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2954:Categories
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2704:References
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1132:Millstreet
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831:Nigel Benn
589:Retirement
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534:Tony Quinn
526:Millstreet
439:Sam Storey
428:Micky Ward
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268:division.
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170:Wins by KO
88:Statistics
60:1964-07-21
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1444:, England
1253:, England
1251:Brentwood
1196:, England
1194:Sheffield
1134:, Ireland
1078:, Ireland
951:11 (12),
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700:Location
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539:The film
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95:Weight(s)
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2897:Vacated
2858:Vacated
2827:Vacated
2760:article
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643:36 wins
472:European
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137:Orthodox
2746:Soldier
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2091:9 (10)
1836:6 (10)
1760:Belfast
1545:, Italy
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1423:7 (10)
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1332:9 (10)
685:Record
682:Result
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426:winner
400:amateur
355:scholar
304:include
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2862:Vacant
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2781:BoxRec
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1658:Dublin
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1283:4 (8)
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125:Reach
2851:USBA
2793:IMDb
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2672:1:55
2652:1–0
2649:Win
2638:, US
2599:2–0
2596:Win
2555:3–0
2552:Win
2541:, US
2508:4–0
2505:Win
2464:5–0
2461:Win
2450:, US
2413:6–0
2410:Win
2366:7–0
2363:Win
2351:Won
2311:8–0
2308:Win
2264:9–0
2261:Win
2250:, US
2213:Win
2202:, US
2163:Win
2119:Win
2088:TKO
2072:Win
2061:USBA
2059:Won
2021:Win
1970:Win
1959:, US
1937:0:52
1932:TKO
1916:Win
1904:For
1833:TKO
1817:Win
1773:Win
1743:3:00
1738:TKO
1722:Win
1671:Win
1618:Win
1604:, US
1550:For
1476:2:48
1471:TKO
1455:Win
1420:TKO
1404:Win
1373:TKO
1357:Win
1311:Win
1280:TKO
1264:Win
1229:PTS
1213:Win
1201:Won
1174:2:27
1169:TKO
1151:Win
1139:Won
1092:Win
1076:Cork
1034:Win
982:Win
953:0:54
948:TKO
930:Win
894:2:44
889:TKO
871:Win
842:3:00
817:Win
785:2:20
780:TKO
764:Win
732:1:17
727:TKO
711:Win
548:Cork
447:USBA
334:news
306:any
218:USBA
205:and
162:Wins
50:Born
2791:at
2568:KO
2521:KO
2477:UD
2426:UD
2379:UD
2329:10
2326:UD
2280:10
2277:UD
2229:UD
2210:10
2180:TKO
2160:11
2135:UD
2116:12
2069:13
2040:12
2037:UD
2018:14
1993:12
1967:15
1913:16
1882:12
1879:UD
1858:17
1814:18
1792:10
1789:UD
1770:19
1719:20
1687:KO
1668:21
1636:KO
1615:22
1583:12
1580:MD
1559:23
1528:12
1502:24
1452:25
1401:26
1354:27
1329:KO
1308:28
1261:29
1210:30
1148:31
1113:12
1110:UD
1089:32
1057:12
1031:33
1003:12
1000:UD
979:34
927:35
868:36
836:RTD
814:37
761:38
708:39
678:No.
665:15
654:21
451:WBA
433:In
222:WBA
200:WBO
2956::
2731:.
2690:,
2666:KO
2646:1
2634:,
2617:4
2613:UD
2593:2
2549:3
2524:1
2502:4
2480:8
2458:5
2446:,
2429:6
2407:6
2382:8
2360:7
2305:8
2258:9
2232:8
2138:8
1989:MD
1955:,
1707:,
1690:3
1656:,
1639:3
1600:,
1524:SD
1440:,
1249:,
1232:8
1192:,
1130:,
1074:,
1053:SD
912:,
668:3
657:0
629:.
605:U2
528:,
173:21
165:36
157:39
62:)
384:)
378:(
373:)
369:(
359:·
352:·
345:·
338:·
321:.
311:.
181:3
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