Robert Ecksel
752 articles · The Sweet Science
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King Kong Speaks
Unbeaten Luis Ortiz is locked and loaded for his March 3 challenge to WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder? Unbeaten Luis ?King Kong? Ortiz (28-0, 24 KOs), the heavy-handed southpaw from Miami by…
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Muhammad Ali Meets a Man of God
?No mansion with crystal chandeliers and gold carpets, it was the kind of a house a man of God would live in?? Evangelist Billy Graham, one of the most influential religious leaders…
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Groves Decisions Eubank
WBA super middleweight champion George Groves decisioned IBO super middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr. over 12 lopsided rounds? Saturday night at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom, WBA super middleweight…
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Spence Slaughters Peterson
Errol Spence Jr. successfully defended his IBF welterweight title by stopping former two-division champion Lamont Peterson? Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, in a fight televised live on…
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Horn vs. Crawford Preview
?Pacquiao got out-muscled, out-maneuvered, out-thought and out-fought by Jeff Horn. Why can?t Terence Crawford?? As reported by ESPN, on Saturday, April 14, at New York?s Madison Square Garden, WBO welterweight champion Jeff…
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Deontay Wilder and the Race Card
We?re all brainwashed to varying degrees and in different ways and those who deny it loudest are the most brainwashed of all? WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs), the undefeated…
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Saturday Night Fever: Saunders vs. Lemieux
?A fighter that Frank Warren brings over, from wherever he brings him from, you gotta take that seriously,? said Hopkins. ?I know from experience?? Tonight at Place Bell in Laval, Qu?bec, Canada,…
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Luis Ortiz Pulverizes The Mountain
I don?t often agree with Deontay Wilder about much of anything, but this one time I?ll make an exception? Friday night at Hialeah Park in Miami, Florida, Luis ?King Kong? Ortiz (28-0,…
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The Last Hurrah: Ali Upsets Cotto
Sadam Ali won a unanimous decision over reigning and defending WBO junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto? Saturday night at New York?s Madison Square Garden, in a fight televised live on HBO Championship…
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Veni, vidi, vici
Everyone but Kovalev?s former trainer, John David Jackson, is totally convinced that he is really and truly back? Sergey Kovalev is happy. He came, he saw, he conquered, and happiness is in…
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Charr Chops Ustinov Down to Size
Ustinov went down in the eighth. The fight at that point was Charr?s to lose and the man who had lost so much was determined not to lose again? Saturday night at…
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Manny: Boxing Better Than Politics
?I feel dismayed, discouraged,? he told The Philippine Star. ?I want to let go because I?m not used to politicking?? ?The passion for destruction is also a creative passion.??Mikhail Bakunin Manny Pacquiao…
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Workmanlike Jacobs Outpoints Arias
Luis Arias was game but outgunned in every category that mattered, and even in categories that didn?t matter? Saturday night at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, former WBA World middleweight…
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Rematch: Wilder vs. Stiverne II
?Somebody will die in that ring. I promise you. The ambulance better be ready. The medical better be ready. The referee better be ready?? Tonight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New…
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Joshua Stops Takam with Help from Referee
Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua kept his knockout streak alive with a TKO stoppage of durable Carlos Takam at 1:34 of round 10? Saturday night at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, IBF/WBA/IBO heavyweight…
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Joshua vs. Takam Preview
?When I heard Pulev pulled out, I was going to do the same thing. I thought that?s what the champions are doing these days?? On Saturday, October 28, at Principality Stadium in…
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A Marvelous Scam
Some questions don?t dignify a response. But Jim Lampley, against his better judgment, felt compelled to reply? Jim Lampley is loquacious. But he is not a jerk and minds his own business…
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Deontay Wilder: The Best vs. The Rest
?I?m the most frustrated guy around,? said Wilder. ?I don?t understand. The best are supposed to fight the best, right? I?ve always done that?? WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder is not a…
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Kronk Gym Burns
Deindustrialization, neglect, mismanagement and criminality brought this once-great city and gym to its knees? Over the weekend in Detroit, Michigan, the boxing gym Emanuel Steward once called home was destroyed by a…
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Ten-Count for Terry Downes
Downes decisioned 41-year-old Sugar Ray Robinson in 1962. ?I didn?t beat Sugar Ray,? he said. ?I beat his ghost?? ?I ain?t saying we fighters are professors, but give us a little bit…