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Article: Boxing's Big Fight History Steeped In Mexican Independence Day Tradition
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- La Prensa San Diego
- Article date:
- September 18, 2009
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Mexico's #1 Fighter Juan Manuel "Dinamita" Marquez to Follow in the Footsteps of Mexican Warriors In and Out of the Ring
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