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![Boxing - British Middleweight Title - Bunny Sterling v Phil Matthews - King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester Foto stock - Alamy Boxing - British Middleweight Title - Bunny Sterling v Phil Matthews - King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester Foto stock - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/compit/gcx4nm/boxing-vacante-bbbofc-british-middleweight-title-maurice-speranza-v-bunny-sterling-national-sporting-club-il-cafe-royal-gcx4nm.jpg)
Boxing - British Middleweight Title - Bunny Sterling v Phil Matthews - King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester Foto stock - Alamy
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Boxing - British Middleweight Title - Bunny Sterling v Phil Matthews - King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester Foto stock - Alamy
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The forgotten history of Bunny Sterling, a skilled fighter and pioneer in the face of ignorance and prejudice | The Independent | The Independent
Vintage Boxing Photos Archive - Trainer George Francis and British Middleweight Champion Bunny Sterling proudly show off the Lonsdale Belt after beating Mark Rowe at Wembley in 1970. Sterling would also win
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Boxing - British Middleweight Title - Bunny Sterling v Phil Matthews - King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester Foto stock - Alamy
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![Bunny Sterling, first Caribbean immigrant to win a British boxing title, dies aged 70 after long battle with dementia | The Sun Bunny Sterling, first Caribbean immigrant to win a British boxing title, dies aged 70 after long battle with dementia | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/NINTCHDBPICT000450646207.jpg?strip=all&w=693)