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ONLY ONE HARRY HOLLAND

HOME COUNTIES EBA Chairman Bob Williams tells me their October meeting went very well, incorporating a “fantastic” hour with my old friend Harry Holland talking about his career.

I remember some good-value Holland promotions in the 80s at 90s, at such places as Battersea Town Hall and the National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace. Harry managed, among others, Rocky Kelly, who won the Southern Area welterweight title

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