Renowned as a fighter, it’s time for Big Phil to box clever

In Brazil he is Felipão; the world knows him as Big Phil.

But when Luis Felipe Scolari was in charge of Portugal, he became known as Sargento, or sargento de ferro — the iron sergeant as portrayed by Clint Eastwood in Heartbreak Ridge.

Forget the avuncular, almost cuddly, image he sometimes projects. Scolari is a slugger at heart and always will be. Literally.