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My 68 seconds as a white-collar boxer

My 68 seconds as a white-collar boxer

18 June 2022

9:00 AM

18 June 2022

9:00 AM

  Dubai

 

There was still a minute to go in round one when my opponent Rudy started hugging me. ‘Are you OK? Are you OK? I’m so, so sorry,’ he said, looking distraught. Then the doctor appeared, shoved an oxygen tank over my face and ordered me to lie flat on the canvas.

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