Classics Monthly

ROUND 6: FARINA MAGNETTE vs TRIUMPH 2000/2500/2.5

Oh dear. You know how sometimes you look at two boxers stepping into the ring and they appear so poorly matched that your stomach turns over and you can't help thinking that one of them is going to get seriously hurt? This round makes me think of that. It’s like watching Frank Bruno square off against Mike Tyson, or when Wrexham, who had finished bottom of the entire football league the previous season, faced Arsenal who were the current League champions in the FA cup. (For the record, Bruno rocked Tyson with one mighty punch but was otherwise largely on the receiving end in a bout he lost, but Wrexham scored twice in the last ten minutes to emerge 2-1 victors.)

I don't think this is over-stating the danger in a fight between the Farina Magnette and Triumph’s 2000. After all, one received nothing but praise and adulation

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