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Profession­al boxing is back at Maidstone Leisure Centre tomorrow night (Saturday, 6.30pm). An eight-bout card features home boxer Chris Matthews, who takes on Roland Farago (3-1) in the lightweigh­t division. Matthews,TheMaidsto­ne21,hasMaratho­nwonallfou­rand ofHalf-hisfightsM­arathononp­ointstakep­laceandnow­this wantsSunda­y.a knockout victory in frontRacin­gofhiswill­homebeStev­ecrowd.Edwards, Hewhosaid:has“I’man lookingamb­itionforwa­rdtobeone toofit.theI’veworld’sbeenworki­ngfastest multion my powermarat­honandwant­runners.aknockout.Hehasrun That’sincompeti­tivethenex­tstep.”marathons on Chathamave­rage everyheavy­weight14da­ys Tomforthe Dallas,last28LAST­arswhosela­standfight­isaimingwa­s to againstbec­omeformert­heworldIBF recordworl­d holder championof­runningCha­rles1,000inMarti­nanaverage­at Madisontim­eof lessSquare­thanGarden,3hrs20min. tops theMaidsto­nebill. is his 750th race. PromoterEd­wards hasJoe raisedElfi­dh £said:25,000“Thefor lastcharit­yshowandwa­ssaid:agreat“Asidesucce­ssfrom andthe I’msatisfact­ionlooking­forwardofp­ersonalto buildingac­hievement,onthat.”for me the greater Tickets,reward hascosting­come£35fromorbe­ing£55 at ringside,abletoputa­resomethin­gavailable fromback. Ray MatthewsWi­thbelief,onhard0751­1work68009­2.and Alternativ­ely,dedication,ordinarytu­rnupeveryd­ayon the night.peopleDoor­scangoopen­ontoatachi­eve 5.30pm. theirPrevi­ew,ambitions.”page 62

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