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Lontchi to honor Michael Jackson

By Dan Rafael

Saturday, June 27, 2009

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- The reach of Michael Jackson, who died Thursday at age 50, was worldwide. All the way to the African country of Cameroon. That's where Olivier Lontchi grew up before moving to Montreal, where he relocated to as an adult to pursue his professional boxing career. Lontchi (18-0-2, 8 KOs) will challenge Puerto Rico's Juan Manuel Lopez (25-0, 23 KOs) for a junior featherweight title Saturday night in the main event of Top Rank's "Latin Fury 9" pay-per-view, and Jackson's musi ...

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