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Elliot Graves wakes up earlier than he means to. It's already two days since his arrival in Tokyo, but the jet lag still hasn't fully faded.
His body clock is somewhere between Manchester and Shibuya, and the sunlight slipping through the curtain feels heavier than it should.
The digital clock beside him reads 6:12 a.m. He exhales, resigned, no point in forcing sleep that won't come.
An hour later, he's already at Narisawa Boxing Gym, a name that carries real weight in Tokyo's boxing circuit. It's the kind of gym that smells greatness, and history.
A reputable gym, the kind that foreign fighters rent when they need a serious place before fight week.
This is where Japan's current Super Lightweight Champion trains, a 25-year-old who took the national belt only three months ago.
They also have a Lightweight ranked 6th and another ranked 3rd in Super Featherweight, both rising names with real records behind them.
