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HOGGING THE LIMELIGHT

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POST-FIGHT press conferences don’t often produce much in the way of major news or soundbites. It’s often a lot of “we’ll wait and see what’s next” and the fighters will have (usually) just gone through a gruelling ordeal.

They are an opportunity for these fighters, in particular the winners, to say their piece after the hard work is done. They can reflect on the outcome of the fight, their training camp; anything really.

After the two main events this past weekend, Amanda Serrano – who lost her fight – and Shakur Stevenson – who

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