It would be ironic if Mr Fox, Mexico's most pro-business and pro-American president for half a century, were to be capsized by recession north of the border.

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Sports Illustrated writer Loretta Hunt wrote of Fox's 2006 gender reassignment surgery and winning her pro debut in May 2012.

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"There ought to be a quid pro quo, " said Councilwoman JoAnn Watson, according to My Fox Detroit.

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