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IN AN ideal world, the focus this week would be on Liam Smith’s quite stunning stoppage victory over Chris Eubank Jnr in Manchester. And in this very edition of Boxing News there will rightfully be plenty written about the fight itself and the implications of Smith’s win. But there’s been an ugly shadow that remains ever after the fight: what was said during the fight week press conference.

Without repeating what was actually said, because there’s no need to, the main point is that comments that could be perceived as anti-gay were made, as were accusations of

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