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. The police charged Dicky with assault with attempt to murder a charge commonly applied when an alleged assault includes strangulation. The fastest win of his career came against C.J. Through his own 10-year professional career as a welterweight from 1975-1985, Eklund had a total of 19 wins out of 29 fights, four of which were won by . Susan Dugay said her son and Eklund spent about 10 minutes talking, with Eklund showing him some boxing moves. "They go up to 80 milligrams," he says, whining. Dick Eklund. People of Lowell, Massachusetts. It was a little weird.. (He says that his goal with the sister actresses, as it was for everyone else in the movie, was to put a ferocity and passion into the role and make this community feel real.) After the sisters had been cast in the Lowell-based film, they found themselves in an unusual position -- playing characters in a place where everybody knew their real-life counterparts. He went the distance against Leonard, who eventually won the fight by unanimous decision. Wonderland Greyhound Park, Revere, Massachusetts, U.S. Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. Sheraton Inn, Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. Resorts International, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. Harrah's at Trump Plaza, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. "'You're a fucker, but you nailed it.'" 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. "And it's all cleaning supplies." He is careful to note what his recent efforts at pain relief have not included: crack, which he has smoked off and on for years. When the nameDicky Eklundis mentioned, many people might have different impressions. [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. One year later, Ward again would come up short in a title fight, as he lost a 12-round decision against Zab Judah. But right now, Dicky needs something a little stronger than adulation. Shortly after 3 pm, Dicky bursts into the room, dancing like an overserved wedding guest, arms in front of him circling, like he's churning butter, his knees pumping what looks like a jig. "Not bad for 22, huh?" For a moment, the briefest second or two, it's quiet. He also earned three Golden Glove titles to his name. The entry hall is bare but for two large photo posters: one of a sweaty Dicky hugging his bloody brother in the ring after a fight, and the other a faux fight poster from the movie. A sucker-punch incident here, a bar fight there. Now he trains fighters at Micky's. Overall, Dicky has experienced many highs and lows, including the end of his boxing career and being incarcerated. ", While the script was being hammered out, Dicky and Micky moved in with Wahlberg in L.A. so they could coach the two actors in the ring in Wahlberg's home gym. "Yeah, but probably just once," he jokes. They settled in the Acre neighborhood of Lowell, Massachusetts and worked as laborers and millworkers. They all hang around and repeat what Alice says or say what Alice wants to hear. You shoulda seen it." Eklund was also featured on the HBO documentary High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell which showed his fall from boxing grace because of his addiction to crack cocaine. . Similarly, he must have earned notably from his other fights as well. But go and try to get 50 bucks a month for your electric bill or gas bill and you can't get it. The two had a daughter together. In the ninth round, the fighters got wrapped up and Leonard tripped, which was counted as a trip by the referee. Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. Split TD after Leija was cut from an accidental head clash. Micky Ward Facts & Wiki Where does Micky Ward live? [1] He never defended the belt once. Is there an issue? The pattern continued last summer. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.. [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. From his crack cocaine smoking days to now working as a trainer, one can imagine the number of struggles Eklund had to face to reach where he is now. into the fight. Eklund's most notable fight was on July 18, 1978, against Sugar Ray Leonard at the Hynes Memorial Auditorium in Boston, Massachusetts. Richard Eklund Jr. (born May 3, 1957) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1975 to 1985. Watch more top videos, highlights, and B/R original content Eklund's biggest fight in his career was. 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 go into a bar or into the drug house and get anything I want thousand dollars' worth of stuff. Dicky Eklund is an American athlete and former professional boxer. (Sounds like a TBS reality series to us.) 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. Four years ago, Paramount paid Dicky $193,000, in two installments, for his life rights and for participating in the film. Once they learned that she'd survived and had been put on a ventilator, they piled into the car to say goodbye while they still had the chance. Nikki Lastreto & Swami Chaitanya Biography 2023, Relationships, Career, and More. Born on May 3rd, 1957, Dicky is currently 65 years old. 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. They then agreed to a third straight fight, and again, the fight was back and forth. "'Vanilla Thrillas': Modern Boxing and White-Ethnic Masculinity," Journal of Sport and Social Issues 34:4 (November, 2010), 418437. he discussed with The Fighter star Amy Adams recently, Academy Deems Original Scores Too Unoriginal. Imagine her," he says to me, "when I'm speaking? With my record I could have got 25 to life. Soon after, he began to fight people nearly twice his age. Melissa was our mother 24-7. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Movies Movie Titles. Dicky often worked with Bale on the set as a boxing coach and authenticity consultant and he didn't always like what he saw. [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. so it wasnt that hard for me to look like I might have more siblings. Or that they were ornery (in a funny way, of course). And despite the searing pain in his back, he's determined to make the most of it. "I don't know if I can deal with him," Micky confesses. For his role, Bale even took home an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. I definitely want representation. Jokingly, he provides his own voice-over: "'Yeah, yeah. Photo Source: Wikimedia Commons. ", The 53-year-old suffers from herniated disks in his lumbar spine that impinge on his nerves. After retiring from professional boxing at the age of 28, Eklund started coaching and training boxers. It even caused him to spend some time behind bars. The former boxer leads a modest life away from media glamour. But these ladies were tough. There he goes again!'". Though no information is available about his parents, he has seven sisters, Cindy, Cathy, Alice, Donna, Phyllis, Sherri, and Gail Eklund. 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. 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. Dicky did. The fight was later named the 2002 Ring magazine fight of the year. He'd rather not do any of it in the shape he's in. Dicky laughs: "There were thousands of girls chasing me then." [1] He is the half-brother and former trainer of former WBU champion Micky Ward. Which is how he appeared at the Academy Awards the other night, tuxedo-clad and beaming, as Christian Bale told a billion people to go to Eklund's website. "When push comes to shove, don't mess with . "I got CRS," he tells me, referring to his lateness. "Our house before this was nice," Leslie tells me. He became WBU Intercontinental Light Welterweight Champion, and made it to the Championship fight for the 1997 IBF Light Welterweight. Micky's Corner is less of a boxing gym than a room on the second floor of a Gold's Gym behind a cluster of condos backed up by a reedy patch near US Route 3, a highway that runs south 30 miles to Boston. Then he says, "Hang on," and runs up the stairs to his apartment. It was about Dicky and Micky. He is also known to be the half-brother of the 2000 WBU champion,Micky Ward. "It's like shooting lightning bolts," he tells Stacey Gallagher, his nurse-practitioner, a green-eyed beauty Dicky calls his "girlfriend." His mother was his older half- brother's manager, Dicky Eklund, who was a recognized successful boxer in Massachusetts, having participated in 190 amateur fights. L-UD. But, see, I can't do that anymore.". No one wants that. The former boxer's pro record was 19-10-0. Ward signed the contract while preparing for his third fight against Arturo Gatti and, he said at the time, "I signed it to get Dicky out of my hair." He mentions to her that another doctor gave him a larger dosage of the oxycodone than Gallagher had prescribed. Amy [Adams] and Mark were cool. [2] The 2010 biopic The Fighter is based on the two brothers' fall and rise to the boxing title. That would be awesome. Moreover, Dicky trained Micky in certain phases of his career. "She thinks every girl in the world is gonna rape me.") Almost everyone whos seen The Fighter has come out talking about the sisters, the six (or is it seven?) The sad tale of boxer Dicky Eklund has been well-chronicled on screens both big and small. In The Los Angeles Times, Steve Zeitchik takes a look at the actresses some professional, some not who round out the Ward-Eklund clan, many of them chosen from the 3,000 people who turned up for an open casting call in Lowell, Mass., where the movie 297 Days 04 Hours 29 Minutes 29 Seconds Recent Birthday Highlights 55th birthday - Wednesday, May 9, 2012 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. 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. Again, both men needed a trip to the hospital, due to the injuries they suffered. "Push! "Gimme that right and up. The woman had bruises on her arm and chest after. His arm lingers. who plays Beaver, said she didnt need to do much research into her part. His maternal great-grandmother Annie Greenhalge (Carroll) was born in Ireland, the daughter of Michael and Mary (Flood) Carroll. Keep in touch witheBiographyPostfor more updates onCelebrity News,Celebrity Bio, Net WorthBusinessperson,Sports,Crime, and Rumor. "Those women were ugly," says 47-year-old Alice Eklund, who, like her sisters, received $500 for participating in the film. Bale, who had grown close to Dicky during the filming and still calls him a few times a week was troubled by Dicky's reaction, so they set up a public screening for him in New Jersey a few weeks later so that he could see for himself how an actual audience would respond. "You watch that fight on YouTube," he crows, "and tell me I don't know how to do the job.". Micky gets the word at his hotel in New York and arranges to fly in on an 11 pm flight. Sadly, Dicky's prospering boxing career came to an end due to his crack cocaine addiction. Profession: Actor Known For: Patriots Day (2016), Black Mass (2015) and Silver Linings Playbook (2012) Net Worth: USD $1 million (approx) Family & Relatives. Known as the 'Pride of Lowell', he is a former New England Welterweight Champion. Born In: Lowell, Massachusetts, United States, children: Jr., Kerry Eklund, Richard Eklund, Tommy Eklund. Dicky is a live wire in need of grounding. 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. Dickie Eklund (left) smiles before the Sugar Ray fight. "They want me to train Mark Wahlberg for a fight with Will Smith!" The Fighter adalah film biografi aksi tentang Micky Ward, seorang petinju dari Lowell, Massachusetts. 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. Dicky Eklund is dating his long-time partner Leslie Stephens. "Wow, what a miracle." Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, he had a fighting career that lasted for ten years, after which he became a trainer for his brother, Micky Ward, who is a former WBU Champion. Record 19-10-0, 4 KO. That HBO got this kind of access is amazing. He's not going out because he gets the headlines, and they don't.". He needs to find time to sign them for me.". She's joined by Michael Cieply and Brooks Barnes in Los Angeles, Larry Rohter on foreign-language films Eklund was portrayed by Christian Bale; a role which won Bale the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. . During one scene, in which cops are beating Bale's character outside a restaurant, Dicky's real sister Gail came screaming up to the actor-cops. He is the half-brother and former trainer of former WBU champion Micky Ward. I got them out of the trash. The fight was a wild one, but a ninth round Ward knockdown of Gatti proved to be the difference, with Ward winning a majority decision. His most notable moment in the ring came in 1978, when he knocked down Sugar Ray Leonard in a 10-round fight that he ultimately lost by unanimous decision. Send a Message Reason: None KYCubbie Jun 20th 2017 at 12:24:44 AM Cara Buckley is your guide on the red carpet to the news and the nonsense of awards season, covering the Golden Globes, On 26 August 1975, he fought his first professional match with Joe DeFayette, in which he lost by unanimous decision in the sixth round. Ballon d'Or Winners by Age. Theyre like my real sisters. (The other three women -- Jill Quigg, Jenna Lamia and Dendrie Taylor -- move in a somewhat different orbit. 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. Faison in Montreal, Canada on February 10, 1981. See About archive blog posts. Sugar was already a household name, having won several professional matches. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. Everyone wants to see all the golden moments. "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. Richard Eklund Jr. (born May 3, 1957) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1975 to 1985. In the next few days, she ends up making the type of miraculous recovery that The Fighter would probably script for her. I definitely want to take it to the next level, without a doubt. His famous fight to date was againstSugar Ray Leonardon July 18, 1978. "That's out of the question. "There's a 30 milligram pill," Dicky offers hopefully. The circular design of the power strip allows for the 15" to coil up inside the body of the productmaking it easy to wrap up and throw in a bag to take with you when traveling. says Bale. "But, you know, we have to keep each other at arm's length sometimes. 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