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Bernard Hopkins Expresses Support For Troubled Kelly Pavlik

Former WBA and WBO middleweight (160 pounds) champion Kelly Pavlik entered the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., on Nov. 4 for treatment of a problem with alcohol, and a former foe, Bernard Hopkins, has expressed support for the troubled fighter. Pavlik suffered his first loss to Hopkins by decision in...

'The Fighter's' Micky Ward on Arturo Gatti

During the summer of 2009, retired boxer, Irish Micky Ward, his older half-brother and former trainer, Dicky Eklund, and actors Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale, often spent time at Wahlberg's home in Beverly Hills. There, the foursome would not only work out as boxers in Wahlberg's private boxing gym replete with a...

Trainer Talks 'The Fighter,' Boxing's Best And Worst Films

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. "The Fighter" has been released in U.S. theaters, meaning the general public is learning the story of Irish Micky Ward. The buzzed-about film already has gained Oscar attention as it focuses...

Miguel Espino: Real-Life Rocky Goes Hollywood in 'The Fighter'

Miguel Espino rode a five-year, 11-bout winning streak that had included six knockouts, with four straight stoppages into what, at the time, was the biggest fight of his career. Not only was Espino was the 29-year-old father of a toddler, but he was caring for his legally blind mother, Ana Garcia, with whom he had lived...

Kelly Pavlik-Sergio Martinez Face Off At Weigh-In

ATLANTIC CITY -- When Kelly Pavlik entered the Paladium Ballroom at Caesar's Palace for Friday afternoon's weigh-in for his WBO and WBC middleweight (160 pounds) title defense against southpaw, WBC junior middleweight (154 pounds) champion, Sergio Martinez, the room full about 450-to-500 or so of his partisan fans...