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12/29/2007 Archived Entry: "Thanks to OIAM's James, area boxing is on the upswing"

Thanks to OIAM's James, area boxing is on the upswing

December 23, 2007
By Steve T. Gorches, Post-Tribune staff writer
Courtesy of the Post-Tribune of Northwest Indiana

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Octavius James with female boxer Terry Blair (Juan C. Ayllon photo)


Let me preface the next 750 words or so by saying I don't like boxing.

It's a violent sport that has lost its luster over the years since legends such as Sugar Ray Leonard, Julio Cesar Chavez or Mike Tyson (before he went looney) retired.

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