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Flanagan to defend lightweight title vs. Fana
- Updated: June 1, 2016
11:42 AM ET
Lightweight world titleholder Terry Flanagan will have the hometown Manchester, England crowd cheering him on as he makes the third defense of his belt when he meets South Africa’s Mzonke Fana on July 9 at Manchester Arena.
Organizers announced on Wednesday that the bout has been added as the co-feature of the rematch between heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, also of Manchester, and former world champion Wladimir Klitschko.
“It doesn’t get any bigger than fighting as chief support and right before the lineal heavyweight championship of the world,” Flanagan said. “The world will be watching as a fellow Manchester man Tyson Fury aims to show he’s the best …
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