WEMBLEY
SEPTEMBER 30
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THE final image was Jordan Thompson sliding down to the canvas in round four and clutching desperately at Jai Opetaia’s shorts.
Thompson was not leaving the ancient Wembley ring until he could absolutely fight no more; the debate might be that he should have never been in that ring. Let’s park the righteous howls and deal with the nine minutes and 20 seconds of fighting. It’s not the fighter’s fault that so many flimsy conventions can get trampled in our business; it needs looking at.
Opetaia was very special, and Thompson never had a chance, but he had a go.
