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BOXING has a fairly extensive history with freak shows, but in recent years they’ve come thick and fast. Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor. The Paul brothers boxing retired mixed martial arts fighters. And so on.
But we’ve now crossed a line. A 58-year-old Evander Holyfield being stopped in one ground by former UFC fighter Vitor Belfort wasn’t just a freak show, it was a circus with John Wayne Gacy making balloon animals.
It was never a good idea to replace Oscar De La Hoya, who had contracted Covid-19, with Holyfield but it became
