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- ↑ Marc Lichtenfeld. "Latest boxing News and Events in the USA and around the World". The Sweet Science. thesweetscience.com.
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- ↑ "Richard Hall stops O'Neil Bell". Associated Press. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2019– via ESPN.