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‘I HAVE TO UPHOLD THE FAMILY LEGACY’

THIS is the type of fight that surpasses boxing. There is generational interest – youngsters, our generation, the elderly and all the people who were invested when our dads fought 30 years ago. That’s very rare, to have multiple generations watching a fight. That’s a hell of a responsibility. Now I have to uphold the family legacy and do right by my father.

Conor Benn cannot beat me in the ring. His only chance

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