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AL MALCOLM, 1963-2020

AL MALCOLM, the former Birmingham heavyweight who died last week aged 62 years old, used to say he was inches away from rewriting boxing history.

Malcolm was chosen as Lennox Lewis’ opponent for his professional debut at the Royal Albert Hall in June, 1989.

The promise of promoter Frank Maloney on the posters was The but that wasn’t how Malcolm saw his six-rounder against the 1988

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