Tusi se faʻaauau mo lenei palakalafa - O le Paramount Pictures' 2010 drama "The Fighter" o loʻo faʻamatalaina ai le tulaʻi mai o le uso laititi o Eklund o Micky Ward. Faʻatonutonuina e David O. Russell, o le ata tifaga fetu Christian Bale pei o Eklund ma Mark Wahlberg pei o Ward. I le 2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards
, Eklund faia se faaaliga faateia i luga o le tulaga ma Christian Bale e pei o le mulimuli taliaina le taui mo Aloaia Lagolagoina Actor mo lona ata o Eklund. Na manumalo foʻi Bale i le Golden Globe ma le Academy Award mo lana faatinoga. I lana lauga o le taliaina o le Academy Award, na ia faafetai ai iā Eklund ma Ward, o ē sa iai i le aofia.