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Morgan has been looking to challenge for a world title since July 2016, and after a "very frustrating" time attempting to arrange a title fight, in
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Morgan won the
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could fight for the "vacant title", with her manager stating it was unclear whether Adler had vacated the title or been stripped of it. However, before she was able to fight for the title, Morgan was forced to retire from boxing due to a sparring injury leading to
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British under 23 records.
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towards the end of that year. That operation led to a secondary problem, however, and as a result she did not compete in 2003. Instead she intended to focus on the
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1185:"Meet boxing's real-life G.I. Jane"
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343:Durrington, Wiltshire
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315:World Boxing Council
29:Personal information
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748:"Biography"
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119:Personal
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380:Javelin
375:Results
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