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Article: Fight to the finish: Ballance, Borich cap Suzuki GNCC season with classic battle.(Bill Ballance, Chris Borich)
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- ATV Sport
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
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Move over Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran. Look out Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. There are a couple of proven fighters attracting the attention of sports fans. They wear head gear and gloves, too, only they exchange blows at speeds in excess of 40 MPH as they dice through trees and chug through mud. It seems every time Bill Ballance and Chris Borich compete in a Grand National Cross Country ATV race, their duel is called an "instant classic" or "the best battle ever."
For the last few years, Borich, the super-fast challenger with tons of potential, has traded blows with Ballance and given the champ his best shots. In the end, however, even though Ballance ...