Robert Ecksel
752 articles · The Sweet Science
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Adrien Broner?s Back and Forth
?I?m still the same fresh, flashy, young, rich and famous guy. I?m a young man, and I respect every fighter, but?? The May 3 fight between Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana at…
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The Spotlight and Amir Khan
In lieu of promises made and honored, a quaint relic from a bygone era, we get the carrot and stick? Until recently, no one gave much thought to Amir Khan. The reasons…
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Cannon Fodder for a Good Gentleman
Names mean nothing to Tyson Fury. He was a better fighter when he and Del Boy first met, and he knows he?s a better fighter now? On July 26 at the Phones4U…
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Danny Garcia Gets Gift in Puerto Rico
Saturday?s fight at Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, between Danny Garcia and Mauricio Herrera was supposed to be a homecoming? Saturday?s fight at Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico,…
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LA Story: Positively Vine Street
He?s no Justin Bieber, but Bob Dylan, the exemplary old troubadour, visited Manny Pacquiao yesterday at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles yesterday to pay his respects. Dylan has been…
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Deontay Wilder: Send in the Clowns
On the undercard of Saturday?s title fight between Danny Garcia and Mauricio Herrera, Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KOs), the heavyweight with the heavy hands from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, looks to KO another victim…
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Review of Abraham-Stieglitz III
Last week the German Boxing Commission (BDB) sent out a press release claiming that the WBO is suspending Judge Paul Thomas for six months due to his scoring of the recent Abraham…
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Redrum: Canelo Murders Angulo
Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas Nevada, Canelo Alvarez pounded overmatched Alfredo Angulo, leading to a welcome 10th round stoppage? Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas…
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Personality: Canelo vs. El Perro
Despite his loss to Floyd Mayweather, where Canelo looked like a rookie fighting an all-star, his wattage hasn?t dimmed significantly? In anticipation of Saturday?s pay-per-view fight between Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez (42-1-1, 30…
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The Black Mamba Cometh
Those who watched the fights in the 1980s and ?90s remember a light welterweight from Grand Rapids, Michigan named Roger Mayweather, aka the Black Mamba. It?s a good nickname, perhaps even a…
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Antonio Tarver: Strange Fruit
Before we drag out the tar and feathers, before we find a poplar tree to hang him high, let?s take a collective deep breath? Trouble comes in many forms, as former light…
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Redemption Song: The Return of Chavez Jr.
Saturday night in San Antonio, Texas, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. decisively decisioned Bryan Vera by scores of 114-113 and 117-110 twice? Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, Julio Cesar…
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The Eyes Have It
?Such a hold has boxing on the boys that take part in it, they are willing to risk, very foolishly, Nature?s most handsome gift ? sight?? Boxing is a sport that has…
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Floyd Mayweather Cheat Sheet
If I had a dollar for every allegation that passes for news these days, I?d be driving a Porsche instead of a tricycle? ?Physical infidelity is the signal, the notice given, that…
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Abdusalamov: Let It Come Down
Suing the state is like suing God. It?s a fool?s errand in the best of times, Sisyphean in the worst of times? ?Let it come down.??William Shakespeare?s Macbeth (Act 3, Scene 3)…
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Kiev Is Burning
Vitali Klitschko is attempting to make history?again. The former WBC heavyweight champion has thrown his considerable weight behind a movement to oust Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych. Although democratically elected in what was…
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Let the Son Shine
There are too few happy endings boxing. Maybe Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. hasn?t peaked. Maybe he can turn it around? On Saturday, March 1, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, former…
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Tyson Fury?Let Him Eat Cake
Fury?s on again/off again career is on again this Saturday when he meets Joey Abell at the Copper Box Arena in London, England? Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KOs) is a complicated man.…
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I?ll Be Your Mirror
No Winter Olympics would be complete without Don King putting in an appearance. King has skated on thin ice for years, and the master of flutz, lip and waxel hasn?t crashed, hasn?t…
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Blame It on the Bossa Nova
One can always scapegoat boxing. As convenient targets go, boxing is a natural. But boxing doesn?t run itself. Boxing is run by men. Men decide who?s who and what?s what and it…
