Like great Roman dramas, boxing’s rags to riches stories still capture the imagination and passion of the working man. In Ricky Hatton, those fans had a blue collar hero who was one of them.
Leg drops, power slams and submission moves to make you wince. You can argue about wrestling being fake all you like, these hurt and look brilliant. What's not to like?
Stabbed three times on the streets of Pennsylvania and in jail at 17, a young Bernard Hopkins would rise through the prison system to become one of the most devastating Middleweights the sport has ever seen.
10 years after the club was formed in protest of the Glaziers ownership of Manchester United, the fan-owned model could be leading the way for British football.
The Premier League might get on your nerves and agents might make you scream, but it has nothing on the ten most bent leagues in the world and the hookers, murderers and extortionists who populate them...