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Where does boxing’s carnival of horror end?

The increasing number of crossover fights between elite boxers and MMA fighters does absolutely nothing for the sport and, rather than increase interest, it actually degrades boxing.

Riath Al-Samarrai wrote an excellent, excoriating column in these pages on the subject last weekend. 

It was a total evisceration of these fights and I agreed with every word. It’s sad for Mike Tyson, a legendary fighter, to be in a situation where he’s giving this Sideshow Bob character Jake Paul an opportunity to make more money. 

I watched the whole spectacle in the build-up to Anthony Joshua’s fight with Francis Ngannou and it was laughable.