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Errol Christie dead, British boxing legend loses long fight with lung cancer

Christie mock spars with Muhammad Ali in Coventry in 1983 (Photo: Coventry Telegraph)

Frank Bruno has led the tributes to boxing great Errol Christie, who has died after a long battle with lung cancer.

Christie, 53, was the captain of the English amateur boxing team from 1980 to 1983 and European amateur champion in 1983.

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