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From the pages of the weekly British Boxing News comes the year-end rankings of challengers for the Empire title...Despite the best efforts of UK authorities in pressuring the IBU and the British Empire Boxing Counsel, no British heavies were able to crack the top ten this time round...Sam Langford will have to defend his claim to the championship early in the new year following the result of his challenge for the world heavyweight title...Should he somehow defy the odds and emerge victorious over Jack Johnson, he will have to abdicate the Empire title immediately, prompting a tournament to find a new champion, no doubt influenced by UK promotional interests....
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"...There were Giants in Those Days.."
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