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SEPTEMBER 11

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THE key is to try not to care. Don’t care to watch it and don’t care about the wellbeing of the fighters. It’s easier that way. Healthier that way. More palatable that way.

Certainly, this approach seemed to work for the promoters and coaches involved with Triller’s ‘Legends 2’ event in Florida on Saturday (September 11). It worked for the Florida commission, too, who saw no reason why , 58, shouldn’t have been licensed for an eight-round boxing match against , a 44-year-old mixed martial artist. None of those people cared, nor so much as even pretended to care, and look at

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