It’s a Tough Town With the Gloves On
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No pro sports team has won a world championship here in 11 years. Yet in the sun-drenched town of softies, laid-back fans and overpaid prima-donna athletes, it’s all but overlooked that four current world boxing champions lace it up here: Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley, Fernando Vargas and Frankie Liles. As Bill Plaschke rightfully says, “L.A. has become a city of sports losers.” But don’t tell that to fans of the sweet science.
STANLEY WEISER
Santa Monica
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