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In 1979, Muammar Gaddafi shut down Libya’s boxing clubs and banned the sports. He did the same for wrestling, archery, shooting and golf. “Gaddafi, he don’t like the stars … He’s the star,” remembered Mahmoud Abshkewa, a former heavyweight champion of Africa who has reopened a boxing club in Tripoli. Abshkewa and his pupils lack [...]