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Hard men and hard rides

Miles Templeton

Boxing historian

A PARTICULARLY colourful fighter to come out of Liverpool during the 1970s was Greg Evans. Active between 1976 and 1982, Greg won 10 and lost 10 at light-heavyweight. The division was dominated by fellow Liverpudlian and WBC champion John Conteh, and with Pat Thompson and Francis Hands also from the city and boxing at the same weight, Merseyside certainly packed a punch at

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