Championship

BRAVO TO BOTH AS FLAWED LORDS OF RING

by
The LeaguePaper Team
21 January 2018

Match Verdict

DEFENDING? Non-existent. Organisation? Likewise.
Tactically and technically, this crazy contest was an utter shambles.
But in terms of pure, unadulterated entertainment, you won’t see a better game in the Championship all season.
Goals, mistakes, a red card; there were even two comebacks.
Boxing connoisseurs may remember a 1976 fight between George Foreman and Ron Lyle that saw both men slug each other to a standstill.
So it was here; knockout blow after knockout blow, only for each pulverised pugilist to clamber unsteadily back to his feet. By the end, ten-man Leeds ...

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