Ed Mulholland / Matchroom In 2019, boxing was tainted by tragedy. We are saddened by the loss of Maxim Dadashev, the junior welterweight prospect who suffered from injuries suffered in a knock that lasted too long. We shouted about Patrick Day, the happy happy junior middleweight whose gruesome fight with …
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