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SAM EGGINGTON was last seen handing Southampton puncher Joe Pigford his first loss, on the Chris Billam-Smith-Lawrence Okolie undercard in Bournemouth last May. But that win – his eighth over an unbeaten opponent – didn’t open doors for the Midlands gunslinger.
Rather, he was frozen out.