Saturday week's British welterweight clash between Birmingham's Frankie Gavin and Manchester's David Barnes pitches together two of the most mercurial domestic 147lb talents of recent vintage.
Champion Gavin, England's only ever world amateur champion, is now unbeaten in 16 as a pro and just one notch from securing permanent custody of the coveted Lord Lonsdale Belt. A future at world level beckons.
Opposing him is fellow southpaw Barnes, a former four time national schoolboy champion who reigned undefeated as British titleholder at both welter and light-welter in the pros.
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Champion Gavin, England's only ever world amateur champion, is now unbeaten in 16 as a pro and just one notch from securing permanent custody of the coveted Lord Lonsdale Belt. A future at world level beckons.
Opposing him is fellow southpaw Barnes, a former four time national schoolboy champion who reigned undefeated as British titleholder at both welter and light-welter in the pros.
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