Robert Ecksel
752 articles · The Sweet Science
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Canelo-Lara Preview
?He offended Mexican boxing. So this is very personal. This fight isn?t about a title. It?s about pride and honor?? Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, former WBC/WBA…
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Fratricide or Insecticide?
If boxing can survive Tyson Fury it can survive anything. The undefeated heavyweight contender continues to make waves. It?s less what he does with his fists, which is considerable, that roils the…
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Mayweather-Maidana Rematch
The tension preceding Floyd Mayweather?s last fight was thick enough to cut with a knife. Speculation was rife as to who his next opponent would be. Names were floated. Pros and cons…
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No Bull: Klitschkos Take Aim
Mayweather?s latest spending spree means next to nothing, or perhaps less than next to nothing in the greater scheme of things? It?s often hard to distinguish the banal from the significant if…
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Crawford KOs Gamboa
Omaha?s Terence Crawford successfully defended his WBO lightweight title by stopping Yuriorkis Gamboa at 2:37 of round nine? Saturday night at the Century Link Center in Omaha, Nebraska, Terence Crawford, 24-0 (17…
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Numbers Game: Cotto vs. Martinez
There?s Floyd Mayweather. There?s Manny Pacquiao. And then there?s everyone else. Among those in the everyone else category are Miguel Cotto and Sergio Marttinez. The June 7 pay-per-view fight between Cotto and…
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Big Three Confab in Cancun
?There?s a need to reestablish control of the sport, to bring credibility to how the fans look at the sport, because we have fallen into a numbed state?? ?Fathers shall not be…
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Guerrero Wins War vs. Kamegai
Robert Guerrero, in his first fight since losing to Floyd Mayweather, survived an all-out war to decision Yoshihiro Kamegai after 12 grueling rounds? Saturday night at the StubHub Center in Carson, California,…
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Bad Chad Back with a Vengeance
He wasn?t popular when he was champ. He was less popular when he wasn?t champ. But after two beatings in his last two fights, the first at the hands of Andre Ward…
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The Lomachenko Experiment
The Lomachenko Experiment has not gone as planned. The two-time Olympic gold medalist from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine, signed with Top Rank before officially turning pro last year. Things started off right with a…
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Is Paulie Off His Rocker?
?He spent the whole night trying to land the same big shot and that same big punch that he landed in round one?? He?s personable. He?s talkative. He?s successful and he can…
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Rocky Picture Horror Show: Algieri Upsets Provodnikov
Chris Algieri, the underdog from Huntington, New York, decisioned Ruslan Provodnikov, from Beryozovo, Russia, to win the WBO junior welterweight title? Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Chris…
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Is Chris Algieri Willing to Die?
?If I have to die in the ring to win, that is what I will do. Is Algieri willing to do the same? He had better or he will not?? Newspaperman and…
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Boxing and Politics
There are similarities between boxing and politics. Both are about winning. Both are about power. Both are blood sports? No sport embodies individuality as thoroughly as boxing. Fighters may have trainers and…
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Garden of Earthly Delights: Cotto Buries Martinez
Miguel Cotto annihilated WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez, forcing his trainer to throw in the towel after nine grueling rounds? Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32 KOs), from…
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Andy Lee Crushes John Jackson
Former middleweight title challenger Andy Lee, fighting at junior middleweight for the first time, KO?d John Jackson at 1:07 of round 5? Saturday night at New York?s Madison Square Garden, former middleweight…
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Mauricio Sulaiman in New York
I spoke with the President of the WBC, Mauricio Sulaiman, earlier today. We touched on several subjects, but we also focused on the fight? Tonight at Madison Square Garden, Sergio Martinez defends…
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Oscar De La Hoya Speaks
If there was a top and bottom to the now defunct relationship between Richard Schaefer and Oscar De La Hoya, Golden Boy Promotion?s now former CEO and current president, Schaefer would be…
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Richard Schaefer Makes His Move
The public sniping was as unbecoming as it was predictable, but it signaled the depth of enmity between the Golden Boy CEO and President? With an air of inevitability, Richard Schaefer has…
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Snakebit: Froch KOs Groves
Froch successfully defended his IBF/WBA super middleweight titles by knocking out George Groves with a picture-perfect right hand at 2:34 of the eighth round? Saturday night at Wembley Stadium in London, England,…