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Scotland’s Josh Taylor reaches for greatness

BOXING in its pure primal sense is a sport that lends itself to the works of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. For example: “The higher man is distinguished from the lower by his fearlessness and his readiness to challenge misfortune.” 

Talent and ability aside, in boxing what is it that dictates the difference between those who become world champions and those who don’t, if not fearlessness and the readiness to challenge misfortune?

It’s the difference between hoping and believing, between trying and doing, between the primacy of hope and the primacy of will.

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