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Scottish stadiums

WHEN Jim Watt defeated Howard Davis at Ibrox Park, Glasgow, for the WBC lightweight title on June 7, 1980, he was continuing a long tradition of great Scottish champions boxing in the country’s many large football stadia.

The promoters had hoped for a crowd of 20,000, but far fewer turned up to pay at the turnstiles as persistent rain did its best to ruin the

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