Florida boxing officials are investigating an accusation of fixed boxing matches, including fights involving actor-boxer Randall "Tex" Cobb and former football player Mark Gastineau.
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Don Hazelton, Florida Athletic Commission executive director, has been looking into allegations described in Sports Illustrated for several months and recently turned the probe to the statewide prosecutor's office.Journeyman heavyweight Sonny Barch told SI he threw a fight against Cobb on Sept. 15, 1992 in Fort Lauderdale. Barch accused Orlando-based promoter Rick Parker of arranging that fix and 11 others including several involving Gastineau, former New York Jets lineman.