The knockout streak of Los Angeles resident Gennady Golovkin, the resurrection of Hawaiian Gardens' Abner Mares and the rise of Carson-trained unbeatens Oscar Valdez and Gilberto Ramirez are some of boxing's most compelling 2017 story lines. On Jan…
Oscar Valdez was asked this week where he'd rank himself in a list of the top 10 boxers under age 30 from Southern California. He mentioned featherweight world champion Leo Santa Cruz and South El Monte's 2012 Olympian Joseph Diaz, then surmised, …