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George Michael Micky Ward (born October 4 1965) sometimes nicknamed Irish Micky Ward is a retired American junior welterweight professional boxer and a former WBU champion from Lowell Massachusetts. He is widely known for his three fights with Arturo Gatti as well as from the 2010 feature film based on his career titled The Fighter in which he is portrayed by Mark Wahlberg.Micky is the younger half-brother of Dicky Eklund.