Micky Ward
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Name: Micky Ward
Alias: Irish
Birth Name: George Michael Ward Jr
Hometown: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 173cm
Reach: 178cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Micky Ward Gallery
Notes
- Ward was a pressure fighter with a devastating left hook to the body.
- Trained by his older half-brother Dick Eklund.
- Best known for his trilogy with Arturo Gatti in 2002 and 2003. Ward won the first fight and Gatti won the next two.
- The Ring Magazine named three of Ward's bouts Fight of the Year:
- The 2010 movie The Fighter was about Ward. It won two Academy Awards.
Titles Held
Quotes
- "If Micky Ward wants to come to you, he will walk through a hailstorm of punishment to do it." - Jim Lampley during Ward's first fight with Arturo Gatti.