No it doesn't, you should read more carefully. It says "they had worked hard" - in the past tense. They used the past tense because he had a licence by then. Which is why the article also made it clear that the visa problem was the only reason why the fight had had to be cancelled:
If they hadn't got the licence, the visa problem would have been completely irrelevant - in fact they would not have bothered to apply for the visa without the licence. What would have been the point?
"Top Rank spokesman Lee Samuels said he was aware that Valero had a visa problem and might be unable to fight. "
If they hadn't got the licence, the visa problem would have been completely irrelevant - in fact they would not have bothered to apply for the visa without the licence. What would have been the point?
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