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Referee Joe Cortez, Boxing’s Lucky Survivor of COVID-19

Joe Cortez survives Corona

Referee Joe Cortez, Boxing’s Lucky Survivor of COVID-19 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent   From Eddie Cotton to cut man Nelson Cuevas, form trainer Ali Harrison to middleweight contender Juan Domingo Roldan, the covid-19 Novel Coronavirus did not discriminate in claiming the lives of many significant individuals in boxing and the […]

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RCM HISTORICAL BOXING: Significant Early Refereed Bouts of Referee Joe Cortez

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Significant Early Refereed Bouts of Referee Joe Cortez By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent   Between 1980 and 2012, Joe Cortez refereed 883 professional boxing contests.  His first professional bout as a referee featured future World Featherweight champion Juan LaPorte. Bouts with such names as Marvis Frazier, Michael Spinks, Johnny Bumphus, Jeff […]

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