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The 100 club

Boxing historian

ON November 7, 1975, published an article about Battersea’s Ray Fallone under the heading: “Ray aims to go out with a win.” Three days later, Ray stepped into the ring for an eight-rounder with Mick Hampston of Lewisham, at the Greyhound Hotel, Croydon, for his 100th professional outing. Despite giving young Mick plenty to think about, Ray was outpointed. BN reported that “Ray

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