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OCTOBER 21

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THE battle of East and West (Yorkshire, that is) turned out to be a short-lived affair as Lewis Sylvester dumped Jimmy First on to the canvas three times in the opening round before it was waved off.

Hull’s Sylvester was expected to have a difficult night’s work on his hands going in, as First, hailing from just down the M62 corridor in Brighouse, has tasted success at Area title level and had never previously been stopped.

However, it was all over with

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