Immortalised in the 2010 movie, The Fighter, legendary welterweight boxer, ‘Irish’ Micky Ward more than earned the right to be played by a Hollywood hard man like Mark Wahlberg.
Ward’s professional boxing career spanned no less than 18 years, with 38 wins from 51 fights, including 27 knock-outs, with victory often coming via his devastating trademark left hook to the body. He became WBU Intercontinental Light Welterweight champion and WBU Welterw...