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Barry McGuigan unites Ireland
How the boxer's fight for the world championship brought together all sides in Northern Ireland.
In June 1985, the Irish boxer fought for the world championship in front of a huge crowd at a football stadium in London. McGuigan's boxing had united all sides in Northern Ireland, and the emotional bout would come to be regarded as one of the great moments in the history of the sport. He talks to Alex Capstick.
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