Historic bout: Valley hosts South Texas Amateur Boxing Association’s biggest event

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Historic bout: Valley hosts South Texas Amateur Boxing Association’s biggest event

Edinburg Parks and Recreation, for the first time, hosted a Junior Olympic boxing tournament over the weekend with 478 registered boxers and more than 300 coaches and officials. Boxers from the Rio Grande Valley, Austin, San Antonio and elsewhere around the state competed in what was the largest regional tournament in South Texas Amateur Boxing Association history. All boxers from ages 13-16 who won advance to the Junior Olympic National event i…