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He fought professionally as Dick Eklund; "Dicky" was a nickname used by his family and friends. Before his 1978 match with future world boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard , Eklund's most impressive victory was over undefeated Rufus Miller (6–0–1) in 1976.
At their arraignment, Micky is released, but Dicky is sent to jail. Micky washes his hands of Dicky. On the night of the HBO documentary's airing, Dicky's family, and Dicky himself in prison, are horrified to see that it is called Crack in America and depicts how crack addiction ruined Dicky's career and life. Dicky begins training and trying ...
George Michael Ward Jr. (born October 4, 1965), often known by his nickname, "Irish" Micky Ward, is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2003. He challenged once for the IBF light welterweight title in 1997, and held the WBU light welterweight title in 2000.
With boxing, The Fighter is such a good film because of what incredible, unique characters Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund are—and because of their relationship to each other.
Dicky Eklund has struggled continually since the documentary's release, noting he has been arrested over 66 times, including for domestic violence, drug crimes and even attempted murder in 2006, in which charges were dropped and his nephew served 11 months in a self-defense fight. [4] His most recent charges are from 2015.
Image credits: Michael Buckner / Getty #3 Scott Disick. Boxes of Mounjaro, which is known for its weight loss effects, were found stacked in Scott Disick’s fridge on a past episode of The ...
[105] [106] The following year, Bale starred in the role of Dicky Eklund, a professional boxer whose career has ended due to his drug addiction, in David O. Russell's drama film The Fighter. It chronicles the relationship between Eklund and his brother and boxing trainee, Micky Ward, played by Mark Wahlberg. To balance Eklund's tragic condition ...
The Fighter (2010) – biographical sports drama film based on the life of boxer Micky Ward and his half-brother, Dicky Eklund [54] The First Grader (2010) – British -American- Kenyan biographical drama film based on the true story of Kimani Maruge , a Kenyan farmer who enrolled in elementary school at the age of 84 following the Kenyan ...