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JACK DEMPSEY IN THE UK

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BRITISH heavyweights are now a force, but 100 years ago there was no rival for Jack Dempsey

With Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, Dillian Whyte, Daniel Dubois and Joe Joyce all currently ranked within the top 12 in the world, the UK dominates the heavyweight division in a way it has never done before. The US fields only two in this group; Jared Anderson and Deontay

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