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EVERYONE loves a spot of home cooking – except in boxing.
In football, it is widely understood that a fixture in your own stadium gives your team an edge over the opposition, but it is often underestimated how much home advantage counts in boxing and, crucially, how much it pays.
How often have we heard that a close or controversial title fight ‘could have gone either way’ – yet, almost without exception, falls in favour of the ever-grateful house fighter.
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‘Close’ fights tend to follow the money line and the simple laws of averages and probability seem hollow here. Toss a coin 10