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Article: American is training Iraqi boxers for Olympic games.
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- March 23, 2004
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Byline: Phillip O'Connor
HILLA, Iraq _ Maurice "Termite" Watkins came to Iraq a year ago to kill bugs. Now, he's trying to lead the Iraqi National Boxing Team to a comeback.
Watkins, an exterminator and car salesman from Houston, is a former Golden Gloves champion whose athletic experience was tapped to aim the boxers' sights on Athens and this summer's Olympic Games.
"Iraq is back!" said Watkins, echoing the phrase that has become the rallying cry for the rag-tag bunch of Olympic hopefuls.
The team already tallied a huge victory by winning one of two wild card spots offered to 32 countries for this summer's games, ensuring that an ...
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