Laredo’s First-Ever Olympian Is Ready to Make Trouble in Paris

Growing up on the South Side of Laredo, the Lozano kids were taught that the path to a better life was through education. So when Jessica Lozano saw her younger sister Jennifer singularly focused on the sport of boxing, insisting over and over that she was going to fight in the Olympics one day, Jessica tried to be supportive—but also acted as a voice of reason.“We told her, ‘That’s great. As your family, we believe in you—but maybe take a few college courses on the side,’ ” Jessica recalled. “We were like, ‘Jenny, we just want you to have a plan B.’ And I remember vividly when she said, ‘You know I love you. But there’s no plan B for me.’ ”Last October in Santiago, Chile, Jennifer…

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