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Broken dreams

JUST over two weeks have passed since Robbie Davies Jnr took an innocuous step away from a Darragh Foley right hand and felt his leg crumble beneath him. The shock of leaving the ring with a broken fibula has worn off and his rehabilitation program is about to begin.

For the moment, all Davies can do is think and one thing is playing on his mind more than anything else.

It is frustrating him more than being forced onto the sofa with nothing to do except watch endless hours of daytime television. It is irritating him even more than that itch inside

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