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A junior boxer who fought for England 27 times is facing a new battle to put his career back together after he was caught with cannabis and a machete.Eddie O'Rourke was the toast of boxing circles as he rose rapidly through the ranks and once appeared on the same bill with Tyson Fury, now Great Britain's eighth world heavyweight champion.Nottingham Crown Court heard on Tuesday, December 1, O'Rourke, 26, of School Lane, in Newark, lost his way after his mother died in 2011.He was caught by police