There is a flying surveillance drone the weight of a wedding ring, and one that carries 2.7 tonnes of bombs.

ECONOMIST: Robot ethics

Robb has also been encouraged by the support he received from five-weight world champion Sugar Ray Leonard when the American ring legend visited Scotland last year.

BBC: Fighting with diabetes

There is even one woman who is a heart surgeon in Mexico who, after she's finished putting people up and putting new hearts in them, is in the ring boxing and she is a world champion at bantum weight.

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So once the weight is made, Kayes will be keeping a watchful eye on his charge to ensure Hatton is in the ring 28 hours later "bursting full of energy" with the right food in his system.

BBC: CHOOSE A SPORT

Calzaghe, unbeaten in 45 bouts, was king of the super-middleweight division - holding the WBC, WBA and WBO titles - but The Ring light-heavyweight crown he won by beating Hopkins was to be on the line against four-weight world champion Jones.

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