Josh Kelly’s very real title win sets up one of Britain’s biggest fights

Josh Kelly’s very real title win sets up one of Britain’s biggest fights

It was an evening of limitless drama for Josh Kelly on Saturday in Newcastle. And a few desires and fairytales thrown in for good measure.

He began as a big underdog in his world title fight against the unbeaten Bakhram Murtazaliev; he completed exhausted, bruised and the new IBF super-welterweight champion. It was a win that few exterior of Kelly’s tight circle believed would occur. Murtazaliev and his skilled crew thought it was a straightforward evening and, at the end, the fallen champion seemed more confused than upset that he had just misplaced his title.

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There was a half-hearted try and name the resolution a “disgrace”, however that is…

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