# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dicky-eklund
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:07:41.632Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dicky-eklund"
name: "Dicky Eklund"
slug: "dicky-eklund"
description: "Richard Eklund Jr. is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1975 to 1985. Known as \"The Pride of Lowell,\" he held the USA New England welterweight title twice between 1979 and 1983. He is the half-brother and former trainer of former WBU champion Micky Ward. The 2010 biopic The Fighter is based on the two brothers' life."
tagline: "American former professional boxer, born 1957"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dicky_Eklund.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1957-05-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.67
  momentum:             0.6147962096129695
  historical:           8.336086666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2690217/"
    handle:    "nm2690217"
sources:
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    title: "Эклунд, Дикки"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A_%D8%A5%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "ديكي إكلوند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ديكى اكلوند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Eklund"
    title: "Dick Eklund"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicky_Eklund"
    title: "Dicky Eklund"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "دیکی اکلوند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Eklund"
    title: "Dick Eklund"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicky_Eklund"
    title: "Dicky Eklund"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3706983"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2636666"
    title: "Dicky Eklund"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump