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STOP THE UNFAIR FIGHTS

THE 'Unfair Fight' article, by Oliver Fennell in the September 1 issue, particularly the comments by Scottish promotor David McAllister, and the ongoing debate about endless 40-36 fights, got me thinking what would have happened in the 1950s and 60s when there was often a show on every night in London. The promoter would have been lynched if even half the fights had been the boring 40-36/60-54 forgone conclusions, let alone all of them! My late father, Vic Bowyer, had a modest record of 12-12-4 which was compiled between 1955-1958. But he

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