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Boxing: Smith loses permit to train

Wednesday 06 November 2002 01:00 GMT
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Darkie Smith has had his licence revoked by the British Boxing Board of Control after causing his son Stephen to be disqualified against Ricky Hatton in September.

Smith invaded the ring in the second round of his son's World Boxing Union light-welterweight title bout against the champion Hatton, claiming Stephen had been elbowed.

The referee Mickey Vann stopped the fight, with the promoter Frank Warren later calling for a percentage of his purse to be withheld. The BBBC has ruled that 10 per cent of the purse will be withheld – and given to the Board's charitable trust – and awarded £2,000 damages to Warren.

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