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Vote for your greatest all-British boxing fight

Vote for your greatest all-British boxing fight

Summary

The article invites readers to vote for the greatest all-British boxing fight staged in Britain. It previews several historic contests and says BBC Radio 5 Live will discuss five candidates on 11 November, with the vote closing at noon GMT that day.

Key Facts

  • The BBC Radio 5 Live discussion is scheduled for 19:30 GMT on Wednesday, 11 November.
  • Stacey Copeland, Steve Bunce and Mike Costello are due to discuss the candidate fights.
  • Henry Cooper lost his British, European and Commonwealth heavyweight titles to Joe Bugner by a controversial points decision in March 1971.
  • Chris Eubank stopped Nigel Benn in the ninth round of their November 1990 fight to win the WBO middleweight title.
  • Lennox Lewis stopped Frank Bruno in the seventh round in October 1993 while defending his WBC heavyweight title.
  • Carl Froch and George Groves are named as one of the featured rivalries, with their first fight taking place in November 2013.
  • The vote closes at 12:00 GMT on 11 November, and the results are due to be revealed during the radio show.
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