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One of boxing’s enduring paradoxes is the transformation of the gentleman outside the ropes to the animal within them.
Two of boxing’s good guys meet tonight for the Southern Area lightweight title at the Camden Centre in Kings Cross, in what on paper is unquestionably the fight of the week. A few hours before Hopkins and Dawson cure insomnia in front of thousands of people in Atlantic City in their HBO-televised bout, Ben Murphy and Phil Gill will go to war in front of around 900 lucky and privileged boxing fans.
Promoter Mickey Helliet hasn’t been able to secure TV for the fight, which is a crying shame. Legendary matchmaker Don ‘War-a-Week’ Chagrin would no doubt have been happy to put his name - and moniker - to this one. [Click Here To Read More]
Two of boxing’s good guys meet tonight for the Southern Area lightweight title at the Camden Centre in Kings Cross, in what on paper is unquestionably the fight of the week. A few hours before Hopkins and Dawson cure insomnia in front of thousands of people in Atlantic City in their HBO-televised bout, Ben Murphy and Phil Gill will go to war in front of around 900 lucky and privileged boxing fans.
Promoter Mickey Helliet hasn’t been able to secure TV for the fight, which is a crying shame. Legendary matchmaker Don ‘War-a-Week’ Chagrin would no doubt have been happy to put his name - and moniker - to this one. [Click Here To Read More]