By Dana Beyerle Times Montgomery Bureau MONTGOMERY — Four of five members of the new state boxing commission have been appointed and plans are under way to schedule the first professional fight in Alabama this fall. Deontay Wilder, the professional heavyweight boxer from Tuscaloosa, said Monday he hopes the commission can soon schedule a fight and he would like it…

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