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BETHNAL GREEN
AUGUST 18
MAIN EVENT
UNDERCARD
ATMOSPHERE
THERE was a feverish atmosphere at a sold-out York Hall where the hyped Dennis McCann faced the seasoned Ionut Baluta over 10 rounds. The super-bantamweights delivered eight and a half rounds of absorbing action in red-hot conditions before the fight came to an unsatisfactory ending.
It was ruled a majority draw after McCann was ruled out with a cut on his forehead that had bled freely from the seventh, obscuring the Maidstone southpaw’s sight.
Judge Bob Williams had McCann winning 86-85, while Antonio Marogna and Salvador Salva had
