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HARD TRUTHS OF A PERSONAL BUSINESS

IT CAN be a very personal business, the boxing business.

It is possible to see just about every emotion from the ringside pit, the seats at a venue and watching somewhere on television. It is a very open sport with few places to hide when the cameras are present.

Last Saturday, Kieran Smith was shocked, broken and shaking his head in disbelief as he stepped down, no more than two feet from me, and walked off to his dressing room. That was total despair, on display for everybody; in the ring, Denzel Bentley was still grinning in delight. Same weight, same

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