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HEAVEN AND HELL

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BIG Guy Williamson sat in one of the few remaining seats and watched the Wembley ring vanish in front of his eyes.

He was in no rush to leave; in 1985 he won his ABA title in the same venue. On Saturday he was back in the ring as the British Boxing Board of Control’s inspector for the Katie Taylor fight. It might have been the first time he had been in a Wembley ring since that night so long ago.

The ring dismantlers – Mike Goodall and his men – had reduced it to an

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