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The legend’s successor

“I WAS in the corner at a show the other week,” said Thomas McDonagh, “and Michael Jennings was in the opposite corner. We looked at each other and laughed. I was thinking: ‘Who would have thought we would end up here?’”

McDonagh and Jennings grew up together at the Collyhurst and Moston gym in North Manchester and have gone on to become amateur coaches.

Jennings set up Jennings ABC after a successful pro career that included winning British honours and fighting Miguel Cotto at Madison Square Garden, while McDonagh took over at Collyhurst and Moston in 2010 at the

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