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From here it’s downhill all the way

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Tom Hollingworth in Blogs, Boxing, Sport // 0 Comments

On the sports desk of the Rust we regularly feature pieces about the ‘way things work’ (both political and realpolitik), corruption, oddities and commercial drivers of world sporting/administrative bodies, so I need make no apologies for referring our readers to a compelling piece by boxing journo Steve Bunce that appears today upon the website of – THE INDEPENDENT

About Tom Hollingworth

Tom Hollingsworth is a former deputy sports editor of the Daily Express. For many years he worked in a sports agency, representing mainly football players and motor racing drivers. Tom holds a private pilot’s licence and flying is his principal recreation. More Posts

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