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THERE’S more than the British middleweight title at stake when Liam Williams defends against mandatory challenger Andrew Robinson at the BT Sport Studio in Stratford on Saturday night (October 10).

Williams goes into the fight as the mandatory for WBO champion Demetrius Andrade. Rather than wait for that, the 28-year-old Welshman, who’s had six straight stoppages, has decided to go through with his defence against granite-tough Midlander Robinson.

At 36 years and four days old, Robinson will be bidding to become the oldest to win

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