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BRITISH BOXING returns with Frank Warren’s show at BT Sport Studios in Stratford, London on Friday night topped by British and Commonwealth super-bantamweight champion Brad Foster defending against James Beech Jnr.

It will be the first pro show staged in Britain since March 14.

Only 22 years old, Foster can become the youngest since Nicky Booth, in 2002, to win the Lonsdale Belt outright.

It is only 16 months since Foster outboxed veteran gunslinger Josh Wale for the vacant title.

He went on to dominate

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