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Place to relax before boxer’s last fight (4)

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I believe the answer is:

spar

'fight' is the definition.
(sparring is a kind of fighting)

'place to relax before boxer's last' is the wordplay.
'place to relax' becomes 'spa' (as in a health spa).
'before' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'last' suggests the final letters.
The last letter of 'boxer' is 'r'.
'spa'+'r'='SPAR'

(Other definitions for spar that I've seen before include "Translucent mineral" , "Act as boxer" , "Box - girder" , "Box; various minerals" , "piece of wood?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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