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ALL PRAISE THE GENTLEMAN

BOXING has taken a battering lately for a variety of factors, and with good reason.

But only boxing, though, can give moments of almost indescribable joy, as it did on Saturday night for Chris Billam-Smith. I feel privileged to have been ringside for such a special occasion, both for Bournemouth and for a very special individual. Hats off to a real warrior in the ring who lives up to his nickname of 'The Gentleman’ outside the ring. This success really couldn‘t have happened to a nicer man.

Tim Farmer

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