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With love from me to Roo

AS forgetful partners up and down the country queued for last-minute flowers and chocolates late on Valentines Day, a story broke that claimed Manchester United’s all-time leading goalscorer, Wayne Rooney, was considering a boxing match.

Rooney is a big boxing fan and used to train at an amateur club in Liverpool as a kid. And it was suggested in the piece, by Drogheda story-getter Chris McKenna, that Misfits have been in touch with Rooney about a potential outing on one of their shows. Let’s hope it goes better than his last bout that ended up on camera - against Phil Bardsley (Google it).

Meanwhile, once the hefty pile of anonymous cards had been opened and filed, got an update from Frank Warren on the much-discussed Anthony Yarde against Joshua

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