How does a boxer keep fighting after nearly killing an opponent in the ring?

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    This is what is at stake when Jose Haro goes into the ring against Daniel Franco: nothing and everything.

    There is nothing at stake because nobody really cares about boxing anymore, except boxers and the people who stand to make money from them. True, Haro is fighting Franco for a belt -- the USBA featherweight title. And the fight is being broadcast nationally on CBS Sports Network. But we live in a world where perhaps one human being out of 100 can name a heavyweight contender, much less one of the three claimants to featherweight supremacy. The June 10 fight, like most fights, is being held in a casino, but as many of those in attendance can't help but observe, "It's not exactly the MGM Grand." In fact, the WinnaVegas Casino Resort is in a cornfield in Iowa. Franco, at 25, is a 3-2 betting favorite, a formerly undefeated prospect trying to steady himself after his last two fights, a knockout loss and a knockout win. Haro is 30 and has written "Hard Luck" on his protective cup, for good reason. He has had just 15 pro fights and is getting paid in the four figures. On both his trunks and on the back of the "Team Haro" hat that he designed, he has embroidered a proclamation so modest it resonates as a kind of plea: "We Are All Humans."

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