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The stage is set

On 20 December 1910, a large crowd gathered at the American Roller Rink on Westgate Street in Cardiff to watch two men fight to be recognised as the best featherweight boxer in Wales, if not the World.

The stage was set for the big fight, the press speculation and gamesmanship heightened tensions to the point that it would never be the display of skill for which many observers were hoping ..

 

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