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Requested move[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was Move Parsecboy (talk) 18:48, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

B. J. Flores → BJ Flores — its not two words shortened like Barry John would be B.J., its BJ as in short for Benjamin — Vintagekits (talk) 16:21, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Support, as nominator.--Vintagekits (talk) 16:22, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
SupportNotjamesbond (talk) 17:43, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support agree, just about every media outlet refers to him as "BJ".--Showtime2009 (talk) 01:25, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support VK is absolutely right! claudevsq (talk) 18:10, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Any additional comments:--Vintagekits (talk) 16:21, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Birth year issues?[edit]

There are some sources that indicate he was 25 years old, other sources indicate he was born in 1979. Which is the correct one? Or could this be a different Benjamin Flores? Though there doesn't seem any disambiguation should it be the case. --JForget 00:39, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Different guy. Guy who died was a super bantamweight, this fighter is cruiserweight —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.6.36.56 (talk) 02:15, 6 May 2009 (UTC) his amateur boxing title is in the MMA section... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.98.204.251 (talk) 18:20, 11 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

He's not dead idiots![edit]

This isn't the same Flores. In fact they're about a dozen weight classes apart. So stupid... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.89.8.205 (talk) 04:10, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is the Flores who died: http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=225087&cat=boxer --Matt1978 BJ Flores the Cruiserweight did not die.(talk) 04:35, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

For anyone who's still not sure, the guy who sadly died is here. It would be good if people stopped editing in the wrong info. Bretonbanquet (talk) 09:10, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]