Wrongly convicted Bozella wins pro boxing bout

LOS ANGELES – Dewey Bozella won’t win a world championship, but not many boxing champions get a telephone call from President Obama, either.

The 52-year-old, who was falsely imprisoned for 26 years for a 1977 murder he did not commit, made his professional boxing debut a successful one, outpointing Larry Hopkins on Saturday at the Staples Center in a four-round cruiserweight bout.

The cavernous arena was only about a third full when he fought, but the majority of those who were in the building roared their approval in the waning seconds of the bout as it was clear that Bozella was going to come out on top.

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