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Conversation at the boxing match? (8,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fighting talk

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'match?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'conversation at the boxing' is the wordplay.
'conversation' becomes 'talk' (talk is a kind of conversation).
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'the boxing' becomes 'fighting' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'talk' put after 'fighting' is 'FIGHTING TALK'.

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(Other definitions for fighting talk that I've seen before include "Spirited and challenging words" , "Bellicose words" , "Bellicose language" , "Empty challenge" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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