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IBF bans Lazarte after ring riot, threat

  February 17, 2012

The International Boxing Federation banned Argentine boxer Luis Lazarte after a riot that disrupted a junior flyweight title fight between Lazarte and Filipino boxer Jonriel Casimero last Friday near Buenos Aires. Lazarte, 40, whose loss to Casimero, 22, helped incite the incident in which chairs were thrown into the ring by his hometown fans, threatened to kill referee Eddie ...

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