Highland High graduate Chris "Kid Kayo" Fernandez became the first Utahn to defend his world championship boxing title (WBU welterweight) in Utah since Danny "Little Red" did so in 1978. He is just the third Utahn to earn a world championship in boxing.

Q: how did you feel after your victory?

A: It was an amazing feeling. The atmosphere, the crowd, I've never ever felt anything like that in my life. The energy and the support was amazing. ... There was no way I was going to lose the fight. What I didn't like was the excuses he made after the fight.

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Groves headlines the bill after Ricky Burns' WBO world lightweight title defence against Jose Ocampo was abandoned for contractual reasons.

It will be the unbeaten 24-year-old's second outing of a year interrupted by back and nose injuries and the significant cut sustained during his six-round stoppage of Francisco Sierra in July.

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Hide, 41, of Bawburgh, near Norwich, was ordered to pay a total of £1,515 at Norwich Crown Court in June 2011 after being convicted of assault.

In September a warrant was issued to bring the ex-world heavyweight back to court as nothing had been reimbursed.

Magistrates had heard Hide could not pay as he had struggled to find work.

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