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THE ETERNAL cry is that we need boxing stories to go with the fights.

Let me tell you about a weekend, an ordinary weekend in our boxing calendar. It fell between the excesses of the Misfits in Manchester, with their devoted flock, and the wonders of this weekend in Saudi. Hey, Tyson Fury might just appear in a moving ring that has been built 26 feet underground.

The magic, rising ring is this Saturday, I’m talking about last weekend.

Last Saturday there were eight professional shows up and down the country. Big venues, small venues, fight cities and new places. Shows

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