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By Andrew Wake at ringside: Bury’s Scott Quigg retained his British super-bantamweight title with an eighth round stoppage of Welsh veteran Jamie Arthur.
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By Andrew Wake at ringside: Bring on Scott Quigg! That was the message sent out by Northern Irish boxing sensation Carl Frampton at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Saturday night (January 28).
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By Andrew Wake: The hardest sport is full of the kindest people. It’s almost a paradox but those who are involved in the pain game are often the softest and caring most caring individuals around once they step out of the ring.
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By Andrew Wake: The venue is packed to the rafters and the crowd roars its appreciation as two men slug it out in the centre of the ring. Right hooks crash into jaw bones and uppercuts send the blood flying from an already dripping nose and when it’s over one man has hand raised while the other stands forlorn.
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By Andrew Wake: Kilburn’s Ashley Theophane retained his British light-welterweight crown with an 11th round stoppage of Ben Murphy, but it was the challenger’s stock that will have risen.
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By Andrew Wake at ringside: Castleford’s cruiserweight prospect Nathan “The Outlaw” Owens took his pro slate to 2- 0 (1 KO) on Wayne Carmichael’s well attended dinner show in Bradford.
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By Andrew Wake: Barnsley’s Josh Wale is determined to ensure that the British bantamweight title stays in South Yorkshire, even if it means he has to wait a few more months than originally planned.
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By Andrew Wake at ringside: A late change of opponent didn’t put Driffield light-welterweight Curtis Woodhouse off his stride as he recorded his 16th pro win at the Magna in Rotherham.
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By Andrew Wake at ringside: A big right hand in the opening 15 seconds of the fight ensured that Derby-based Jamaican Ovill McKenzie took home the Commonwealth light-heavyweight strap on Friday night.
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By Andrew Wake: If Leeds’ exciting prospect Adil Anwar could speak Latin he’d be saying “Qui audet adipiscitur”.
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