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STARS OF THE FUTURE

THEY queued round the block in Tamworth to watch the regional round of the amateur boxing championships last weekend.

It sounds like it was an event, a gruelling two days of boxing with the dreamers of tomorrow fighting for their future. It is hard to tell if any of the boxers will be winning Olympic medals in 2028 or topping bills at sold-out venues in 10 years, but history tells us that some will. Actually, history tells us that a lot will.

On my way to Dublin earlier this week, I found an extraordinary amateur

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