Collected Wisdom: Micky Ward, retired boxer
“Irish” Micky Ward is a retired American junior welterweight professional boxer and former World Boxing Union champion.
His life and boxing career were featured in the 2010 movie, “ The Fighter ,” for which Christian Bale won an Oscar for his portrayal of Ward's drug-addicted half-brother, Dicky Eklund , who persuaded Ward to take up the sport again after quitting.
The movie's climax is Ward's...
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