The Fighter's true story of Dicky Eklund and Micky Ward helps to solidify it as a truly special boxing movie, depicting the complexities of family, addiction, and the relentless pursuit of a dream.

The Fighter is based on the true story of Lowell, Massachusetts, light welterweight champ "Irish" Micky Ward, but, starring Boston working-class hero Mark Wahlberg, it plays as a Rocky-fied fairy ...

Some might get stuck on one picture of Alice Ward in The Fighter, the boxing biopic about Lowell native Micky Ward’s unlikely road to the world light-welterweight title. The film is in the ...

The film, "The Fighter," is now available on video. Mark Wahlberg plays boxer Micky Ward, Christian Bale (Best Supporting Actor) is his goofy crackhead half-brother, Melissa Leo (Best Supporting ...

BOSTON (CBS) - Former boxer Micky Ward of Lowell may be 45 years old now, but he's still swinging away. His hard-knocks story is chronicled in the new movie, "The Fighter" starring Dorchester ...

The Fighter is based on the true story of light-welterweight champ "Irish" Micky Ward from Lowell, Massachusetts. But starring Boston working-class hero Mark Wahlberg, it plays as a Rocky-fied fairy ...

Ward overcame a difficult family and a struggling city to become world champion. Jan. 28, 2011 — -- In the ring he is "Irish" Micky Ward, at home in Massachusetts he is "The Pride of Lowell ...

Long before he ever put on a pair of boxing gloves, Micky Ward was standing up and ... As a film, “The Fighter” is a sturdy, solid slugger — but not quite a champ. If you purchase a product ...

Half-brothers Dicky Eklund (left), 53, and Micky Ward, 45. The Fighter director David O. Russell asked acclaimed photographer Danielle Levitt to document the people of gritty Lowell, Mass.

The Fighter—a film starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale—chronicles the lives of former professional boxers “Irish” Micky Ward and his older brother Dickie Eklund, is scheduled to ...