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New British champion Scott Quigg’s sensational seventh round stoppage win over Jason Booth has got his promoter Ricky Hatton hailing him the new ‘Hitman’.   The 23-year-old from Bury looked impressive against the former IBO fly-weight champion to collect the super-bantamweight title and possibly end Booth’s career.

With boxing under the very real threat of being consumed by it’s own greed - the habitual, systematic mismatching of fighters has plagued the ‘sweet science’ for far too long – swathes of former boxing fans have traded in their first love for a younger, less complicated model.

Returning from the Singapore youth Olympics in 2010 decorated in gold, taekwondo prospect Jade Jones had achieved something unprecedented in the history of British sport with victory in a pulsating final. Jones made history in becoming Britain’s first ever Youth Olympic gold medalist.

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Carl Froch is determined to cement his legacy as one of Britain’s finest ever boxers when he meets undefeated American fighter Andre Ward in the final of the Super Six tournament on Saturday October 29 at the world famous Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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