Puerto Rico-Mexico rivalry packs a real punch - When boxers from the Latin American lands face each other, representing their homeland well is paramount.

Carlos Palomino knew something was wrong the minute he saw the boxing ring laid out in San Juan’s main baseball stadium beneath a blazing Caribbean sun.

“The ring’s in the middle of the field with a tarp over it,” he remembers of his welterweight title fight against Puerto Rico’s Wilfredo Benitez. “Half the ring’s in the shade, half the ring’s in the sun. He’s in the shade, I’m in the sun.”"*

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