The setting is a perfect fit for the game’s age of excess. The 21-year-old striker for Benfica started in place of Cristiano Ronaldo and instantly became Portugal’s new goal-scoring hero.

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Whyte pulled out of their April 5 bout on Tuesday after crushing his finger between weights, with Mail Sport exclusively revealing how he suffered a cut down to the bone that also caused nerve damage.