Bale took Best Supporting Actor in 2011 for his role in The Fighter alongside Mark Wahlberg - who played Eklund's brother Micky Ward. It followed the story of how Eklund went from hometown hero ...

The Fighter is a drama about boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer on the ...

Eklund is eventually bailed and starts training brother Micky for a fight. And after Ward wins a bout, Eklund said: "I could've been probably up close to the champion of the world, maybe.