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GOLDEN MEMORIES

Simon Euan-Smith

simonoldtimers@googlemail.com

EBA correspondent

LIVERPOOL STADIUM is long gone, but I’ve got great memories of covering shows there between 1973 and 1983.

My last assignment there was in April 1983. Topping the bill, Croydon’s Clinton McKenzie retained his British super-lightweight title by outscoring Alan Lamb over 12 rounds. The Stadium was nicknamed ‘The Graveyard of Champions’, but the curse couldn’t strike that time. On the undercard,

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