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WATCH: Morrison’s career switch
- Updated: September 21, 2016
Marcus Morrison might have been turning out for Manchester City instead of rising up the middleweight ranks had he not been released by the Premier League club at the age of 16.
Morrison, who claimed the WBC international middleweight belt in May, is preparing for the 13th professional fight of his promising young career on Saturday’s undercard to the Anthony Crolla-Jorge Linares bout in Manchester.
Yet it could have been so different for the 23-year-old, who was picked up by the City academy at the age of 11 before being …