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From the weekly British Boxing News September 1899....The EBU has released the rankings for the top contenders for the European heavyweight championship following the recent fiasco in London between EBU champion John L Gardner and France's Francois Marchand....Referee Eugene Corri called it a draw after an accidental clash of heads opened a serious cut over the eye of the challenger and the bout was stopped in round five by the order of the NSC's ringside physician as there were several prominent ladies present...Recent knockout victories over the Scots-Canadian Jack Stewart and Italy's Roberto Damiani have pushed Norway's Bjarni Thorsen to the rung just below Raymond Berenger who remains at No.1 despite his shocking loss to American Sam McVea at Cannes' Palais des Sports last July....
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"...There were Giants in Those Days.."
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