Insider Notebook: Genaro Defeats Cancer, Margarito Appeal

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Man, I'm so happy for Genaro. I wish him the best.

[supRa]

good 2 hear from hernadez

[Libido Sanchez]

Genaro, you have an incredible will to fight that hard. I wish you the best, sir. Hope you recover fully and get completely well soon.

[dondi330]

Great news for Genaro and on the opposite side of the spectrum is the lowly Margarito, that is now going to use the ignorance plea.

[2501]

damn thats ****en ill (no pun intended). he must feel like he has a new lease on life. great news.

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Amazing! This kind of stuff makes me immensely happy.

Go Chicanito!!!!!!

[Spacey1991]

This is fantastic news, good for him! Now he can carry on his life and do whatever he wants!

[strugler]

By Robert Morales - It was 3:15 p.m. Wednesday on the West Coast. The phone rang and it was longtime publicist Bill Caplan calling from M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Seconds later, Caplan handed the phone over to former junior lightweight world champion Genaro "Chicanito" Hernandez, who for the past six months has been battling rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare soft-tissue cancer.

To say Hernandez had good news would be an understatement of gargantuan proportions.

"I have no more tumor in my sinus area," said Hernandez, who spoke in whispered tones because the radiation treatments damaged his vocal chords. "The doctor today told me that the cancer seems to have been defeated. I got the final result 15 minutes ago. The only thing they're worried about is that I am still weighing only about 120 pounds and I that I have to continue the chemotheraphy treatments."

We spoke to Hernandez for about 10 minutes, during which time he briefly cried.

"Oh, wow, tears of joy," said Hernandez, when asked his first thoughts when his doctor gave him the good news. "I was thinking about all the support, the people that have prayed for me. It was God's will for me to survive what at one point was a deadly disease. [details]

Happy for genaro and his family.

[Dan...]

Great to hear.

[My Name Is...]

God is Good.... God is Great....

Cong**** Genaro... You are not only a champ in boxing... But in life also....

May you be blessed on the road that is the rest of your life.....