"THIS IS WHERE the magic happens," A says Carl Lokko, a boxing coach. His gym in Accra, the capital of Ghana, has two punchbags, a weights machine and a tin roof. A dozen young men, all sweat and sinew, are shadow-boxing or skipping furiously. "Everybody wants to be a boxer," says one, fists thudding into an invisible opponent. He calls himself "Rich Man" Ashiley, a name which betrays his ambition. He says he fights for money and the chance "to go outside", to Europe or America.
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