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  • Art Aragon, colorful L.A. boxer, dies at 80

    03/25/2008 8:57:22 PM PDT · by EveningStar · 9 replies · 573+ views
    Los Angeles Times ^ | March 26, 2008 | Lance Pugmire
    In the '40s and '50s, Aragon was known as the 'Golden Boy.' He entered the ring wearing gold robes and trunks, flattened opponents with his sharp left hook -- and then dated starlets. Art Aragon, the charismatic "Golden Boy" boxer who steadily drew standing-room-only crowds at Los Angeles and Hollywood venues in the 1940s and '50s, died today at Northridge Hospital Medical Center after his family removed him from life support apparatus. He was 80...