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Fight headliners, Shawn O'Sullivan of Toronto, right, is confident he'll win the Canadian welterweight boxing championship on March 20 when he meets c(...)
Fight headliners, Shawn O'Sullivan of Toronto, right, is confident he'll win the Canadian welterweight boxing championship on March 20 when he meets c(...)

Fight headliners, Shawn O'Sullivan of Toronto, right, is confident he'll win the Canadian welterweight boxing championship on March 20 when he meets c(...)

Date2/12/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Fight headliners, Shawn O'Sullivan of Toronto, right, is confident he'll win the Canadian welterweight boxing championship on March 20 when he meets champion Donovan Boucher, also of Toronto. O'Sullivan's coach, Peter Wylie, describes the fight as urgent for O'Sullivan, one he must win to continue his career. O'Sullivan lost on an 11th-round technical knockout on Jan 8 in Las Vegas to North American Boxing Federation welterweight champion Luis Santana.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0072081F
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