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Surprised Micky Ward's 'Honesty And Integrity' Recognized

Retired former world champion boxer, Micky Ward, whose rough life growing up in a nine-member, dysfunctional family in Lowell, Mass., is portrayed by Mark Wahlberg in the hit movie, The Fighter, has been named the winner of the Boxing Writers Association of America's James A. Farley Award for "Honesty and Integrity 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...

Manager Pat Lynch Reflects on Arturo Gatti

On Tuesday, at 10 p.m., HBO's Real Sports will profile former world boxing champions, Alexis Arguello, 57; Arturo Gatti, 37, and; Vernon Forrest, 38, who died successively, in July. A former world titlist in the IBF super featherweight (130 pounds) and WBC junior welterweight (140 pounds) divisions, Gatti (40-9, 31...

Arturo Gatti vs. Micky Ward: Just as Great Years Later

HBO did boxing fans a great service this weekend by replaying the three classic fights between Micky Ward and the late Arturo Gatti. Viewing them again was a real pleasure.I watched all three fights live, but I hadn't seen more than a few seconds of highlights from them in the last five years, so I went into the re-airing...

Arturo Gatti's Wife, Amanda Rodrigues, Proclaims Innocence in Letter

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The wife accused of killing former boxing champion Arturo Gatti tells The Associated Press in a jailhouse letter that she is innocent.Amanda Rodrigues says she could not bear to be interviewed, but gave a letter to the AP written on lined, white paper in red ink, proclaiming her love for Gatti."I...