The event for ex-Hull and St Helens favourite Prescott will also feature an undercard featuring professional boxing, a set from comedian Mike Lodge, speeches from rugby league legends and an auction including sporting memorabilia.

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The courts seem set on boxing him in.

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Author and former boxer Louise Walsh will run creative writing sessions under the title Boxing Beats with the results being set to music.

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Then there's the Holyfield Foundation, set up by three-time heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield to promote spiritual, educational and athletic development among youth.

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Henare is set to make his Saints debut in the Boxing Day friendly at Wigan.

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He also manages to stage a glitzy fashion show and a slow-motion boxing match all within David Rockwell's grim factory set featuring missing bricks.

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The Jones Jr clash was set to be Calzaghe's last before the Newbridge fighter retires from his 15-year professional boxing career.

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The Jones Jr clash was set to be Calzaghe's last before the Newbridge fighter retires from his 15-year professional boxing career, but the Welshman suggested he could be tempted to fight on if he was offered enough money.

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