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Super-flyweight champion Johnny Tapia tested positive for cocaine nearly three weeks after his Oct. 26 title fight, but was not tested as required immediately after the bout, authorities said. Bob Lee, International Boxing Federation president, said it’s unlikely Tapia would be stripped of his USBA title because the test was taken more than two weeks after his Albuquerque fight against Santiago Caballero of Venezuela.

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