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@BigDaddyBunce
Voice of boxing
FOUR of the finest boxing nations have their flags draped high above the two rings at the Hodbox gym.
The first ring has Cuba and Kazakhstan, powerhouses in the amateur game, and above ring two, the Russian flag and Gypsy nation’s distinctive flag flutter gently in the hot air. And it is very hot inside the Hoddesdon Boxing Academy, also known as the bear cage.
It’s getting close to midnight when Hamzah Sheeraz finishes his session and it is still hot. The amateurs are long gone. The heaters hanging from the roof are also burning; Sheeraz fills a bucket with sweat by wringing out his
