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Boxing: BRIAN STEPS UP.


WHILE one Magee aims for a pay-day world title fight tonight in Belfast, another will continue promoting his class on the learning ladder leading into the ring.

After almost two years in the professional game, super-middleweight Brian Magee Brian Magee (born June 9, 1975 in Lisburn, Northern Ireland) is a boxer, who competed for Ireland in the middleweight (  is ready to launch himself onto the stage that brought the WBO WBO World Boxing Organization
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 belt in his division to Dubliner Steve Collins
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"This is without doubt the toughest fight and opponent I will have faced so far, and this is a jump up for me," he said.

"Most of my opponents have been around for five years or more, so to remain unbeaten to date is great. I have watched him and he's a tough fighter, so to beat someone who has given those two a hard time, will allow me to take a big step up.

"I would hope that some time later next year, a title fight will be on the cards."
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Title Annotation:Sport
Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Nov 11, 2000
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