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CARLOS ORTIZ vs. ESTEBAN DE JESUS

By admin | Published: January 14, 2012

By Jim Amato / Senior Boxing Writer How do they keep turning out such great fighters ? Jose Torres, Wilfredo Gomez, Wilfred Benitez, Felix Trinidad and now Miguel Cotto. Puerto Rico has put their stamp on the fistic map! In the forty five years I’ve followed the great sport of boxing I’ve seen two lightweights that [...]

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What if Joe Frazier had Fought Ron Lyle?

By admin | Published: January 14, 2011
Joe Frazier & Eddie Futch-crop

Joe Frazier and legendary trainer Eddie Futch < photo courtesy Eva Futch > By Jim Amato / Senior Boxing Writer What happens when the unstoppable force meets the unmovable object? Let me rephrase that. What would have happened if Joe Frazier and Ron Lyle would have hooked up in the mid-1970′s? It is too bad [...]

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