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Chris Algieri will complete a rags-to-riches ‘real-life Rocky' story when he fights Manny Pacquiao this weekend.
A year ago, on November 2, he nearly quit boxing. The would-be doctor from Long Island, New York, had just watched heavyweight Magomed Abdusalamov almost die in the Madison Square Garden ring against Mike Perez.
Abdusalamov, a Russian, went ten gruelling rounds with Perez, suffering fractures to his cheekbones and hands. The next day he was in a coma after emergency surgery to remove a blood clot on the brain.
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A year ago, on November 2, he nearly quit boxing. The would-be doctor from Long Island, New York, had just watched heavyweight Magomed Abdusalamov almost die in the Madison Square Garden ring against Mike Perez.
Abdusalamov, a Russian, went ten gruelling rounds with Perez, suffering fractures to his cheekbones and hands. The next day he was in a coma after emergency surgery to remove a blood clot on the brain.
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