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A WEEKEND OF EXTREMES

LUCY WILDHEART twisted her knee backstage at York Hall and Lerrone Richards fell in the shower on his way to Alexandra Palace during a long weekend of extraordinary and strange boxing.

A long weekend of fights started on Wednesday at a golf driving range on the Thames in the shadow of the O2. It was cold and bleak down by the river. The following day, in the splendour of a building on Portland Place, the mood was set and on Friday, a third consecutive press conference took place under a blanket of rumours. It was a busy few days.

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