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Just Deserts

EIRSTLY, are you okay?

I hope so.

It feels very strange indeed sitting here writing about Oleksandr Usyk signing with Saudi Arabia-backed Skill Challenge Promotions. I imagine you might have been feeling a lot like I have: shaken; troubled; let down; worried for the wellbeing of people on all sides of what’s been going on. And full of questions.

The first of those is probably this: What on earth is Skill Challenge Promotions? And the second is likely this: Why has Usyk, seemingly in a position of power, decided to now pledge his allegiance to them?

Well, unfortunately, like most things currently trending in a world increasingly bizarre, this

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