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STRANGER THINGS

T’S a strange old place, Jeddah. It’s where I had my last fight, against Callum Smith in the World Boxing Super Series final, in September 2018. I lost. Since then, Amir Khan and Anthony Joshua have boxed in Saudi Arabia too, but by the time AJ fought there, it was similar to what we’re used to in the States or in the UK where it was more organised, open and the people around it were a bit more boxing intuitive. But when I was there, the questions coming out at the press conference were from people who had never seen a

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