Governor-general against boxing legend (4)

I believe the answer is:

vali

'governor-general' is the definition.
(historical Turkish title)

'against boxing legend' is the wordplay.
'against' becomes 'v' (abbreviation for 'versus').
'boxing legend' becomes 'ali' (I've seen this in another clue).
'v'+'ali'='VALI'

(Another definition for vali that I've seen is " Ottoman governor".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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