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- ↑ "Springs Toledo (Author of The Gods of War) - Goodreads". GoodReads.
- ↑ "Press Release: Springs Toledo's The God's of War". IBRO.
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- ↑ "Springs Toledo". Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.
- ↑ Robert Ecksel. "TBRB: Hope Springs Eternal". Boxing.com.
