He says very few fights end with a knockout punch, which is far more harmful than an unsightly laceration.

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Honours even then in the verbal sparring stakes with neither boxer landing a knockout punch but expect more fireworks when the fighters square up for real in the ring next month.

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Neither candidate landed a knockout punch.

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Then the Heat landed a swift knockout punch.

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