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It was left to Gonzales to sound a loftier note. Anticipating a medal-whining performance, East Los Angeles' favorite son was talking accomplishment, not three-fight contracts. "I'm going to wear that gold medal with pride, and then I'm going to put it around my mother's neck," he said. "She deserves it more than me." In a tournament in which it seemed that the amateur ideal of pure sport had taken more than a few shots to the head, this was refreshing indeed. —By Michael Walsh. Reported by BJ. Phillips/Los Angeles