Boxer Penalized for Kissing Opponent

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Boxer Penalized

            for Kissing Opponent
       A boxing match at
            a casino just outside of San Diego got touchy-feely
            over the weekend when one boxer went in for a punch -- and
            wound up       kissing his opponent.     
 Outtraveler Staff
          
          Nov 07, 2008
          
        
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       A boxing match at
            a casino just outside of San Diego got touchy-feely
            over the weekend when one boxer went in for a punch -- and
            wound up       kissing his opponent.     
       Jesse Vargas
            faced off in the ring against Trenton Titsworth in a junior
            welterweight bout at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in
            Temecula, Calif.       Cameras captured Vargas kissing
            Titsworth on the neck during the fight, a       move that
            cost him two points.     
       The fight was
            filmed for the HBO series Boxing       After Dark.
       Despite being
            docked two points, Vargas won the fight 39-34. (The
            Advocate)     

        
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Boxer Penalized for Kissing Opponent

A boxing match at a casino just outside of San Diego got touchy-feely over the weekend when one boxer went in for a punch -- and wound up kissing his opponent.

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Boxer Penalized
for Kissing Opponent