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Antoine Douglas has already won. No matter what the final result reads after his November 6 ShoBox bout in Las Vegas against Les Sherrington, the 23-year-old middleweight prospect has won a fight no one expected him to in life.
That’s usually the prelude to a tale common in boxing, of not having enough money, attention or help growing up and finding solace and a new start in the ring. Douglas was a premature baby born to a mother who was addicted to drugs. If he lived, he was going into a world no child should have to wade through. But he wasn’t expected to live at first, and when he started showing signs that he was going to make it, walking or talking wasn’t going to be part of the deal.
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That’s usually the prelude to a tale common in boxing, of not having enough money, attention or help growing up and finding solace and a new start in the ring. Douglas was a premature baby born to a mother who was addicted to drugs. If he lived, he was going into a world no child should have to wade through. But he wasn’t expected to live at first, and when he started showing signs that he was going to make it, walking or talking wasn’t going to be part of the deal.
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