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ANY serious collector of boxing ephemera will have seen the name Mike Milligan many times on British programmes and handbills of the 1930s to 1960s. He was, at various times, a pro boxer, trainer, second, whip and matchmaker. Although his own ring career was brief and unremarkable, he was present in those other roles for many major British

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