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    5 DUKE McKENZIE w rsf 11 ROLANDO BOHOL

    October 5, 1988; Grand Hall, Wembley, London

    IN the first IBF flyweight title fight to be scheduled for 12, Rolando Bohol of the Philippines – who had won and defended the belt via two 15-round decisions – risked his championship against the fluent and majestic skillset of Britain’s Duke McKenzie. Bohol, a southpaw, never competed as an amateur before turning professional in 1984 and could not get inside master jabber McKenzie. The Englishman patiently bossed matters while exhibiting how to contain a lively opponent. He

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