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BOXING Alex Arthur has won the right to fight Boris Sinitsin for the European superfeatherweight title, and has set his sights on an open-air spectacular in Edinburgh in July, writes Darryl Broadfoot.
Sports Network, Arthur's management company, won the purse bid after his nineround knockout of Craig Docherty for the British and Commonwealth belts on Friday, and underlined their commitment to Scottish boxing by promising to stage the fight in Arthur's home city.See the full content of this document
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Title Fight Is Just Capital for Arthur Sports Digest
It comes less than a week after Arthur's manager, Frank Maloney, threatened to put the country's top boxers on the road because of dwindling ticket sales.
Scott Harrison, the WBO featherweight champion, has been forced to fight Michael Brodie in Manchester to impress a wider audience, including the United States, and Arthur seemed destined to follow until a late f lurry of interest h...See the full content of this document
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