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Dodgers Whip Yankees in Five

A battle between two historic rivals saw the Los Angeles Dodgers slay the powerful New York Yankees in the fifth game with sparkling resilience and good old fundamental baseball on Wednesday.

It was the Dodgers eighth World Series championship and they beat the Yanks where they breathe.

One day after two Yankee fans tried to rip a caught ball from Mookie Betts glove during a play, a Yankee centerfielder’s dropped ball opened the door for a five-run rally from the boys of Chavez Ravine, And ultimately the Dodgers defeated the Yankees 7-6 to take their fourth win in the best of seven series.

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Fernando Valenzuela R.I.P.

Fernando Valenzuela never sought fame or glory, but once you handed him a baseball he turned into some mythic Aztec warrior with a stoicism uncommon for a teen.

Valenzuela passed away on Tuesday Oct. 22. He was 63.

It was 1980 when the kid from Navojoa, Mexico first pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers who were in the middle of a divisional race with the Houston Astros. Nobody knew a thing about him, but he performed well for a total of 17 innings that September.  

The next year he would stun the world.

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Omar Trinidad & Mizuki Hiruta Win in LA Area

Tom Loefflers’ 360 promotions held their Hollywood Fight Night at the Commerce Casino. The event hosted ten bouts, including three female matches, and was broadcast on UFC Fight Pass. Hollywood Fight Nights lived up to the Hollywood name with elite fighters like Ryan Garcia and Teofimo Lopez in attendance. 

The main event of the night was a 10-round bout in the featherweight division between Boyle Heights native Omar Trinidad (18-1-0, 13 KOs) and Mike Plania (31-5, 18 KOs). Trinidad dazzled in a sparkling black robe and trunks as he entered the ring for his third regional WBC title defense.


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Bohachuk vs Vergil in August

Two of the most dangerous punchers in the sport eagerly agreed to face each other in August.

Undefeated Vergil Ortiz (21-0, 21 Kos) will challenge interim WBC super welterweight titlist Serhii Bohachuk (24-1, 23 Kos) on Aug. 10, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

Golden Boy Promotions and 360 Promotions will promote the clash that will be streamed on DAZN.

No argument that Bohachuk and Ortiz are the hardest hitters in the business. Between the two super welterweights only one fight resulted in a decision. They both hate the judges.

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Pound for Pound Men 2024

Terence Crawford continues to reign as the top fighter pound for pound in the world. Though his win over Israil Madrimov was a closely fought contest, the Nebraska fighter out-maneuvered the super welterweight champion for the win in Los Angeles.

Others on the lost are Japan’s Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani, plus Saul “Canelo” Alvarez remains a steadfast member of the club.

American fighters such as Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez and David Benavidez are new editions along with Russian light heavyweights such as Dmitrii Bivol and Artur Beterbiev.

Here is this year’s list:

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Boxing March Madness 2024

Boxing and basketball, sometimes the two sports mix.

While college basketball was in its final run of the season, boxing was amassed with three eye-popping events in Arizona, Nevada and California.

Pro boxing fans took their pick.

Female prizefighting led the way as two champions in their own right collided in Arizona to determine the true absolute world champion in the minimumweight division. On one side was Costa Rica’s Yokasta Valle the IBF and WBO world titlist. On the other corner was East Los Angeles fighter Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada the WBA and WBC titlist.

Fans had been waiting five years for them to finally meet. On Friday March 29, the two speedy and determined champions displayed their distinct skills for 10 rounds at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. Top Rank promoted the showdown and fans packed the arena.

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