THE same day news broke regarding an Amir Khan failed performance-enhancing drug test, two British cruiserweights stood eyeball to eyeball, thought about shaking hands, before ultimately choosing to embrace each other.
Not only a surprising turn of events, the hug shared by former gym mates Lawrence Okolie and Chris Billam-Smith that April afternoon seemed altogether healing. It was healing for them, on the one hand, for it shattered any of the usual tension that occurs on the day of a fight announcement, and it was somewhat healing for the rest of us too.
Because, frankly, never was a good news story as welcome as on a
