Robert Ecksel
752 articles · The Sweet Science
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Attitude, Moxie, and Al Haymon
The cable giants? hegemony is being threatened, but if they act accordingly, the sport will benefit in ways that were unimaginable just a year ago? Well it?s Saturday night and I just…
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Who?s Tyson? Who?s Lennox?
Voicing opinions is the prerogative of everybody, whether they know everything about boxing or very little? Everybody is free to have their say about the upcoming superfight between Floyd Mayweather. There?s not…
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Fury Hammers Hammer
Flair and tear it might have been, but Klitschko, while stylistically a world apart, has some flair and tear of his own? Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, England, undefeated…
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Saving Boxing from Itself
One of TMZ?s intrepid reporters, who can best be described as pre-verbal, managed to get the actor?s attention? As freighted with significance as the fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao already…
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Three-Card Monte Carlo: Golovkin Stops Murray
Gennady Golovkin kept his KO streak alive by stopping former British middleweight champion Martin Murray at 2:10 of round 11? Saturday night at the Salle des ?toiles in Monte Carlo, Monaco, WBA/IBO…
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Three-Card Monte Carlo: Golovkin Stops Murray
Gennady Golovkin kept his KO streak alive by stopping former British middleweight champion Martin Murray at 2:10 of round 11? Saturday night at the Salle des ?toiles in Monte Carlo, Monaco, WBA/IBO…
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Carpe Diem: Golovkin vs. Murray
?We?ve had a lot of time preparing for a great performance Saturday. Thank you very much everybody. Welcome to my fight?? This Saturday at the Salle des ?toiles in Monte Carlo, Monaco,…
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CompuBox: 30 Years and Counting
?I?m by reflex a proponent,? Lampley admitted. ?It?s been, from the beginning, a foundational element for me in building the story of a fight?? Some count the days. Some count the years.…
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Bridesmaid or Bride?
Whether it?s gossipy TMZ or the seemingly credible Gareth Davies of The Telegraph, the Big Tease continues unabated? How many unnamed sources close to the negotiations are there? By all appearances there…
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Neither Sublime nor Ridiculous
The 11-second clip is described as ?MUST SEE!!? by some and ?BS Propaganda? by others. They can?t both be right? Floyd Mayweather and his team of topnotch media manipulators have released an…
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IBF Strips Jermain Taylor
Those without a vested interest in Taylor?s career were dismayed that he was given a green light to continue to fight? IBF middleweight champion Jermain Taylor, 2014?s Comeback Fighter of the Year,…
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Raging Bull: A Tragedy in Three Acts
?He could beat all the Sugar Ray Robinsons and the Tony Janiros in the world, but he ain?t gonna get a shot at that title?not without us he ain?t?? ?The world is…
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Je Suis Floyd
TMZ has a pet boxing celebrity. The pet boxing celebrity?s name is Floyd Mayweather and he has transcended boxing? TMZ might be the bottom of the barrel. It might be the tops…
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Ten-Count for Cedric Kushner
Everyone is reminiscing, which is all well and good, but Kushner, who I interviewed at length, inevitably said it best? Boxing promoter Cedric Kushner died yesterday after suffering a massive heart attack.…
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Hello It?s Me
I?ve been wrong in the past and will no doubt be wrong again, but I won?t have mistaken wish-fulfillment for reality? Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao have finally spoken. It wasn?t at…
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Canelo Fights James Kirkland
Can Kirkland make up for lost time, put his baggage aside, and fight as he?s capable of fighting against Canelo? With the fight between Canelo Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 KOs)) and Miguel Cotto…
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No Contest: Espinoza vs. Arum
Assuming ?the deal? isn?t dead already, it?s hard to believe that provoking Arum will bring the superfight to fruition? ?God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.??Benjamin Franklin…
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Screen Shot: Rios Mauls Alvarado
Brandon Rios (33-2-1, 23 KOs) destroyed Mike Alvarado (34-4, 23 KOs), forcing him to quit on his stool after a three one-sided rounds? In Saturday?s rubber match at the 1st Bank Center…
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Will Klitschko Send Jennings By-By?
Jennings is likable. He will earn a nice payday. But his chances against the formidable Klitschko are slim to none? Wladimir Klitschko is coming to America. It might seem impertinent, now that…
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B. Ware Don King
If ?people are basically human beings,? they shall beat their swords into plowshares and all will be well for the time being eternal? In anticipation of Saturday?s heavyweight title fight between Bermane…