Robert Ecksel
752 articles · The Sweet Science
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TBE or Not TBE
?I already beat the legendary Wladimir Klitschko and I did it easy, it was an easy fight. So put me in the ring with these bums?? On Saturday, June 9, at Manchester…
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President Trump Pardons Jack Johnson
It took no less a man than Donald Trump to bring this strange and somewhat bitter low-hanging fruit to fruition? For those who like their symbolism served cold, President Donald J. Trump…
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Tyson Fury Comeback
Tyson Fury will return to the ring for the first time in two and a half years when he gets it on with unheralded Sefer Seferi? On Saturday, June 9, at Manchester…
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Preview: Adonis Stevenson vs. Badou Jack
?He?s definitely a good fighter, but I?m a better fighter. He?s one of the toughest guys in boxing but I?m a tougher guy?? On Saturday, May 19, in a fight televised live…
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Bellew Brutalizes Haye
Saturday night at The O2, Tony Bellew stopped David Haye at 2:14 of round 5 of a scheduled 12, after going down twice in round 3 and once in the 5th? Saturday…
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Jacobs Decisions Sulecki in Action-Packed Bout
Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Daniel Jacobs won a unanimous decision over rugged Maciej Sulecki? Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, in a…
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Henry Cooper and The Krays
This ineffable piece of boxing/criminal history can be yours for a price. Place your bid now before it?s too late? The market for memorabilia shows no signs of slowing down. The past…
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Should Trump Pardon Jack Johnson?
Sacrosanct on one hand and counterfeit on the other, symbols both refine and diminish the genuine for a simulation? ?Jack Johnson is a boxing and pioneer whose reputation was wrongly tarnished by…
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Sweet Smell of Success
It sounds like Klitschko is ragging on Fury, saying he?s ?like fart in the wind? qualifies, but language is often imprecise? ?I often wish I were deaf and wore a hearing aid.…
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Haye injured in ?freak accident?
It?s easy to ridicule David Haye. One could say he brought it on himself. But a cheap shot is a cheap shot?. The December 17 rematch at Greenwich?s O2 Arena between David…
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Hurd Edges Lara to Unify Titles
Saturday night at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas, IBF champion Jarrett Hurd edged WBA champion Erislandy Lara to unify the super welterweight titles? Saturday night at the Hard Rock Hotel &…
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Preview: Erislandy Lara vs. Jarrett Hurd
Saturday night at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas, WBA/IBO champion Erislandy Lara fights IBF champion Jarrett Hurd in a super welterweight unification bout? On Saturday, April 7, in a fight televised…
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Joshua Outpoints Parker in Tactical Snoozer
IBF/WBA champion Anthony Joshua outpointed WBO champion Joseph Parker to unify three of the four major heavyweight titles? Saturday night at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (21-0,…
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Whyte KOs Browne in Ugly Mismatch
WBC Silver heavyweight champion Dillian Whyte successfully defended his title by knocking out hapless Lucas Browne at 0:37 of round six? Saturday night at London?s O2 Arena, WBC Silver heavyweight champion Dillian…
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Tales of Teflon Don Corleones
?Let me ask you about Don King,? said Payne to Don King. ?You were one of the first supporters of Don King?? The original Teflon Don was neither King nor Trump. It…
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Preview: Whyte vs. Browne
The fight will be televised live in the U.S. on HBO Championship Boxing starting at 6:00 PM/ET with a same-day replay at 10:00 PM? On Saturday, March 24, at the O2 Arena…
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Pazmanian Devil Arraigned
Vinny Pazienza, the rough and tumble former champion from Cranston, Rhode Island, doesn?t go looking for trouble. Trouble goes looking for him? ?I boxed wild. I fought like a wild man. I…
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Kovalev Slaughters Mikhalkin
It was gratifying to see him back in the ring with his confidence intact after suffering back-to-back losses to Andre Ward? Saturday night at The Theater in New York?s Madison Square Garden,…
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Ancient Boxing Artifacts Unearthed
?The hairs stand up on the back of your neck when you realize that you have discovered something as astonishing as these boxing gloves?? In an ?astonishing? find last summer, archaeologists in…
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Ten-Count for Scott Westgarth
In an English light heavyweight title eliminator, Scott Westgarth passed away after outpointing Dec Spelman? Saturday night at the Doncaster Dome in Doncaster, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, in an English light heavyweight title…