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It should have been one of the hottest attractions in boxing history, sought after by every metropolitan area with even the tiniest vestige of ring history, a large and well-appointed arena and scads of fight fans willing to travel to the host city to pay outrageously high prices for the privilege of seeing two of the most accomplished heavyweights of their era slug it out.