Prior to his retirement from boxing in 2003, Micky Ward had spent close to twenty years battling one tough opponent after another. His three epic brawls with Arturo Gatti will forever be a part of ...

Legendary Lowell boxer and former welterweight champion “Irish” Micky Ward, famous for absorbing the toughest blows in the ring during his 15-year career, opened up to the Herald in an exclusive ...

Sep. 15—WATERTOWN — A photograph of former junior welterweight boxers Micky Ward and Arturo Gatti, waging battle in one of the most thrilling non-title fights in history, sits above the training timer ...

After retiring from boxing following his third fight with Arturo Gatti in 2003, “Irish” Micky Ward underwent surgery on both of his eyes in order to repair blurred peripheral vision that was both the ...

“I knocked a lot of guys out from the seventh round on — so if I gave up, I would never have achieved what I did. There was no giving up. It’s weak to give up. The easiest thing in the world is to ...

Mark Wahlberg considers his upcoming movie 'The Fighter' based on Irish Micky Ward the proudest achievement of his career. That is quite some statement given that Wahlberg has produced such monstrous ...

Micky Ward has revealed that there was talk of having ‘The Fighter’ sequel, which would focus on his three-fights with Arturo Gatti. The 2010 film featured Mark Wahlberg as Ward, as he starred ...

After boxing legend Arturo Gatti was found dead in a Brazilian hotel room last week, his ring rival and friend “Irish” Micky Ward said that part of him died also. This summer, Ward and Gatti were ...

Scott Brown’s plans for an endorsement today by famed Lowell boxer Micky Ward, of “The Fighter” fame, were cancelled after Ward said he learned about the Massachusetts Republican’s stance on labor ...