisons…
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The Sixty Percent Solution
Bleacher Report has concluded, as many other websites have concluded, that crappy success is better than superb failure? ?I believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is…
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Lucian Bute Is Back
Former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute stopped Andrea Di Luisa at 1:53 of round four of a scheduled 10? Saturday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, former IBF…
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Glowacki Starches Huck
Friday night in Newark, New Jersey, Krzysztof Glowacki knocked out Marco Huck to win the WBO World cruiserweight title? Friday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, unbeaten underdog Krzysztof…
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Locked and Loaded: Cotto-Canelo
The upcoming bout between Cotto and Canelo has the potential to be a fight to remember, rather than a fight to forget? While waiting for boxing to die, with the requisite prayers…
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Cotto-Canelo: Hurry Up and Wait
That measured statement, no less than that measured tone, isn?t likely to soothe the slavering masses? ?Today?s gossip is tomorrow?s headline.??Walter Winchell The possibility of Miguel Cotto fighting Canelo Alvarez has fight…
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Jacobs TKOs Mora
Danny ?Miracle Man? Jacobs TKO?d Sergio Mora at 2:55 of round two to retain his WBA World middleweight title? Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, WBA World middleweight…
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Malignaggi Talks the Talk
?I?m a competitor. I love the adrenaline rush of combat at the highest level. That?s why I do this. I love to fight?? On Saturday, August 1, at the Barclays Center in…
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Stevenson vs. Karpency
Stevenson hasn?t lost a fight in five years. The men he defeated had winning records, and in some cases were undefeated? Adonis Stevenson and Sergey Kovalev need to fight each other. Both…
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A Boxing Movie in Name Only: ?Southpaw?
Billy mumbles. He bangs into walls. He looks like the Hunchback of Notre Dame. He looks like he was in a car crash? ?Southpaw? opened nationwide over the weekend. Produced by the…
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Kovalev Wins, Pascal Sins
Lefts, rights, bombs, missiles?it was like Fourth of July and Kovalev?s birthday at the same time? Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, WBA/IBF/WBO light heavyweight champion…
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Klitschko and Fury Trade Jabs in D?sseldorf
?I?m a unique fighter, one of a kind. There?s never been someone like me before in history. A fighter like me only comes along every 1000 years?? On October 24, 2015, at…
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September Song: Mayweather-Berto?
But nitpicking aside, if Andre Berto is Mayweather?s choice for his 49th fight?a pox on both their mansions? For those who need evidence of the decline of civilization, Exhibit A is TMZ.…
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Chavez Hurt His Hand
Saturday night at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas, in a fight televised live on Showtime Championship Boxing, former WBC World middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (49-2-1, 32 KOs),…
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Basic Instinct: Frampton Decisions Gonzalez
Carl Frampton successfully defended his IBF super bantamweight title by decisioning Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. after 12 rounds of action? Saturday afternoon at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas, Carl ?The…
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The Nightmare on Glory Road
In anticipation of Saturday?s fight, Arreola met the press and wasn?t asked about his rollercoaster career? Saturday afternoon at Don Haskins Convention Center in El Paso, Texas, in a fight televised live…
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Resurrection: Chavez Jr. vs. Reyes
Reyes may lack the starry names on Chavez?s r?sum?, but there?s no dog in the fighter from Chihuahua? If his name was Julio Cesar Smith Jr., would anyone care what he does…
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Snake Eyes: Carl Froch Retires
?I don?t think I can be the man that I need to be, the fighting machine I need to be to succeed at the top level?? Four-time super middleweight champion Carl ?The…