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Boxing historian
EDDIE THOMAS of Merthyr excelled at every level of the sport for around 40 years. He will still be remembered today by veterans of the game as an astute manager who ran a compact little stable from his office in an ice-cream parlour in his hometown, nestled deep inside the Welsh valleys.
Among the many wonderful fighters that Eddie steered to stardom were