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1 day ago100,000 statue of Britain's youngest ever boxing world champion stolen from east London - with only his shoes left by thieves
A bronze statue of Teddy Baldock, Britain's youngest ever boxing world champion, has been stolen from outside a DLR station in east London. It appears as though the statue has been cut from its mount, with only the shoes left behind, raising concerns it may have been stolen to be melted down for scrap. Baldock, who was born in Poplar in 1907, became world bantamweight champion in 1927 at the age of 19 a record that still stands in British boxing.
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