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John Westgarth, 1959-2024

JOHN WESTGARTH, one of British boxing’s nearly men and the dad of the late Scott, has died at the age of 64. He suffered a stroke last month while working in Manchester and passed away after a short illness.

A hard-hitting, give-it-everything heavyweight of the 1980s, Westgarth was probably best known for a defeat 38 when he suffered the agony of a split-decision loss in a bid for the European title against

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