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Bolo master, Pinoy Garcia longshot for boxing Hall as Tyson, Chavez enter

You would think that recording an eyepppoing 100 victories in a pro boxing ring would qualify a fighter for easy and automatic admission to the International Boxing Hall Of Fame.

Ceferino Garcia, who claimed to be the inventor of the bolo punch and who won 102 bouts while notching 67 KOs, is back on the ball for enshrinement in upstate New York again.

This year’s ballot leads off with three “no brainer” selections, Iron Mike Tyson, Julio Cesar Chavez and Kostya Tszyu.

Maybe there will be a Manny Pacquiao effect which can help pull Pinoy Garcia, only man from his country to ever hold a world middleweight title, along.

It would be nice see this Pinoy precede Pacman into the hall in Canastota.

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