gold medalist at the 1983 Pan American Games and the 1984 Olympics. Whitaker then embarked on a pro career in which he became world champion in four different weight divisions. During his career, he fought world champions such as Julio César Chávez, Oscar De La Hoya and Félix Trinidad. For his achievements, he was named the 1989 Fighter of the year by Ring Magazine. Whitaker is also a former WBA Light Middleweight Champion, WBC Welterweight Champion, IBF Light Welterweight Champion, WBC, WBA &
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Floyd Mayweather (44-0, 26 KOs) returned to the ring, winning a unanimous, one-sided decision over a game but outclassed Robert Guerrero (31-2-1, 18 KOs). It had been a year since Mayweather had been under the kleig lights and it took him a couple of stanzas to shake off the ring rust. But once he found his groove, the multi-division champion put on a bravura boxing clinic. By the end of the night, no one could have any doubts that the pugilist from Grand Rapids, Mich. is the best pound-for-pound
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Throughout the years, sports have become a major part of society. It has been known to bring out the best and worst of people. People usually go after a team from their home town or teams with the same ethnic background. It has often been learned that, from this, language barriers begin to cross each other, and prejudices develop. Maya Angelou’s “Champion of the World” is much more than a chapter in a book. It represents much more than a boxing victory. During the 1930’s, people of ethnic groups
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Oscar de la Renta: A Latin Designer, Influencing fashion since the 1960’s. The world has enjoyed his designs for more than two decades. His name is an inspiration to anyone who loves Fashion. His charisma and philanthropies contributions make Oscar de La Renta one of the most acclaimed and recognized Latin designers in the World. Oscar de La Renta was born on July 22, 1932 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, a tropical Island in the Caribbean. Born to a very prominent Dominican Family, Oscar
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In The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, isolation is a common theme that contributes to character development throughout the novel. Junot Diaz, in his narration of Oscar’s life through the eyes of Yunior, induces the idea that isolation is a self-imagined way for a character or person to justify his/her differences from society and the people around them. While there are outside forces that contribute to the feeling of isolation, such as cultural differences, immigration, and gender
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come together and protest that justice be served. It all started back in 2012 when George Zimmerman was acquitted for the murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. But before Trayvon there was Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old who got shot by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle in the early hours of New Year’s Day 2009. Oscar and his friends were involved in an altercation on the train which needed the police to get involved. He was then
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Ghetto Nerd at the End of the World, 1974 – 1987 Oscar was not your average Dominican male, mainly because he had bad luck with females in general. It was only when he was seven that he was ever a “Casanova”, when he danced the merengue and the perrito, two openly sexual dances. He relatives more than encourage his behavior. Oscar falls in love with a girl from his sat prep class named Ana. Although ana thought of it as being sweet, she does not admit to loving him back. Wildwood 1982 –1985 The
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In Juanto Diaz book The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao the story of the book jumped from different country's to different time lines. Oscar Wao and his family line lives is what the book is manly centered about. It took place in either Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic or in Paterson, New Jersey which have different effects on the story and how it's going. In Paterson, New Jersey it has a more of laid back type of feel to it compared to a more scary and violent Santo Domingo. In Santo Domingo
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“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost” (Arthur Ashe). In Junot Díaz’s novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Oscar de León, the novel’s tragic hero and helpless romantic, trudges through life as an atypical Dominican—“he wasn’t no home-run hitter or a fly bachatero, not a playboy with a million hots on his jock” (Díaz 11)—until he, contentiously, is the first to beat Rafael
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz is about a coming of age Dominican boy who often struggles with his own identity. Throughout the novel, he begins to realize what he needs in order to be happy with himself. This also goes with his sister who manages to escape the traditions and learn to live on her own. Yunior being the narrator of the novel, shows how much can be interpreted by knowing each and everyone's story, including his. His daily struggles increase more as he gets older
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