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Fights resume in Nicaragua because boxers have to eat

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A man wearing a protective face mask looks at a fight organized by Nicaraguan two-time world box champion Rosendo "Búfalo" Álvarez in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday, April 25, 2020. [AP]

With the world pretty much devoid of sports events because of the coronavirus pandemic, boxing resumed in Nicaragua on Saturday night with a televised eight-fight card in front of a live, though sparse audience in Managua.

Promoter Rosendo Álvarez, a former two-time world champion, had dismissed the threat of the virus,

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