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SOUTH KIRKBY

SEPTEMBER 5

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IN last week’s preview of European super-featherweight title defence against at Production Park Studios, we predicted that the fight could turn out to be one of the best of the year. And so it proved, as the warring southpaws combined to produce a thrilling encounter

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