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Muzeya mashed

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NEWCASTLE

OCTOBER 16

SAVANNAH MARSHALL’S mega-fight with Claressa Shields has moved ever closer after another display of epic power. The ruthless manner in which the Hartlepool fighter dismantled Zambian Lolita Muzeya inside two rounds will have whetted the appetite of the boxing public ahead of a 2022 confrontation between the middleweight rivals and may, just may, have planted a seed of doubt in the mind of the self-proclaimed GWOAT.

The plan is for each to fight in separate bouts on the same Sky Sports bill in Birmingham on December 11, before facing each other next year. Marshall will

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