JOHN WIGHT writes about the shared love of the ring that strengthened two icons in their struggles against racism and injustice
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The dream may have come to an end on Wednesday night but Gareth Bale predicted a bright future for the Welsh national team.
Optimists gave Wales a slim chance of exiting their Euro 2016 group consisting of England, Russia and Slovakia but no-one would gave guessed that Chris Coleman would lead his side to the semi-finals.
It was there that Wales were eliminated, Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani grabbing a goal each to send Portugal to the final.
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