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CARSON, CA

DECEMBER 11

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IF there is nothing sweeter in boxing than when the underdog defeats the favourite, then consider that a close second is when an ageing veteran, deep into the winter of his twilight years, gets the better of his younger cohorts. In recent years, the examples of Bernard Hopkins, Floyd Mayweather Jnr, and Manny Pacquiao spring immediately to mind. But the undeniable posterchild for defying Father Time currently is 39-year-old Filipino-American , whose left hand is possibly the surest thing in

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