2 w. ago Jake Paul’s artless spectacle robbed boxing of its democratic dream

Netflix’s 300 million global subscribers got just what they wanted: to see a former YouTuber knocked out brutallyGeorge Foreman once said boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire. Putting aside the breathtaking exhibitions of physical and psychological intensity it can produce, boxing has long been a refuge of the underclass, credited with changing the lives of the disenfranchised and impoverished. There are no barriers to entry. In that sense, it has always sold a democratic dream.But boxing is, and has always been, the red-light district of professional sports, its flimsy guardrails making it a longtime haven for brazen criminals and the kind of grift and corruption that strains credulity. There are no barriers to entry. The idea that a sport which gave the world Don King, Frank “Blinky” Palermo and Park Si-hun v Roy Jones Jr could somehow be further debased is almost laughable. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Jake Paul’s artless spectacle robbed boxing of its democratic dream | Bryan Armen Graham

Netflix’s 300 million global subscribers got just what they wanted: to see a former YouTuber knocked out brutallyGeorge Foreman once said boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire. Putting aside the breathtaking exhibitions of physical and psychological intensity it can produce, the sport has long been a refuge of the underclass, credited with changing the lives of the disenfranchised and impoverished. There are no barriers to entry. In that sense, it has always sold a democratic dream.But boxing is, and has always been, the red-light district of professional sports, its flimsy guardrails making it a longtime haven for brazen criminals and the kind of grift and corruption that strains credulity. There are no barriers to entry. The idea that a sport which gave the world Don King, Frank “Blinky” Palermo and Park Si-hun v Roy Jones Jr could somehow be further debased is almost laughable. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Timeline to terror: How the Bondi Beach massacre suspects went from a 'sweet schoolboy' and loving husband to radical ISIS gunmen

Fifteen civilians were killed and 42 people injured when Naveed Akram, 24, and his father Sajid, 50, allegedly opened fire on a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14.

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2 w. ago Bondi Beach latest as funerals held for terror victims while shooter faces murder charges

Funerals have been held for the youngest victim and a respected Rabbi of the Bondi Beach terror attack, as one of the two suspects faces court on murder charges

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3 w. ago Bondi Beach shooting gunmen hung out in red light district before slaughter

Sajid and Naveed Akram stayed for a month in a £11-a-night hotel in Davao, one of the largest cities in the Philippines on an island hotbed of Islamic extremism

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3 w. ago Bondi terror suspects' red light district bolthole: Father and son's month in seedy Philippines hotel favoured by sex tourists

Sajid Akram, 50, and his son Naveed Akram, 24, travelled to the south-east Asian country in November for a break, before allegedly carrying out their atrocity at a Hanukkah event on Sunday.

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3 w. ago Bondi Beach shooting latest: Gunmen’s trip to Philippines just six weeks before attack under investigation

Ten-year-old girl was among those killed in attack at Hanukkah celebration

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3 w. ago Bondi Beach shooting latest: Isis flags found in gunmen’s car as NSW premier defends police response to terror attack

Ten-year-old girl was among those killed in attack at Hanukkah celebration

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3 w. ago Suspect in Bondi Beach shooting had been subject to probe for terror links years before mass shooting

Prime minister Anthony Albanese said that Naveed Akram, 24, had been assessed as posing no ‘ongoing threat’ of ‘engaging in violence’

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3 w. ago Man who stomped on head of Bondi Beach terror suspect says 'he deserved it'

The youngest victim of the horrific attack was just 10 years old

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3 w. ago Was Iran behind Bondi beach terror attack? Israeli intelligence identifies Tehran as prime suspect in Sydney Hanukkah massacre

Authorities cited Tehran as the prime suspect behind the massacre that left 15 people dead including a ten-year-old girl, according to Israeli media reports.

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3 w. ago Suspected Bondi shooter's former Islamic teacher breaks silence on photo and condemns horrific attack

Sydney's Al-Murad Institute head Sheikh Adam Ismail has condemned the Bondi Beach terror attack and distancing himself from his former student, suspected shooter Naveed Akram.

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3 w. ago Bondi Beach terror suspects named as dad and 'loner' son as mum breaks silence

A father and son were behind a horror terror attack at Bondi Beach, Sydney, that killed at least 15 people during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration, with the son's mother defending him as a 'good boy'

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3 w. ago Bondi beach terror attack: One suspect among 12 dead after mass shooting in Sydney

One suspected shooter has been killed and another is in critical condition

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3 w. ago Fears THIRD attacker involved in Bondi Beach mass shooting horror as death toll rises to 12: Live updates

A shooting emergency is unfolding at Bondi Beach after witnesses reported two men armed with heavy rifles opening fire near the shoreline.

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3 w. ago Dramatic moment cops take down Bondi terror suspects as confronting images emerge: Live updates

A shooting emergency is unfolding at Bondi Beach after witnesses reported two men armed with heavy rifles opening fire near the shoreline.

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