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    Jul 23, 2020 3 minutes

    5 RAY MANCINI w rsf 6 ERNESTO ESPANA

    July 24, 1982; Mollenkopf Stadium, Warren, OH

    AY “BOOM BOOM” MANCINI, circa 1982, was among the brightest young stars in America. Just 21 years old and with a face still learning how to sprout whiskers, Mancini was already WBA lightweight champion, even finding time to rebound from a punishing 14-round loss to Alexis Arguello in 1981. Espana was the perfect fodder for Mancini’s first defence. A former titlist – he was the beneficiary of Roberto Duran vacating the lightweight belts in 1979 – but fairly low

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