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Quick Jabs: Immortalizing De La Hoya, Pacquiao; Julio-Smith, Dirrell-Hanshaw; Vazquez-Marquez IV?
By Tim Starks | May 2nd, 2008

Two of the handful of boxing’s biggest stars are getting immortalized, comes the news this week. First is Oscar De La Hoya, who is getting a statue outside LA’s Staples Center, meaning he’ll share exclusive statue space with Magic Johnson and Wayne Gretzky. That’s elite company. Let that soak in for a second. He said, according to ESPN.com’s blog for De La Hoya’s 150-pound clash with Steve Forbes, that he’d be driving past it every day to “make sure it doesn’t get egged. I’ll be wiping it down with a towel every morning.”
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