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    Andy Ruiz Jr.'s victory a breakthrough moment for trainer Manny Robles

    by Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times Jun 04, 2019 3 minutes

    NEW YORK - Andy Ruiz Jr.'s historic triumph over Anthony Joshua seemed like a dream to Ruiz's trainer, Manny Robles, until he was asked to reflect on how it happened.

    Then, the tears flowed.

    For as stunning as Ruiz's seventh-round stoppage of previously unbeaten, three-belt heavyweight champion Joshua was to become the first heavyweight champion of Mexican descent, Robles had accomplished a stirring return from near irrelevance.

    "I never threw in the towel. You and the public know the adversity I've been through in life and boxing, but I never gave up," Robles said after guiding

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