Robert Ecksel
752 articles · The Sweet Science
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Pulev Decisions Fury
Saturday night at Arena Armeec in Sofia, Bulgaria, The Pride of Bulgaria, Kubrat Pulev (26-1, 13 KOs), in his first fight in 18 months, won a wide unanimous decision victory over Huey…
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Andrade wins middleweight title
Saturday night at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts Demetrius Andrade (26-0, 16 KOs), the 30-year-old southpaw from Providence, Rhode Island, swept late substitute Walter Kautondokwa (17-1, 16 KOs), the knockout artist…
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Keeping Combat Sports Alive
Give the people what they want. The customer is always right. But it?s not only about greed, as Floyd kindly clarified? When he retired from the ring after the giveaway to Andre…
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Wilder/Fury: That?s Entertainment
Scores of fight fans are out of their minds after a photo emerged yesterday showing Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury all chummy backstage in LA after staging their third fake brawl in…
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Kid Forcible: Victor Ortiz blows it
Former welterweight champion ?Vicious? Victor Ortiz is innocent until proven guilty, but he might want to change his ring moniker while there?s still time? Former welterweight champion ?Vicious? Victor Ortiz, from Tarzana,…
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Typhoid Hattie Leslie dead at 23
The Daily Inter Ocean called it a ?disgraceful affair? where Hattie ?knocked out her opponent,? who was ?not so good looking now?? On September 25, 1892,126 years ago today, Hattie Leslie, the…
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Bach, Beyonc?, and Boxing
Primo Carnera fought there twice in 1932, and even Reggie and Ron Kray graced the ring at Royal Albert Hall in 1951? ?Save me, Joe Louis!??Apocryphal last words of Allen Foster, a…
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Is Oscar Patriotic or Idiotic?
Oscar took a shot at Triple G which was as unwarranted as it was false, and true to form he couldn?t care less? ?Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.??Samuel Johnson…
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It?s about Money, honey
?I don?t think much about that at all. I rather focus on the tough fighter who will come in throwing punches at me?? This afternoon in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand, Wanheng Menayothin (51-0,…
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Pedraza Wins War against Beltran
Saturday night at Gila River Arena in Glendale Arizona, Jose Pedraza dethroned WBO lightweight champion Raymundo Beltran? Saturday night at Gila River Arena in Glendale Arizona, in a fight televised live on…
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Mojo Man Tyson Fury
?He believes he is ready to take his place in the biggest heavyweight clash?and toughest fight out there?and so do I?? Frank Warren has a way with words. He also has a…
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Mia St. John: Dope
St. John?s worst-case scenario, where ?Everyone does it? and ?everyone in boxing knows it,? is as glib as it is unscientific? Fifty-one-year-old Mia St. John (49-14-2, 19 KOs), the former WBC junior…
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Upset! Alvarez Krushes Kovalev
Saturday night at the Hard Rock in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Eleider Alvarez dethroned WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev? Saturday night at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City,…
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The Seven Year Itch
?The present situation that existed a couple years ago was not sustainable. We knew we had to do something to survive?? On Thursday ESPN and Top Rank cut a seven-year rights deal…
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Reality TV: Fury vs. Wilder
?I can confirm that me and Deontay Wilder are in negotiations,? said Fury via the Manchester Evening News, ?and it?s very close to being done?? The possibility of WBC heavyweight champion Deontay…
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Filipino Flash Dance
?Stop accepting that you need to be a stereotypical uneducated person who needs to be mad at the world to get support?? Four-weight champion Nonito Donaire, aka the Filipino Flash, is one…
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Munguia Outpoints Game Liam Smith
WBO super welterweight champion Jaime Munguia won a unanimous decision over game Liam Smith in an action-packed 12-rounder? Saturday night in The Joint at the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel & Casino,…
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In Defense of Lucas Matthysse
Losing to Pacquiao is no crime, as 59 of his victims can attest. The crime is the contempt some have for yesterday?s heroes? ?If there?s a good loser in boxing, I?d love…
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Satellite of Love: Canelo Talks the Talk
The fighters recently met with the press via satellite call. Golovkin was in Big Bear, California. Canelo was in Guadalajara?. ?The truth is that this fight means a lot to me because…
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Renaissance man, Errol Spence Jr.
A fight with newly-crowned WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford might be in the cards. All that stands in the way are greed and tribalism? On Saturday, June 16, in a fight televised…