Boris out for count

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reads a statement outside 10 Downing Street formally resigning as Conservative Party leader.

The consummate boxing writer AJ Liebling has an anecdote which might commend itself to the still (last time we looked anyway) British prime minister Boris Johnson as he contemplates his future this weekend.

In his book The Sweet Science Liebling recounts the story of a now almost forgotten heavyweight encounter at Madison Square Garden between Tommy “Hurricane” Jackson and the Cuban Nino Valdes.