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Topside of Beefy

LIVERPOOL

OCTOBER 9

PRIDE and local bragging rights were at stake in what was a huge fight for Liverpool when scousers Liam Smith and Anthony Fowler clashed in a heated tussle at the M&S Bank Arena.

Local aficionado’s opined that not since another of the Smith clan, Callum, went in with Rocky Fielding at this very same venue a little over six years ago and ultimately won in the blink of an eye, had interest been so high.

Fowler, on something of a roll, had stopped his last four but “Beefy” had only once failed to reach the final bell, that being five years previously in Texas when a body shot delivered by Saul Álvarez in the ninth ended his brave mission. However, early indications were that Anthony might just be on

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