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THE European (EBU) title is not quite the illustrious championship it used to be. No longer a belt that is kept for long once won, or even one last essential stop before a world title shot, it has somewhat unfairly been relegated behind contrived trophies that both clutter and confuse the boxing landscape today.
But that’s not to say it’s not a worthwhile title, nor its fall from grace solely the fault of those who are persuaded to take a different route. And, who knows, with interest in the various sanctioning body belts fading – at least in the eyes of the wider public who long ago stopped attempting to sort the WBOs from the