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Full name | Justin Stewart Kane | |||||||
Nationality | ![]() | |||||||
Born | Ferntree Gully, Victoria | 21 December 1981|||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | |||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||
Weight class | Bantamweight | |||||||
Club | Shamrock Boxing Club | |||||||
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He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. [1]
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