Bruce Pascoe
6 articles · AZStarnet.com
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A dream night for Oscar Valdez, who keeps belt with decision over Genesis Servania
By Bruce Pascoe
For a kid who made one of his first public appearances in the 2003 Tucson Turquoise Gloves amateur boxing tournament as a 12-year-old, Oscar Valdez had just about everything he could have…
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Controversy sells for boxer Jesse Hart, who fights ‘ordinary Joe’ in Tucson on Friday
By Bruce Pascoe
While working toward a long-awaited WBO title shot Friday, Philadelphia boxer Jesse Hart has been making sure his other career is in pretty good shape, too. That is, promoting. Well before Hart…
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Friday night fight ‘a chance for the people to see who Oscar Valdez is’
By Bruce Pascoe
For Oscar Valdez, Friday?s fight card at Tucson Arena is about returning home with a belt in hand, and having no plans to give it up. For the sport of boxing, it?s…
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Tucson boxer Oscar Valdez eager to fight for ‘dreamers,’ show they belong in America
By Bruce Pascoe
Tucson-bred boxer Oscar Valdez has a grandfather facing deportation within a month and frightened family members stuck in DACA uncertainty. A successful ?dreamer? in a more traditional sense, able to bring his…
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Conor who? Promoter Bob Arum, boxer Oscar Valdez promise better value on Tucson fight
By Bruce Pascoe
Tucson-bred featherweight Oscar Valdez likes to study tons of fighters, but he didn?t need much to form an opinion of Floyd Mayweather Jr.?s challenger Saturday. ?Just by little clips I?ve seen of…
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Popular Marquez has point to prove
By Bruce Pascoe
The viewership projections are staggering, but Mexican super featherweight boxer Juan Manuel Marquez does not need to see them. The street vendors in Mexico City already gave him a pretty good idea…