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Enter The Ghost

IT WAS as if he’d come out of nowhere. The brightest and best amateur boxers in the US had descended upon Salt Lake City, intent on furthering their burgeoning reputations at one of the country’s most revered tournaments. As the fighters began to finalise their preparations a power outage threw the room into darkness and everyone noticed a silhouette at the back of the room belonging to Frank Martin. That’s when “The Ghost” was born.

“It was 2016, at the National Golden Gloves,” the undefeated lightweight

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