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Dicky Eklund was born January 1, 1958 and is a former welterweight boxer from the mill city of Lowell, Massachusetts. He is known as "The Pride of Lowell". His most notable fight was on July 18, 1978 against Sugar Ray Leonard at the Hynes Memorial Auditorium in Boston, Massachusetts. He went the distance against Leonard, but lost the fight by unanimous decision. Eklund's fighting career spanned 10 years from 1975–1985, during which he compiled a professional career record of 19 wins, including 4 by knockout, and 10 losses.
Eklund became addicted to crack cocaine and his fighting career ended in 1985. HBO's film America Undercover documented his life for a period of 18 months. The documentary, named High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell, followed Eklund and two other crack addicts in Lowell as their lives spiraled out of control. It ended with Eklund receiving a 10-15 year sentence for breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony, kidnapping, masked armed robbery, and several other crimes.
Eklund's troubles with violence and drugs continued. He was arrested for crack possession in 2006 and again in 2009 for domestic assault and attempted murder. Although Eklund's girlfriend, the victim of the 2009 offense, recanted her story, the case will still be prosecuted.
Eklund is the half-brother of the noted fighter Micky Ward. After Eklund's fighting career ended, he became Ward's full-time trainer for 26 fights from Ward's professional debut in 1985 until his first retirement in 1991. Three of Ward's post-retirement fights were voted fight of the year by Ring Magazine. Eklund served as Ward's trainer until his retirement after his third fight with Arturo Gatti on June 7, 2003. Ward's biography, written by Bob Halloran and entitled Irish Thunder: The Hard Life and Times of Micky Ward, discusses much of Eklund's life and career.
The Fighter, a film starring Christian Bale as Eklund and Mark Wahlberg as younger brother Micky Ward, was released on December 10, 2010. The film chronicles the brothers growing up in Lowell, and how Eklund pushed Ward back into the ring after his early retirement leading to the three bouts with Gatti.
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