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Wed 08 Aug 2008A tale of two boxers brings Irish Olympic story exploding to life
THE HIGH beams of the Workers' Gymnasium shook to the marching song of the great proletariat. "Olé, Olé, Olé," they sang. "You'll never beat the Irish."
Below in the squared ring first Paddy Barnes of Belfast and then Kenny Egan of Neilstown, Dublin, backed up that hoary old boast.
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