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Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.
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Dick Turpin (boxer)
English boxer (1920–1990)
Lionel "Dick" Turpin was an English middleweight boxer. He was British and Commonwealth middleweight champion, reputedly being the first black fighter to win a British boxing title. He was elder brother and trainer of the more famous Randolph Turpin, who became world…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Vince Hawkins
British boxer (1923–2008)
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Villa Park
Football stadium in Aston, Birmingham, England
Villa Park is a football stadium in Aston, Birmingham, with a seating capacity of 42,918. It has been the home of Premier League club Aston Villa since 1897. The ground is less than a mile from both Witton and Aston railway stations and has hosted sixteen England internationals…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Birmingham
City in the West Midlands, England
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands region, in England. It is the largest local authority district in England by population and the second-largest city in Britain – commonly referred to as the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)