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17 de sept. de 2023 · Mickey O’Keefe was in Ward’s corner when he won the World Boxing Union’s Intercontinental light welterweight title against Louis Veader in Boston in 1996. It’s a championship that Ward...
17 de sept. de 2023 · On Thursday, with loved ones and VA staff by his side, Mickey O’keefe took his final breaths. “He certainly left a legacy for the entire city,” Brian O’keefe said. “Everybody, from all walks of life knew my father as a person, as a police sergeant, as a boxing coach, and just as a great human being.”.
20 de feb. de 2011 · Especially for a regular Joe like Mickey O'Keefe, a veteran Lowell police officer who never acted a lick in his life. But when Mark Wahlberg is in your corner saying you've got acting...
Mickey O'Keefe. Actor: The Fighter. Mickey O'Keefe was born and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, the youngest child in a family of Irish Catholic descent. He served on Lowell's police force for over 30 years (retiring as a sergeant), served in the military before that, and was a Golden Gloves champion in his younger days.
15 de sept. de 2022 · Mickey O'Keefe was a boxer who inspired the character of Dicky Eklund in the movie The Fighter. Learn how he sold his life rights, worked with Mark Wahlberg, and faced addiction and crime.
Police Sgt. Mickey O’Keefe is a Lowell, MA native, a Golden Gloves champion, and a boxing trainer. He played himself in the film The Fighter, based on the true story of his proteges, the Ward brothers.
Mickey O'Keefe was a former police sergeant, boxer and actor from Lowell, Massachusetts. He died in 2023 and appeared in the film The Fighter (2010) as himself.
