Robert Ecksel
752 articles · The Sweet Science
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Let your fists do the talking
Deontay Wilder should let his fists do the talking. With Black History Month, whose roots date back a century, being celebrated across the nation, the WBC heavyweight champion has seen fit to…
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Ordenis Ugas TKOs Mike Dallas Jr.
Saturday night, in a fight televised live on FS1 and FOX Deportes from Beau Rivage Resort Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi, welterweight contender Yordenis Ugas (25-4, 12 KOs), from Miami by way of…
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Boxing by the book, Garcia schools Redkach
Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, two-division champion Danny “Swift” Garcia (32-2, 21 KOs), the Philly sensation that Brooklyn adopted as its own, outclassed Ivan Redkach (23-5-1, 1…
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Shock Upset! Rosario dethrones J-Rock
Saturday night at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a shock upset televised live on PBC on FOX and FOX Deportes, Julian "J-Rock" Williams (27-2-1, 16 KOs), the reigning and defending…
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They came; they saw; they concurred
The MGM brass is stringing up lights in anticipation of the fireworks. Five weeks from now, fortunes will be made and change hands, and if the rematch is half as good as…
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Claressa clobbers Habazin, makes history
In a fight televised live on Showtime from Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, unified middleweight champion Claressa Shields (10-0, 2 KOs), the self-professed GWOAT (Greatest Woman of All Time)…
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Friday Night Fights: Shields vs. Habazin
This Friday night, in a fight televised live on Showtime from Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Claressa Shields (9-0, 2 KOs), the former WBC/IBF super middleweight and current unified…
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Plotting the Rise of Gervonta Davis
Anyone can be sold anything if the salesman is unrelenting. We’ve seen it many times, in politics, in movies, in music, on TV, yet it somehow doesn’t breed skepticism, which would require…
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Is greed good?
“Money is the sickness of the boxing business, maybe the sickness of the world.”—Ray Arcel Is greed good? It depends on who you ask, the degree of their self-awareness, and if they’re…
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The loaded handgun and Errol Spence Jr.
Errol Spence Jr. is still part of the discussion. The 29-year-old WBC/IBF welterweight champion from Desoto, Texas, escaped a life-threatening injury when he wrecked his Ferrari, which flipped over five times at…
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Gervonta smokes Gamboa in final round
Saturday night at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, number one ranked Gervonta "Tank" Davis (23-0, 22 KOs), the explosive southpaw from Baltimore, Maryland, in his first fight at 135 pounds, dropped…
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Vitali Klitschko Is Santa
Some of us long for the days when Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko was heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko. There’s no shortage of fighting in Ukraine’s parliament and on its eastern flank, yet I…
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Crawford nixes Shawn Porter…for now
Fresh off his recent demolition of Egidijus Kavaliauskas on December 14 at Madison Square Garden, the game of “Who’s next?” for Terence “Bud” Crawford, the 33-year-old generational talent who has yet to…
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Tank Davis to the Rescue
In a fight televised live Saturday night on Showtime Championship Boxing from State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, WBA super featherweight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis (22-0, 21 KOs), the explosive 25-year-old southpaw…
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Charlo blisters “Super Bad” to regain title
Saturday night at Toyota Arena in Ontario, California, in a fight televised live on FOX and FOX Deportes, Jermell Charlo (33-1, 17 KOs), the former WBC junior middleweight champion from Houston, Texas,…
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Chavez Jr. flops in “No mas” against Jacobs
Friday night at the Talking Stick Resort Casino in Phoenix, Arizona, in a fight streamed live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.…
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When Tyson dissed Mayweather
He wasn’t the first person, nor will he be the last, to question Floyd Mayweather’s assertion that he was “The Best Ever.” But Mike Tyson’s opinion carries enormous weight, especially when it…
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Taylor outpoints Prograis in scintillating duel
Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, England, IBF champion Josh Taylor (16-0, 12 KOs), from Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, outpointed champion WBA champion Regis Prograis (24-1, 20 KOs), from New…
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De la ongoing troubles of Oscar
Chairman and CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, Oscar De La Hoya, whose hijinks were public relations disasters in the past, is ?being sued by a woman who claims he sexually assaulted and…
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Crawford vs. Kavaliauskas: Deus ex machina?
On Saturday, December 14, at New York?s Madison Square Garden, WBO welterweight champion Terence ?Bud? Crawford (35-0, 26 KOs), the fighting pride of Omaha, Nebraska, will meet his mandatory, Egidijus ?Mean Machine?…