Micky Ward
Micky Ward
George Michael "Micky" Ward, Jr., often known as "Irish" Micky Ward, is an American former professional boxer who held the WBU light welterweight title. He is widely known for his three fights with Arturo Gatti, as well as the 2010 feature film based on his early career titled The Fighter, in which he is portrayed by Mark Wahlberg...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionBoxer
Date of Birth4 October 1965
CityLowell, MA
CountryIreland
achieved easiest gave guys round seventh weak
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 quit.
deck outdoor
I'm back in Boston. I own an outdoor deck hockey rink, and I own a boxing gym here also.
hard trained worked
I always felt that if I did the right thing, that if I trained hard and worked hard, I'd be rewarded somehow.
god good
When things are good, you should be thanking God. I don't do enough of that. But if you get things, you should thank Him, not just take, take, take. He really listens.
emotional gotta highs walk
Emotional hurt, you gotta let that go. Walk away and let it be. So many highs and lows, but if you keep being down, you'll never get up.
believe rewarded whether
You give to get. Whether it's helping someone or training a kid, I believe you will be rewarded in some way.
age hard possibly punch ran smarter trained
I trained as hard as I could, I ran as much as I could, I sparred hard, I did everything right. I did everything I could possibly do at the age when I could fight. You have to be realistic; you can't say, 'Oh, I am smarter now, older and I can punch harder.' You think you can, but you can't.
beaten either man shape
I never lost a fight because I wasn't in shape or because I wasn't ready. I lost because I was either beaten by a man better than me, or it wasn't my night.
fights follow huge life single watch watching
I don't watch every fight; I am not huge on watching fights on TV. Because I did it my whole life. But I do watch the big fights. I follow the little fights too, sometimes; I just don't have to watch every single fight that happens.