JOHN WIGHT writes about the shared love of the ring that strengthened two icons in their struggles against racism and injustice
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Nigel Benn's return to the ring is a reckless mistake
F1 admits pit-lane measurement discrepancy as Russell fumes over penalty fallout
NEWS that Nigel Benn at 55 is planning a return to the ring with a fight planned against a former world champion — 40-year-old Sakio Bika — in November marks a tremendously reckless and sad development in a sport that has borne witness to three ring fatalities in recent months.
It also further contextualises, though not in a good way, the recent criticism levelled at Anthony Joshua’s trainer, Rob McCracken, over comments he made in a recent interview over Joshua’s loss to Andy Ruiz Jnr at the beginning of June.
Specifically, McCracken revealed that during the fight he knew that Joshua had suffered a concussion but had allowed him to fight on nonetheless.
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