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THE END OF THE GAMES

KERRY DAVIS lost a fight she should have won and was walking through the netball crowds with Delicious Orie.

It was day seven of the boxing and Orie had not yet fought; Davis had lost her second fight and was out of the middleweight division.

“I have beaten her [Mozambique’s Rady Adosinda Gramane] before,” she said. “It’s not nice losing.”

Orie was at her side, offering a shoulder. That’s a part of a fighter that is crucial in boxing, which is, trust me, a team sport at events like

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