Tyson v Paul: fight or farce?

The sport of boxing has over the years never been short of its array of colourful, controversial characters and news-makers for both the right and wrong reasons.

-  Trevor Cramer

The legendary Muhammad Ali, with his collection of humorous chirps, a motor mouth designed to unsettle opponents and his clowning in and out of the ring comes to mind immediately.

A fight between a professional wrestler, Hulk Hogan, and a boxer, Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) in the Rocky franchise movies also raised brows, and so too crossover or exhibition bouts over the years.