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- 1 2 Vann, Mickey (2003) Give Me A Ring: The Autobiography of Star Referee Mickey Vann, Mainstream Publishing, ISBN 978-1840186901
- ↑ Boxing News, 8 May 1992
- ↑ "Boxing: Swift suffers at hands of Till", The Independent , 15 April 1993. Retrieved 24 July 2015