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A SHOT at a ‘world’ belt could be next for Telford’s Liam Davies after he took care of gutsy Italian Vincenzo La Femina in what was a second defence of his European super bantam weight title. Swiss referee Fabian Guggenheim waved a halt to what had proved a thoroughly enjoyable watch with just 10 seconds of the fifth session remaining.

Having opened with a hook downstairs and followed with a couple of chopping rights, Davies maintained quite a pace. An uppercut provided a swift reply before the visitor was clattered with a weighty right and, moments before a nick appeared on the left eyebrow of the Shropshire man, I made a note saying “Not going long if this continues”.

Those fast hands of Davies churned out more action in that

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