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boxer

noun as in person who fights as a sport

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The boxer's son Campbell, who followed his father into the boxing ring, paid tribute during the service at Manchester Cathedral.

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His aggressive style made him one of the most popular British boxers of his generation, winning 45 of his 48 professional bouts after his debut in 1997.

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Another of Hatton's friends, a trainer called Lee Beard, suggested there should be a statue of the boxer erected in the town.

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It is the Thursday after Ricky Hatton died and the Cheshire Cheese pub in Gee Cross, one of the boxer's locals, is serving up drinks as regulars chat away.

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If he was a fighter, a boxer, no matter how lumped up he was, he would just continue.

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