Robert Ecksel
752 articles · The Sweet Science
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Brain Teasers
The National Football League, after years of dithering and denial, agreed to settle 4500 lawsuits by former players? ?Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took…
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Time Bomb / Stink Bomb
Should people stuffing their faces and gibbering nonsense determine the quality of undercards for the rest of us? If a 12-round fight goes the distance, it means there are 36 minutes of…
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Bradley-Pacquiao Too
When Manny had Rios hurt he didn?t go for the jugular. To some that?s commendable. To others it?s blasphemy? At the same time that Manny Pacquiao was questioning Floyd Mayweather?s manhood while…
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Pascal Gives Lucian the Bute
NABF light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal decisioned former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute over 12 one-sided rounds? Saturday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada, NABF light heavyweight champion Jean…
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Ten-Count for Jose Sulaiman
Jose Sulaiman, president of the WBC for more than three decades, passed away today in Los Angeles at the age of 82. Born Jos? Sulaim?n Chagn?n on May 30, 1931, in Ciudad…
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CompuBox Gives Back
?We figured we?ll launch our game and we?ll try to do the right thing and help a fighter in need. This is our business. This is what we do?? There is fantasy…
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Is Adrien Broner Delusional?
Former WBA welterweight Adrien Broner may be delusional. Known as The Problem, a rare instance of truth in labeling, Broner may have even more problems than we imagined. His problems outside the…
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Robert Guerrero: Ghostbusters
Everyone wants to fight for Golden Boy. Well, almost everyone. One fighter who does not want to fight for Golden Boy, or no longer wants to fight for Golden Boy, is former…
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Big Brother Is Watching You
Evander Holyfield is in the news. It has nothing to do with boxing, profligacy, or having children out of wedlock. He was politically incorrect? It?s good that he?s not fighting. It?s bad…
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Mike Tyson: Sign of the Times
Cus died a year before I won my first belt, in 1986. With him gone, I had less of an incentive to stay disciplined? The Times they are a-changin?. Mike Tyson wrote…
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On Target in Minneapolis
IBF super featherweight championship Argenis Mendez (21-3-1, 11 KOs) lost his title in controversial fashion to Rances Barthelemy (20-0, 13 KOs)... Friday night at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the 2014…
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TBRB: Hope Springs Eternal
?We don?t go with our whims and won?t be swayed simply by popular opinion,? says Springs Toledo. ?There is danger in applause?? ?The man who stands neutral stands for nothing.??Archie Moore The…
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Money Makes the World Go Round
Showtime Executive Vice President Stephen Espinoza, speaking to The Telegraph, said, ?Floyd will fight Manny Pacquiao anywhere?? I?m waiting for the holidays to end. Don?t get me wrong. I like mistletoe and…
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Souvenir: Shumenov Wants Hopkins
Team Shumenov had hand towels printed with his likeness to give out as souvenirs. They were quaint but forgettable, something to notice then ignore? No one at the Alamodome watched WBA light…
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New Money Christmas Jeer
If you were to put Arum, Schaefer, De La Hoya, Mayweather, and Pacquiao in a room for a week, there would be nothing left but bones? I admire those who believe Mayweather…
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Roger That: Mayweather vs. Broner
They?re still mopping up at the Alamodome. The dust has settled. History is being rewritten. Head scratching has made way for skullduggery. And Adrien Broner is being scrutinized, more from a boxing…
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?I?m Adrien?s Fianc??
She asked, ?Is this seat taken?? She sat beside me. She was a fox. She smelled like a bed of roses. She had tattoos on her feet? I was first row ringside…
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Maidana Kicks Broner?s Ass
Adrien Broner lost his WBA welterweight title and credibility as a marquee fighter to the relentless, hard-hitting Marcos ?El Chino? Maidana? SAN ANTONIO?Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, Adrien…
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Remember the Alamodome
?He is one-dimensional and not in my league. I?m a Ferrari and he?s a go-kart. Watch me light up Maidana like a Christmas tree?? SAN ANTONIO?Saturday night at the Alamodome in San…
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No Hitter: Rigondeaux Blanks Agbeko
WBA/WBO super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux, aka El Chacal, successfully defended his titles by shutting out Joseph Agbeko? Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall?s Adrian Phillips Ballroom in Atlantic City, New Jersey, WBA/WBO…
