Hobson guided Sheffield's Clinton Woods to the IBF light-heavyweight title and also promoted some of Ricky Hatton's fights in the United Kingdom.

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Sheffield boxing promoter Dennis Hobson has also tried to tempt Calzaghe out of retirement with a clash against light-heavyweight fighter Clinton Woods.

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However, following another one-sided victory over Sheffield's Clinton Woods (who, it should be noted, went on to win a world title, as other Jones opponents in this period did) in 2002, Jones' paymasters HBO had seen enough, and in 2003 he challenged John Ruiz for the lumbering heavyweight's WBA crown.

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