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El Paso featherweight boxer Antonio Escalante added another impressive win to his resume with a second round knockout of Leonilo Miranda in San Antonio Saturday night.

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Happy 4th of July!  Welcome to the debut of Ice Time with the "Ice Man" Brandon Cohn.  Today's topics include City Council's recent decision to build a minor league baseball stadium downtown, Tiger Woods' 3 PGA Tour victories this year, NBA free agency, Spain winning the European Championship, Nevada reviewing the Bradley vs

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Saturday night was a great night -- for El Paso, for boxing and more. There were winners. There were losers, too. And there were those who saluted Dr. Francisco Cigarroa's ridiculous Sun Bowl beer ban in their own special way...

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After all the controversy surrounding it, the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr./Andy Lee fight took place without any problems this past Saturday at the Sun Bowl.  The weather was great and it was a great night of boxing!

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One of boxing's legendary trainers made a special in-studio appearance to 600 ESPN El Paso Sportstalk. Freddie Roach, who was preparing Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. for his WBC Middleweight title defense talked boxing.

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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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Everyone is getting ready and the crowd is starting to file in!

I will be back soon!!

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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