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The end of Nemesis

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NEMESIS, the well known London boxing club, has closed its doors for the last time. The coronavirus pandemic had made the gym’s future unviable. It’s great shame that such a successful club has had to close, and the fear is that others will have to follow suit.

To re-open, it would be difficult to meet the required protocols and, most significantly, the gym would only be able to have eight boxers in at a time, due to the necessary precautions around social distancing. “I would have 30 kids [before]. That paid the rent, three days a week. Now I can

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