Two Midlands boxers face contrasting emotions in Birmingham on Saturday as Liam Davies tops a bill that also includes Nathan Heaney having his last professional fight.

For Shropshire’s Davies, defending his European featherweight crown is the latest step on a pathway to what the 30-year-old from Telford still hopes will one day mean world title glory.

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For 37-year-old Heaney, from Stoke-on-Trent, the former British middleweight champion, it is a different career chapter.

This is, quite simply, the closing chapter.

The popular former teacher has already announced that this is his final fight as a professional.

Roared on by his faithful…

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