Boxing

The fight began with Vegas flair including stretch limo's and pyrotechnics.

Michael Buffer was there to get the crowd hyped but this crowd, a loud and rowdy crowd didn't need Buffer or beer for that matter

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The winner, and still middleweight champion of the world: Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. The Culiacan native gave his legendary father, Julio Cesar Chavez, a great Fathers' Day gift, beating Irish challenger Andy Lee by TKO after referee Laurence Cole stopped the fight in the 7th round.

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The talk leading up to the fight has been that not selling beer was going to hurt ticket sales.

Well it is 6:51 and as you can see from these pictures El Pasoans and people from the surrounding areas are showing up and it is getting better by the minute!

Nice job El Paso!

Abie Han showed everyone in the Sun Bowl why he is 16-0 with 10 KO's, as Han made easy work of Joesph Gomez at the 1:39 mark in the 4th round.

The hand speed of Han along with his counter punching proved to be the difference in the fight

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El Paso is no stranger when it comes to hosting huge boxing matches.  Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. takes on Andy Lee later on this evening for the WBC middleweight championship, adding their names to the many other famous fighters who have laced up their gloves here.

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Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., trainer Freddie Roach is in the middle of it all these days, and loving every minute. He was ringside for the unbelievable Manny Pacquiao decision, but we chose to look ahead -- and talk about Roach's life after HBO's "24/7".

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Reflecting some of boxing's brightest lights, El Paso's bling sparkled that much brighter Wednesday.

The Plaza Theater's organ belted out old time movie music as the grand old theater itself provided an artistic backdrop to what is usually a testosterone-drenched affair -- a boxing press conference. It was an interesting departure from the sterile conference rooms where these events are usually held.

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Under pressure, UT System Chancellor, Dr. Francisco Cigarroa, allowed the Chavez-Lee championship fight to go on in the Sun Bowl, but oddly banned the sale of beer in the stadium. If the threat of violence from the cartels was real, just what does Dr. Cigarroa think banning beer will do to stop them?

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Here is the complete video of both Julio Cesar Chavez Jr and Andy Lee speaking at today's press conference.

Here is a little back story on what you're about to watch. At around 11:30 a.m. on Monday, ABC-7's Asher Wildman texted me saying I had to show up at the Andy Lee workout so he could include me in his story. Seeing that I like to ham it up for the camera, I was more than h

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