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VANISHING ACTS

HE had the ceremonial robe with the swan-feather lining ready and the style to crossover and become a huge boxing star.

Well, that’s one version and it’s the one I like.

He was just 20 years of age; he had the gold medal in a box and his future was as bright as that stunning medal. And then, on New Year’s eve, just a few months after winning the gold in Sydney, he was killed in a car crash.

The sad story of Kazak Bekzat Sattarkhanov is not, according to my

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