Robert Ecksel
752 articles · The Sweet Science
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Preview: Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz
Saturday night at New York?s Madison Square Garden, in a fight streamed live on DAZN in the US and Sky Sports Box Office in the UK, WBA/IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (22-0,…
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Conor McGregor?s Gambit
Aside from the money he earned against Mayweather in what may have been Floyd?s final ?legitimate? fight, Conor McGregor walked away from the match with knowledge he might not have possessed prior…
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Wilder Don?t Play No Games
Sports do not build character. They reveal it.??Jimmy Cannon WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder has been building the gate for tonight?s fight at Brooklyn?s Barclays Center against Dominic Breazeale. There?s nothing…
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Arum?s Sound and Tyson?s Fury
Bob Arum has a dream. At his age and after all he has accomplished, one might think there were no more mountains left to climb. But once a mountaineer always a mountaineer,…
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Deontay Wilder?s Favorite Movies
In an attempt to humanize Deontay Wilder, who continues to muse aloud about getting ?a body on my record,? a video appeared on al.com in which the ?Bronze Bomber? from Tuscaloosa was…
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Deontay Wilder, bigger than a spaceship
On Saturday, May 18, in a fight televised live on Showtime Championship Boxing from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0-1, 39 KOs), the undefeated ?Bronze…
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J-Rock Upsets, Dethrones Jarrett Hurd
Saturday night at the EagleBank Arena on the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, Julian ?J-Rock? Williams 27-1-1, 16 KOs), the underdog from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, upset Jarrett Hurd (23-1, 16…
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Kiss of Death
The last time we spoke he threatened me. Now he is dead. I first met Tony Napoli at a meeting of Ring 8, the Veteran Boxers Association of New York, at the…
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Let the Blame Games Begin
In the wake of Saturday?s unification bout between WBC/WBC middleweight champion Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez and IBF middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs at the Staples Center in L.A, the finger-pointing has begun. We had…
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Andy Ruiz is The One
On Saturday, June 1, at New York?s Madison Square Garden, Anthony Joshua, the WBA/IBF/WBO heavyweight champion from Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, will defend his titles against Andy Ruiz Jr. (32-1, 21 KOs),…
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Mike Tyson Regrets
Mike Tyson used to refer to himself as ?the baddest man on the planet? and for good reason. He was bad (as in good) in the ring. He was also a bad…
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A Star Is Born: Prograis Slaughters Relikh
Saturday night at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana, in a fight streamed live on DAZN, #1 ranked Regis Prograis (24-0, 20 KOs), the undefeated southpaw from New Orleans, stopped Kiryl Relikh (23-3,…
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Donaire Drubs Stephon Young
Saturday night at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana, reigning and defending WBA bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (40-5, 26 KOs), the four-time world champion from Talibon, Bohol, Philippines, successfully defended his title by…
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Crawford Low Blow TKOs Khan
Saturday night at New York?s Madison Square Garden, in a fight televised live on ESPN pay-per-view, Terence Crawford (35-0, 26 KOs), the ambidextrous WBO welterweight champion from Omaha, Nebraska, successfully defended his…
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Has Big Baby Blown It?
The much-hyped June 1 fight between WBA/IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and his opponent Jarrell ?Big Baby? Miller is in jeopardy. According to Joshua?s promoter, Eddie Hearn, ?Big Baby,? whose pre-fight aggression…
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Grand Theft Boxing: Hogan Robbed in Mexico
Saturday night at Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico, in a fight streamed live on DAZN, WBO super welterweight champion Jaime Munguia (33-0, 26 KOs), the 22-year-old knockout artist from Tijuana, Baja California,…
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Lomachenko Crushes Crolla
Friday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles California, in a fight streamed live on ESPN+, WBA/WBO lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko (13-1, 10 KOs), the mercurial southpaw from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine, successfully…
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Meet Tom Schwarz
Little-known Tom Schwarz (24-0, 16 KOs), the 24-year-old banger from Halle an der Saale, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, will be fighting undefeated Tyson Fury (27-0-1, 19 KOs), the undefeated lineal heavyweight champion from Manchester,…
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Adrien Broner Isn?t Gay
One of the most pressing issues of our time?Would he or wouldn?t he??Does he or doesn?t he??can finally be put to bed. For all his human failings, he is adept at self-promotion,…
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When Boxing Was a Competitive Sport
Saturday night at the AT&T Center in Arlington, Texas, in a fight televised live on FOX Sports Pay-Per-View, Errol Spence Jr. (25-0, 21 KOs), the IBF welterweight champion from nearby DeSoto, Texas,…