Dick Eklund
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Name: Dick Eklund
Hometown: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Height: 178cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
Photo #2, Photo #3
- Won over 190 amateur bouts and three Golden Gloves titles.
- Managed by his mother, Alice Ward.
- Lost a ten-round unanimous decision to Sugar Ray Leonard in 1978.
- Won the New England Welterweight Championship in 1983.
- Trained Micky Ward, his younger half-brother.
- The 2010 movie The Fighter is about Eklund and Micky Ward. Christian Bale won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Eklund.