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As boxing becomes a increasingly marginalized sport in Britain I am tired of hearing a poor heavyweight division is to blame for Boxing’s recent depression. In the late 80s and early 90s there was not a single noteworthy English heavyweight to speak of bar frank Bruno and yet boxing was bigger than ever. The domestic middleweight wars between Benn, Eubank and co. were garnering 12 million plus viewing figures, now 1.8 million for Clinton Wood’s recent world title tilt is seen as a success! [details]