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Joy.
Sorrow.
They are two vastly contrasting emotions, sometimes separated by mere slivers of time. The difference can be as relatively insignificant as the line between winning and losing an athletic contest; it can be as stark and unforgiving as the fragile boundary between life and death. The boxing world experienced each extreme within a four-hour period, from 10 p.m. on Friday in a packed banquet room in midtown Manhattan to a darkened bedroom in Lindenwold, New Jersey, at 2 a.