Joe Beckett was the British heavyweight champion between 1919 and 1923
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]]>Members of exclusive 1880s club included the Marquis of Queenberry and Lord Lonsdale
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]]>Miles Templeton recalls the featherweight legend boxing Lisburn’s Jim Keery
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]]>Miles Templeton writes about the ‘Special service’
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]]>Emerging after Benny Lynch, another Scotsman would become ‘Lord of the Flys’
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]]>Recalling an illustrious career that included two world title shots
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]]>A tribute to Joe Taylor – once a youngster who taught an up-and-coming Howard Winstone a valuable lesson
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]]>London was once a hotbed of small hall venues that regularly hosted professional boxing, writes Miles Templeton
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]]>Max Baer was a highly-regarded heavyweight champion until, at just 26, his career went into a tailspin before he achieved a rejuvenation of sorts in London
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]]>Miles Templeton tells the story of two brilliant crossroads battles between British greats
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