BARELY 12 hours had passed from his rousing draw with Brad Pauls in Birmingham when British middleweight champion Nathan Heaney rocked up at the annual BBBoC Awards in London.

We pay tribute to both boxers for their recent classic while reviewing a heartwarming event in the capital. It all provided a timely reminder about the incomparable beauty of a well-matched domestic title fight and the difference some old fashioned respect makes.

We look ahead to Dalton Smith’s supposed acid test against Jose Zepeda and, in This Week, journey back to 2006 for one of the greatest fights you may not have seen.

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