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TORONTO -- Veteran Spanish manager Benito Floro is expected to be introduced Friday as coach of the Canadian mens soccer team. Floros appointment was reported by Marca, a Spanish national daily sports newspaper. The Canadian Soccer Association confirmed it will introduce its new coach Friday morning in Toronto but declined comment on the report or Floro. Canada has been without a full-time coach since Stephen Hart stepped down in October following the national teams humiliating exit from World Cup qualifying. Floro, 61, has a lengthy resume that includes being in charge of Spanish giant Real Madrid from 1992 to 1994. Nineteen managers have patrolled the sidelines at the Santiago Bernabeu since. Most recently he coached WAC (Wydad Athletic Club) Morocco. Other teams on his resume include Spains Villareal, Sporting Gijon, and Mallorca among others. He has also managed Monterrey in Mexico and Vissel Kobe in Japan. Floro earned headlines for leading Albacete Balompie from the third division to Spains elite league in three seasons during the early 1990s. That precipitated his hiring at Real Madrid where he led the team to second place in La Liga and the Copa Del Rey before being fired the following season. Flor fits in between Leo Beenhakker and Vicente Del Bosque in the Real Madrid managerial annals. He returned to Albacete and then Madrid in 2005 when he replaced Arrigo Sacchi as the clubs sporting director. Floro has also worked as a TV commentator. The next coach will be Canadas eighth full-time manager since Tony Waiters took the national team to the 1986 World Cup, Canadas only trip to the mens world championship. He will take over a team ranked 88th by FIFA, sandwiched between Trinidad and Tobago (which recently appointed Hart as its new manager) and the Central African Republic. With the 2014 World Cup out of the question, Canada must look ahead to the 2018 World Cup in Russia and beyond. The Canadian men are currently at the Gold Cup, the regional championship for the CONCACAF region, under interim coach Colin Miller. Reporters taking part in a Miller conference call Thursday were asked to restrict their questions to the Gold Cup. Miller has taken a young squad to the Gold Cup, with the CSA electing not to call up older players such as 35-year-old Dwayne De Rosario and 33-year-old Patrice Bernier. The Canadian Soccer Association had set a Hispanic coach as a target, according to one source. After the 8-1 loss in Honduras that sealed Canadas World Cup qualifying fate, association president Victor Montagliani said something had to be done to better prepare Canada for playing in the hostile confines of Central America.Fake Puma Jerseys . Sulaiman, 44, was chosen unanimously Tuesday in a vote by the leadership, the World Boxing Council said. Sulaiman becomes the sixth president of the organization. Fake Adidas Jerseys . 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Once I found out I wasnt fighting, I just kept moving to Saturday.Stevenson will secure either gold or silver for the U.S., something the country hasnt accomplished since Andre Ward won gold in Athens in 2004.Ramirez, the London Olympics gold medalist at flyweight, advanced with a masterful victory over Uzbekistans Murodjin Akhmadaliev while Stevenson watched from the stands.I paid close attention to it, Stevenson said. He had a tough opponent from Uzbekistan, and he got it done. He made it look easy, and were about to get after it, I swear.Stevenson is an elite 19-year-old prospect from Newark, New Jersey, with sophisticated boxing skills and remarkable athleticism. He hasnt lost an international bout in his amateur career, and he received a preliminary-round bye as a seeded fighter in Rio before beating Brazils Robenilson de Jesus and Mongolias Erdenebat Tsendbataar, both by unanimous decision.The U.S. men won just one bronze medal in Beijing and none at all in London. With light flyweight Nico Hernandezs bronze medal and Stevensons win, the Rio mens team will leave the Olympics with two medals for the first time since Athens 12 years ago.Nikitin took a pounding Tuesday from Irish world champion Michael Conlan. Nikitin still received the decision in a hard-fought bout, prompting an outraged Conlan to denounce the international boxing association and Russia as conspirators in corruption.Nikitin also won a disputed ddecision over Thailands Chatchai Butdee before taking on Conlan.dddddddddddd The Russian started his tournament by beating Vanuatus Boe Warawara in a bout that left Nikitin bleeding grotesquely from a cut on his shaved scalp, and the cut opened up in each of his two ensuing fights.Conlans potential semifinal matchup with Stevenson was one of the most anticipated bouts of the Rio tournament. Even Stevensons personal coach, Kay Koroma, was excited about the potential test.Ive had many conversations with him where he said that he made his own list when he got here, said Koroma, who is also a coach for USA Boxing. `I saw my bracket. I get to see Conlan in the semifinals and Robeisy in the finals. He didnt get to see Conlan, and he didnt get to see the Russian, but the end of it is happening, and now hes got to fulfill it. What a way to win a gold medal, fighting the person you want to fight.Stevenson has been widely expected to begin his pro career with Top Rank Promotions this fall, but Floyd Mayweather tweeted Wednesday that he wished to extend a warm welcome to (at)ShakurStevenson into The Money Team family. Mayweather runs an eponymous promotional company, but has no stars under contract with the potential drawing power of Stevenson.Stevenson declined to confirm he had teamed up with Mayweather to be his promoter or in another capacity, grinningly saying he hasnt even decided whether he will go pro.Nothing is decided yet, Stevenson said. Im going to focus on winning the gold medal, and after I win the gold medal, Im going to weigh my options and see whats next for me.But Stevenson spoke glowingly of the retired champion after meeting him earlier in the Rio tournament. Mayweather, who attended Stevensons fights, subsequently referred to Stevenson as the next Floyd Mayweather.If he calls me and tells me stuff, Ill take it, but Im focused, Stevenson said. Im ready. It dont matter who I talk to. ' ' '