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High hopes

GOOGLE the town of Billingham in the North East and you will discover it has a population of around 35,000 and is famous for a supermarket and a festival of dancing. But to boxing fans, it’s a fight town.

Billingham Boxing Academy was registered with England Boxing towards the end of the 2018-2019 season and the club has known only success since.

Sonny Hollingsworth has twice won Schools and Tri Nations honours and competed at the European Schoolboys Championships last year,

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