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Article: Boxing: BURKE OUT TO RETAIN CROWN; Lightweight finally gets Armah bout.(Sport)
- Article from:
- Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- November 26, 2002
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Byline: NICK PEET
DAVID BURKE is planning a big impact when he tops the bill at Everton Park this Saturday, as long as his opponent turns up!
Ghanaian James Armah was stripped of the Commonwealth title after three failed attempts to defend against Burke over the past 18 months.
Granted, one scheduled bout was postponed after the Anfield southpaw picked up a back injury, but prior to that Armah had failed to arrive in the country and then in September the African withdrew at the 11th ...