Bob Buttitta
3 articles · Ventura County Star
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Oxnard’s Brandon Rios ready for biggest fight of his career ? Manny Pacquiao
By Bob Buttitta
As Brandon Rios watches his life chronicled on the current installment of HBO?s popular ?24/7? series, the Oxnard boxer has to be wondering if he?s dreaming. There was a time early in…
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Oxnard’s Rios confident he will be ready for Pacquiao on Nov. 23
By Bob Buttitta
BEVERLY HILLS ? Brandon Rios has known for several months that he was going to fight Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 23 in a 12-round welterweight bout at the Macao Cotai Arena in…
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Victor Ortiz ready for Berto’s replacement and shot at bigger bout
By Bob Buttitta
Last Friday, Joe "Hoss" Janik, the strength and conditioning coach for Ventura fighter Victor Ortiz, picked up the phone and found Ortiz's manager Rolando Arellano on the other end screaming, "He tested…