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El Paso is a boxing mad city. It always has been. The Sun City has hosted great boxers like Erik Morales, Fernando Vargas and Oscar De La Hoya over the years. But, El Paso has only ever had one world champion to call its own. Recently, IBF World Featherweight Champion Jennifer Han (17-3-1, 1 KO) won her seventh fight in a row – her sixth successful title defense.
EL PASO — Her swollen eyes gaze at her bloody opponent sitting in the opposite corner of the ring as her coach shouts out demands for the last round of the bout. Heavy hands hang on the ropes as she inhales and exhales trying to catch her breath while the mostly male crowd howls. Just as the bell sounds, she forces her body to her feet and moves guardedly to the center of the ring. She taps gloves with her opponent and the round begins. Jasmine Rodriguez, 20, a junior at the University of Texas at El Paso, entered the ring at the Sports and Health Expo held here in April to fight in one of the day’s only two women’s boxing matches.
EL PASO — Hay personas que se pasan la vida entera anhelando ser escritores. Para ellas, el prestigio de la palabra ‘escritor’ es enorme y ensombrece todo lo demás. Incluso la actividad de escribir. Porque se trata —esto no lo razonan: lo sienten— de aparecer ante sí mismos y ante los demás como escritor, cuanto antes, mejor, y sin que deba mediar ningún otro esfuerzo más que el necesario para lograr una buena apariencia. Son, pues, las encarnaciones de frases ingeniosas que pretenden hollar la imaginación de sus oyentes con la imagen de genio incomprendido.