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(Brad Davis/The Register-Herald) Boxing trainer Carl Murdock runs his garage gym at his Mount Hope home as Amber Sweeney (near bag) and Bobby Belcher (far bag), two of a handful of Beckley Toughman Contest fighters in his stable this year, put in work Monday evening. The 70-year-old Murdock is widely considered to be one of the most effective at grooming local scrappers into polished boxers that win matches, with his Mount Hope Boxing Club producing some 40 champions male and female over a 30 plus year period. The walls of his garage gym are parts local boxing museum, hall of fame and champions' club. Each fighter who trains with him aspires to be on his wall one day.