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ST ANDREW’S SPORTING CLUB

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EBA correspondent

THE current Scottish EBA newsletter has an in-depth feature on the great Tom Molineux, the black American bare-knuckle heavyweight who settled in Britain in the early 19th century, having two memorable battles with the equally legendary Tom Cribb.

Coming a bit more up-to-date, there’s an interesting list of championship bouts staged at Glasgow’s St Andrew’s Sporting Club.

The first,

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