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GIVE PEACE A CHANCE

Steve Bunce

@BigDaddyBunce

Voice of boxing

THERE is a very good chance that I will upset a few purists in the next few minutes. I will not apologise in advance.

This is a brief history of boxing chaos and the men responsible for blurring the lines, adding to the mess and building a solid history of ridiculous events. Tyson Fury now has the baton.

Anybody for savate, shootfighting or a bit of kenpo? No takers? Cool. Anyway, in 1993 the Ultimate Fighting Championship launched. They came in their traditional fighting suits, their boxing boots, their taekwondo robes, and they were

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