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John withdraws from bout with Juarez

By Dan Rafael
ESPN.com

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Featherweight titleholder Chris John withdrew from a June 27 title defense because of an unspecified blood problem, adviser Sampson Lewkowicz told ESPN.com Sunday night. Indonesian John has been in the United States for more than a month training in Los Angeles for a HBO-televised rematch against Houston's Rocky Juarez (28-4-1, 20 KOs). The two fought to a controversial draw on Feb. 28 in Houston, but most ringside observers thought John clearly won. After three rounds of sparring on Saturday, ...

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