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Seven shameful days

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WHERE to start? Do we open with the adverse drugs test and the subsequent failure of the system to act upon it, or should we talk about a whole fight card being moved from one US state to another to allow a 58-year-old man with a long history of absorbing punches to absorb some more? Or is the death of a teenager more pertinent?

Boxing is full of great people, great fighters and feats of extraordinary bravery. There are selfless heroes in every club in every corner of the world. Those saviours of lost souls who give so much of themselves to offer fighting chances to youngsters who would otherwise have none. Unfortunately, such good deeds infrequently make the news. Only those who have spent time inside boxing know they exist.

Elsewhere, in certain places and in

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