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Harry Redknapp teams up with local entrepreneur to subsidise the final 500 tickets for Chris Billam-Smith's Bournemouth bout... before claiming the 'local boy' will beat Lawrence Okolie in cruiserweight world title fight

Harry Redknapp has encouraged local entrepreneur and philanthropist Joseph Ashford-Ellis to subsidise the final 500 tickets for this weekend's historic cruiserweight world title fight featuring Chris Billam-Smith at Bournemouth's Vitality Stadium.

Boxing fans had taken to social media to call for the prices to be dropped so that those who couldn't afford to purchase a full-price tickets could attend the highly-anticipated bout.

Therefore, Redknapp teamed up with Ashford-Ellis - who has already donated all his profits from his show to local charities including an amateur boxing gym and a soup kitchen- to address the issue.