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Boxing

Thursday 17 October 1996 00:02 BST
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Unbeaten heavyweight Hasim Rahman, 23, from Baltimore, won a 10-round unanimous decision over Trevor Berbick at Caesars Atlantic City Hotel Casino after dominating the fight throughout.

Wilfred Benitez, the former world welterweight champion, regained consciousness yesterday after collapsing on Friday. Benitez has suffered an inflammation of the brain for seven years. "The first words he said to me were 'God is good,"' his mother, Clara Benitez, said.

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