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DEMOLITION MAN

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SEPTEMBER 16

WHOLE SHOW

ATMOSPHERE

WITH Rotherham’s Lee Appleyard ruled out due to injury, Shaw super-lightweight Jack Rafferty

went in against Brummie battler Ben Fields in a British title eliminator at the Olympia, wearing him down and twice sending him to the canvas prior to finishing the job in the penultimate session.

Busier behind the jab early and starting to pick up the pace late in the third, Rafferty boxed nicely to an early lead. The gritty Fields came back into it,

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