By Lance Pugmire
Victor Conte, the controversial and self-described reformed supervisor of several elite boxers’ conditioning programs, has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Conte, 74, informed BoxingScene that he will begin chemotherapy treatments shortly, which are expected to last at least three months. The timing come just as his stable’s most gifted fighters launch a string of high-profile bouts, stretching from this weekend through September 13 when four-division champion Terence Crawford, 41-0 (31 KOs) challenges undisputed 168lbs champion Canelo Alvarez, 63-2-2 (39 KOs).
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