I definitely want to take it to the next level, without a doubt. On October 25, 1983, Eklund defeated James Lucas to win the USA New England Welterweight Title. [1] He is the half-brother and former trainer of former WBU champion Micky Ward. "I would take it with me every day to the set, and I had Dicky there in case I needed more. Dicky was featured in the 1995 HBO documentary High on Crack Street and was later. A little bit.. Photo Source: Wikimedia Commons. Among them, Eklund Jr. was born in September 1991. The casting director was going around the casting call saying, Youre too pretty, and Youre too pretty. So I got up in her face and said, You think Im However, he won the next ten fights straight, beating opponents such as Doug Romano, Mike Michaud and Carlos Garcia. . "Not bad for 22, huh?" This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. For a moment, the briefest second or two, it's quiet. A few . We've found Jake (or Logan) Paul's next opponent. It was about Dicky and Micky. Boxer Dicky Eklund arraigned on domestic assault charges By Jennifer Smith Globe Correspondent,August 21, 2015, 7:56 p.m. Actor Christian Bale (right) and boxer Dickie Eklund spoke during the. With my record I could have got 25 to life. Theirs is not an easy relationship. Also, it hasn't been disclosed who Dicky Eklund's baby mama is. Everywhere Eklund goes these days, people stop him or else stare and whisper. . Tropes: '80s Hair: Micky's sisters. Dicky tells me the producers duped him as well. THE REAL NINJA. Her son, Dicky Eklund, confirmed her death on Wednesday after she suffered a heart attack in January and described his mother as 'the leader of our family'. It tells on the lives of professional boxer Micky Ward and his older half-brother and former boxer Dicky Eklund. 'Miss, you want to be a part of this?' His birth name is Richard Eklund Jr. And his zodiac sign is Taurus. Faison in the first round in a match held in Montreal, Canada, in February 1981. I'm at the hotel and I got some stuff. "Russell had to cut filming until we calmed her down. Gary "Boo-Boo" Giuffrida, 58, of 339 High St. Then he says, "Hang on," and runs up the stairs to his apartment. A regular Greek chorus, sort of. Again, both men needed a trip to the hospital, due to the injuries they suffered. Vea reseas y calificaciones de reseas que otros clientes han escrito de The Fighter [Blu-ray] en Amazon.com. the Oscars and more. "The Fighter" opens in that hardscrabble burg in 1993. "It hurt, too.". Eklund was Ward's full-time trainer for 26 fights, from Ward's professional debut in 1985 until his first retirement in 1991. Wherever he goes around Lowell, strangers tell him usually with a mixture of awe and apprehension that they loved every fucked-up minute of the movie version of his life. Details about his early life and education are not known to the media. In 1996, Eklund, now a crack addict, is in front of the cameras as an HBO film crew is making a documentary about him, the focus he believes (falsely) to be his boxing comeback at . It's one of the city's oldest and most blighted neighborhoods. "You're a whole different person.". "Dicky is the loyalest guy you'll ever meet," says Bale. Now, let's take a look at some of Dicky Eklund's boxing results in the table below: For his match against Sugar Ray Leonard, Eklund's prize money was $4,500, as perBoxRec. In the documentary, Eklund was sentenced to a long prison term for crimes he committed to feed his crack addiction. Photo Source: Social Media. Thus, he inspires people by being who he is, i.e., a man who had it all before losing everything and re-finding himself. More at IMDbPro Contact info Agent info Resume Born May 9, 1957 Add to list Photos Known for The Fighter 7.8 Man on Street #2 (as Richard A. Eklund) 2010 Portico Dicky (as Dick Eklund) During his boxing career, Dicky (Christian Bale) was a community hero in Lowell for facing Sugar Ray Leonard in 1978 and knocking down the then-undefeated fighter in a fight that went all ten rounds, even though the knockdown is generally disputed as Leonard tripping over his own feet. He was questioned in other crimes as well. But people want me around. Richard Eklund Jr., more popular as Dicky Eklund, is an American former professional boxer who competed in the welterweight division. He previously covered entertainment beats at Variety and the Hollywood Reporter, has contributed arts and culture pieces to the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and the New York Times and has done journalistic tours of duty in Jerusalem and Berlin. A 29-year-old patron was punched once in the face, hit his head on the pavement, and died. Manage Settings [6], Ward still lives in Lowell, where he is part owner of both a boxing gym as well as an outdoor hockey rink. He confessed to it. Bam. Dicky has had trouble with other women as well. [2] During Ward's time away from the sport, he used some of the funds from his day job on a road-paving crew to have surgery on his right hand, which had given him problems during several bouts. Richard "Dick" (eller "Dicky") Eklund (fdt 9. maj 1957 i Lowell, Massachusetts i USA) er en tidligere professionel bokser i Weltervgtdivisionen og er en tidligere New England weltervgtmester. She lays out his pajamas if they're staying in, which she tries to get him to do as much as she can. in mid-'90s Lowell, Mass. His parents areRichard Eklund Sr.andAlice Ward. The two had a daughter together. But these ladies were tough. He laughs, a cackle of missing teeth and exposed gums that Bale like every one of Dicky's charmingly cracked-out tics and motions has re-created eerily well for the movie. Amy [Adams] and Mark were cool. The next day Dicky calls me, crying. Against his family's advice with only . [1], In 2000, Ward traveled to London to take on the WBU Light Welterweight Champion, Shea Neary, and earned a TKO in the eighth round to win the WBU title. Soon, the two fighters were flying to L.A. for meetings. Known as "The Pride of Lowell", he held the USA New England welterweight title twice between 1979 and 1983. Gatti paid tribute to Ward's tenacity after the fight, saying, "I used to wonder what would happen if I fought my twin. He made his 0.5 million dollar fortune with 2002 Ring magazine fight of the year. The abuse began when Ward was nine years old and continued for approximately three years, until he gained the confidence to confront his attacker. And despite the searing pain in his back, he's determined to make the most of it. Dicky says the victim was throwing a punch at him when his nephew intervened. And Ive got a lot of irons in the fire, McDermott contributed. His Siblings And right now, Dicky Eklund can't be out of commission. Born In: Lowell, Massachusetts, United States, children: Jr., Kerry Eklund, Richard Eklund, Tommy Eklund. [2] The fight was named the 2003 Ring magazine fight of the year, the third straight for Ward. "But it's still hard to look at." Afterward, the former professional boxer became his brother's trainer. And I looked at Bianca and said, Its just like my childhood. She adds, I was kidding. ins.style.display='block';ins.style.minWidth=container.attributes.ezaw.value+'px';ins.style.width='100%';ins.style.height=container.attributes.ezah.value+'px';container.appendChild(ins);(adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle||[]).push({});window.ezoSTPixelAdd(slotId,'stat_source_id',44);window.ezoSTPixelAdd(slotId,'adsensetype',1);var lo=new MutationObserver(window.ezaslEvent);lo.observe(document.getElementById(slotId+'-asloaded'),{attributes:true}); Dicky Eklund is a former professional boxer and currently a boxing trainer. Continue with Recommended Cookies. After an amateur boxing career of 200 bouts, winning 194, Eklund turned professional on August 26, 1975. "He'll come home with $100 worth of groceries," she says. While several of the performers live in Los Angeles and have some acting experience, the majority are small-town Massachusetts locals who came through the front door -- literally, by answering a casting call that sought boxers, crack addicts and little Cambodian men, as Erica McDermott, who plays Tar, puts it. Half-brothers Dicky Eklund (left), 53, and Micky Ward, 45. . In the end, John "Jackie" Morrell, the 25-year-old son of Dicky's sister Donna, confessed to the beating and served 11 . Predictably, there's a website (run by his 36-year-old daughter, Kerry), DickEklund.com, and a line of T-shirts with some of the Dickyese, as he calls it, immortalized by Bale in the movie. "I can't be seen going into a methadone clinic," he says. He climbs into the ring with Sean and for the next hour or so gains a steady focus, putting his nephew through a series of speed-punching, ducking, and footwork drills so unrelenting it's easy to see how he pushed his brother to win a world championship and why he is considered by some boxing experts to be an intuitive trainer and an effective motivator. They would walk around the town -- to the nearby Outback steakhouse, to the Kohls department store -- and hear bits of stories, from the waitresses and the cashiers, about the women they were portraying. 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Despite being knocked down three times, he gave Leonard a real fight and boxed toe-to-toe. During his Academy Award acceptance speech, he thanked Eklund and Ward, who were in the audience.[7]. Faison on 10 February 1981 in Canada. "No," says Eklund, spinning toward her, annoyed. "I can't do that.". Dicky laughs: "There were thousands of girls chasing me then." He shuffles into the bedroom, where Micky's boxing gloves hang above the queen-size bed's headboard. Talking about his family, Dicky grew up with his seven sisters as per his biopic in his hometown Massachusetts. The video above includes some choice segments from the documentary, which follows Eklund and other drug users as they battle addiction. The 2010 American Oscar-winning biographical sports drama film The Fighter, which was directed by David O. Russell, was based upon the lives and career of Eklund and his brother Ward. For Bianca Hunter, who plays Pork, the movie was a chance to revisit the acting career she barely had and had long forgotten. Leave my brother alone!" "Dicky's is a fascinating roller coaster of a life," says Bale. I definitely want representation. Is Kelly McGillis' Ex-Husband Fred Tillman Still A Restaurateur? The local TV announcer called it "brutal at best," going on to say that Clarke was lucky to be alive that night. In the next few days, she ends up making the type of miraculous recovery that The Fighter would probably script for her. It even caused him to spend some time behind bars. The official verdict by the referee Tommy Rawson was a slip. [1], In a 1997 match that would come to typify the exceptional power of Ward's left hook to the body, he scored a 7th-round knockout against the then-undefeated Mexican Alfonso Sanchez in a fight that Ward, up to then, was clearly losing on points. While at The Times he has also reported stories in cities ranging from Cairo to Krakow, though Hollywood can still seem like the most exotic destination of all. In the end, John "Jackie" Morrell, the 25-year-old son of Dicky's sister Donna, confessed to the beating and served 11 months in prison. Eklund (surname) Dick (given name) The Fighter (2010 film) People of Massachusetts. WATCH. "I could take a few of those", "Sorry," Gallagher says flatly. An hour after we were supposed to have left for dinner, Dicky is still talking. But right now, Dicky needs something a little stronger than adulation. Me jumping out of a window for that trash-bag company, the real tough one, Hefty. British professional boxer Callum Smith has won British Guillermo Rigondeaux is a famous Cuban boxer. Dicky has a great story to tell. Dicky winks to me and orders two Cokes. All of Dicky Eklund's children appeared in The Fighter alongside him. The room is decorated in Bob's Discount Furniture. He mentions to her that another doctor gave him a larger dosage of the oxycodone than Gallagher had prescribed. ", Dicky isn't likely to pretend his sobriety is anything but fragile, a day-to-day affair. "I wanted him to watch it without a bunch of people turning to him and saying, 'What did you think?'" Gremlins would flutter around the set giving a hair-tease or applying a nicotine tooth-stain. Our dedicated Editorial team verifies each of the articles published on the Biographyhost. var cid='2438531626';var pid='ca-pub-3621518944223410';var slotId='div-gpt-ad-biographyhost_com-medrectangle-3-0';var ffid=2;var alS=2021%1000;var container=document.getElementById(slotId);container.style.width='100%';var ins=document.createElement('ins');ins.id=slotId+'-asloaded';ins.className='adsbygoogle ezasloaded';ins.dataset.adClient=pid;ins.dataset.adChannel=cid;if(ffid==2){ins.dataset.fullWidthResponsive='true';} Facing troubles on the street and problems with his home life, Dicky confronts his demons with crack addiction as a result of an HBO documentary dedicated to his poor decisions and substance abuse. She's joined by Michael Cieply and Brooks Barnes in Los Angeles, Larry Rohter on foreign-language films "I used to chase him around when I was 18 and he was 28," she says. "It's like shooting lightning bolts," he tells Stacey Gallagher, his nurse-practitioner, a green-eyed beauty Dicky calls his "girlfriend." "And he's having to see all of the lowest points of that life. His spiral into drugs and prison devastated the Eklund family his mother, Alice; his seven sisters; Micky. He's holding a soiled pair of boxing shoes. Unfortunately, the Eklund-Ward bunch's parents are no more. dickeklund Lowell, Massachusetts View profile dickeklund Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy. "I got CRS," he tells me, referring to his lateness. I take two and I wait six hours, but I suffer. and documentaries, Mekado Murphy on the technical craft of filmmaking and Rachel Lee Harris on costume design. "And it's all cleaning supplies." It's likely that he'll make more money from the film if its success continues he says he and Micky are splitting 3 percent of the film's back end but that could take a year or two, and he's looking for something more immediate. "He lives out in the Highlands," Dicky says of his half brother, "where all the fags live." But then he's back, banging the front door open and bounding down the steps. "We're close now," Micky says. No one wants that. Hence, much about Dicky's sons and daughter's education, family, and other details have not been revealed. is set and filmed. Since The Fighter's debut, Dicky has been offering training sessions through his website at $150 a pop, getting ready to sell custom T-shirts online, and lining up exhibition stunts, like going a few rounds with the former child-star train wreck at a Philadelphia community center, which he's hoping will net him $1,500. Sadly, Dicky's prospering boxing career came to an end due to his crack cocaine addiction. He also performed stunts inBlack Mass. He. (Sounds like a TBS reality series to us.) [11][12], The game Fight Night Round 3 (2006) features Ward and Gatti on the cover (PS2 and Xbox versions only). I didn't do it. And his life is a wonderful story and, alongside his brother Micky's, a wonderful story that takes fortitude to be able to see." His debut match was against Joe DeFayette, which he lost by 6-round decision. You shoulda seen it." He won the New England Welterweight title in October 1983, after defeating James Lucas. Steven Zeitchik is a former Los Angeles Times staff writer who covered film and the larger world of Hollywood for the paper from 2009 to 2017, exploring the personalities, issues, content and consequences of both the creative and business (and, increasingly, digital) aspects of our screen entertainment. I get so into it and tell the truth. Sugar was already a household name, having won several professional matches. Dicky cuts her short, his tone turning fevered as the promise of stronger pills slips away. L-UD. The former boxer's pro record was 19-10-0. I just had twins and I thought I was overweight, she said. The Fighter tells the true story of two half-brothers: boxer Micky Ward, played by Mark Wahlberg, and coach Dicky Eklund, who instead has the face of Christian Bale. ), This page was last edited on 10 November 2022, at 00:09. [2] He's excited about the "motivational" speaking engagements Ward has lined up for them, starting at some college in Florida. Dicky takes 20 minutes to say goodbye, as if he knows that his close-up is coming to an end. Eklund was portrayed by the famed actor Christian Bale, who won an Academy Award for his performance. But what happens after the film version ends is left uncertain. 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By now, the Dicky Eklund story is well known to the millions of moviegoers who've seen his family's drama played out with all its strained loyalties, front-porch melees, and quests for redemption. 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It's a raw inside look at people breaking the law and their lives by getting high in front of a camera. She would come up to me and say, Why are you saying that? Even if he is sometimes embarrassed by the close-up of his messy life, this is his moment. (The first and third fights landed both men in the hospital and each was crowned Ring magazine's Fight of the Year.) Lea reseas de productos sinceras e imparciales de nuestros usuarios. After his legendary match with Sugar Ray, his next big win was becoming the 1983 New England Welterweight Champ. And how much money does Micky Ward earn? Ward made approximately $3 million in earnings for his trilogy with Gatti; the most lucrative fights of his career. After retiring from professional boxing at the age of 28, Eklund started coaching and training boxers. However, several sites claim he earned $7,500 for that bout. He soon blew through it all and is now getting by on what little training he does. "The cops want me for that," he says. Leslie called the cops and Dicky was arrested, but the prosecution could not go forward because she again refused to testify. As the title suggests, Mr. Eklund is a proud father of three children,Dicky Eklund Jr., Tommy Eklund,andKerry Eklund Moore. "Alice is the rock in that family," says Mickey O'Keefe, the police sergeant who trained Ward, and in the movie version, clashes with Dicky over his drug use and mismanagement. But Alice goes nowhere. Micky has been doing these talks for years, and now prompted, in part, by the agency that handles Micky's speaking gigs Dicky will join him. Hynes Convention Center , Boston. It wasn't until Mark Wahlberg called to say he wanted to make a movie about him that Micky Ward realized he didn't own the rights to his life story. That HBO got this kind of access is amazing. "I don't know if I can deal with him," Micky confesses. It could be a train wreck. Find the US States - No Outlines Minefield. Currently, Dicky Eklund is 65 years, 0 months and 15 days old. Lowell hip hop artist D-Tension released the song, 'One Hit to the Body' which Micky used as his ring entrance music for the On May 18, 2002 Ward-Gatti bout. "That's my brother! 1957. He has a better idea upping his single-dosage pills from 15 milligrams to 30. Dicky Eklund, also known as "The Pride of Lowell," doesn't stand in the shadow of his brother's success. Richard Eklund Jr., more popular as Dicky Eklund, is an American former professional boxer who competed in the welterweight division. Dicky Eklund Jr. Career. We are going out to dinner, and she's laid out Dicky's clothes, as she does every night. And by the time it was over, the four women -- McDermott, Hunter, McMeekin and O'Brien (the last of whom didnt tell her sisterly costars that she had a famous brother until the end of the shoot) -- had become close friends, now talking several times a week and even vacationing together. Tom Berenger - Platoon en o papel d'o sarchento Barnes; . The fight was shown in the film The Fighter. Cara Buckley is your guide on the red carpet to the news and the nonsense of awards season, covering the Golden Globes, [9], The story of Ward's comeback and rise to fame was made into a 2010 feature film, The Fighter, starring Mark Wahlberg (who was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Actor) as Ward. Shortly before the punch, Emanuel Augustus said the fight should be stopped (which referee Mitch Halpern had threatened to do if Ward didn't "show [him] something"); afterwards Merchant called it one of the most extraordinary things he'd ever seen in boxing.[3]. But, you know, theyre big and Irish.. Dicky Eklund was born on 9th May 1957, in Lowell, Massachusetts to Alice Eklund-Ward and Richard Eklund Sr. . "I need someone to get me an ad. Article by ebiographypost.com All right reserved. Or rather, a production company working on behalf of Dicky did. The contract promised Micky Ward between $75,000 and $200,000, plus a small percentage of net profits from the film if it was made. LOWELL Lowell boxing legend Richard "Dicky" Eklund is being held without bail on attempted murder charges, after police say he strangled his longtime girlfriend during a fight e Dicky Eklund's girlfriend,a former nurse, called the cops on him in 2009 after he strangled her. Congratulations to Tim Tebow , Reggie Bush , Mark Richt and the entire 2023 College Football Hall of Fame class. Passed away: Alice Ward, the mother . USA New England Welter. Dicky was a scrappy Irish tough who danced and fidgeted his way through bouts and never suffered a single knockout. Dicky Eklund's mother later remarriedGeorge M. Ward Sr.,and together they raised him and his eight siblings, including Micky. The match ended with Sugar as a winner by unanimous decision. recalls Dicky, laughing. Micky Ward and Dickie Eklund Interview (2009) The real Micky Ward and his half-brother Dicky Eklund talk about their current relationship and who would have won in a fight if they would have been able to box one another when each was at his prime. Or it could be great. I love Kate, and Bianca [who lives in New York] has come up and visited me for the week with her children, and I talk to Erica once a day, McMeekin said. Welterweight from Lowell, Massachusetts. He tries one last angle, the best card in the Dicky Eklund arsenal of feints and jabs. His then wife Debbie (right) cheers him on. Dicky says the victim was throwing a punch at him when his nephew intervened. Four years ago, Paramount paid Dicky $193,000, in two installments, for his life rights and for participating in the film. Dicky Eklund Has Seven Sisters As per the movie 'The Fighter', based on Dicky and his half-brother's boxing career, Eklund has altogether seven sisters. Dicky says the victim was throwing a punch at him when his nephew intervened. This is my first involvement in a movie and Im blown out of the water, she said, pronouncing words like doubt and water with a thick-as-gravy Boston accent. Dalam film ini, Mark Wahlberg berperan sebagai Micky, adik tiri dari Dicky Eklund , yang pernah menjadi petinju hebat. His hard work saw him getting better in the ring and soon landed him in matches against renowned boxers. After Eklund's fighting career ended, he became the trainer of his half-brother, noted former boxer Micky Ward. She ain't sucking your dick.' On 26 August 1975, he fought his first professional match with Joe DeFayette, in which he lost by unanimous decision in the sixth round. An HBO camera crew is shooting a documentary about the former boxer, who became "The Pride of Lowell" when he bested Sugar Ray Leonard in a match. His kids have followed in his footsteps and are enjoying a quiet life too. 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