Boxing: Do rope-a-dopes rule ring?

Manny Pacquiao, acknowledged as the world's best fighter, was defending more than his title against Ghana's Joshua Clottey in Dallas late last night. Also at stake was his integrity after allegations that his phenomenal rise from flyweight to welterweight has been fuelled by drugs. Pacquiao's emphatic denial – "I don't even know what a steroid is" – is in the wake of rumours spreading that boxing now has a major doping problem.

Source: Independent.co.uk