Ventura-Riverside Mayors Bet Fruit For Ortiz Lopez Fight

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Pete Allman
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The Mayors of Ventura and Riverside, California are putting up their fruits for the Victor Ortiz – Josesito Lopez fight, this Saturday at The Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Mike Tracy the Mayor of Ventura is betting Riverside Mayor Ron Loveridge a flat of strawberries that resident Victor Ortiz will beat Riversides Josesito Lopez for the WBC Welterweight Silver Belt Championship.

Ventura is a quiet coastal town of about 100,000 residents; Riverside, with a population of about 300,000, is located on the edge of the Mojave Desert. Coincidentally, both cities are roughly 60 miles from the downtown Los Angeles Staples Center-Ventura to the west, Riverside to the east.

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Loveridge is putting up a 25pound bag of Riverside’s finest oranges that his fighter will defeat Ortiz and win the WBC Welterweight Silver Belt Championship. Photo by Brenda Flowers

Meanwhile Mayor Loveridge is betting a 25 pound bag of Riversides finest oranges, that Victor Ortiz will be victorious on Saturday.

Both fighters have heart and fight hard, which will make this fight, a well attended one at that. The Ortiz-Lopez 12-rounder will be televised on Showtime.

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The mayors of Ventura and Riverside in Southern California are putting their fruit where their mouths are. Riverside’s Jose Lopez, welterweight boxer, with Mayor Ron Loveridge. Photo by Brenda Flowers
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Mike Tracy, who governs the city of Ventura, is betting Riverside Mayor Ron Loveridge a flat of locally grown strawberries that hometown boy Victor Ortiz will beat Riverside resident Josesito Lopez this Saturday, June 23, at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Photo by Brenda Flowers
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Riverside’s Jose Lopez, welterweight boxer, with Mayor Ron Loveridge. Photo by Brenda Flowers
Pete Allman
Pete Allman
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