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From guardian.co.uk The retired boxing manager Terry Lawless, who steered Frank Bruno to a world title challenge against Mike Tyson and guided four other British fighters to world titles, has died in the early hours of Christmas Eve. Lawless, aged 76, had been suffering ill health for several years after moving with his wife, Sylvia, to Marbella. He died in hospital in Spain following a gall bladder operation. He had been married to Sylvia for...

Boxing pays tribute to trainer Maurice Foran IT IS said to have been the golden age of boxing. Title fights over 15 rounds staged in front of a smokey backdrop at the old Mecca of the professional game, Madison Square Garden – the sport was arguably at its most romantic. Many say it was the defining era, years before the game became swamped in the alphabet soup of belts which muddies the waters today – if you wanted to be...

I remember Tiger telling me about him briefly. R.I.P. Maurice. Tiger's daughter Justina, sent me flowers for Christmas and I treasure the connection always. R