Cricketer Flintoff wins boxing bout despite knockdown

Andrew Flintoff climbed off the canvas to record a points win on his heavyweight boxing debut against Richard Dawson lqst night.

The former England and Lancashire cricket star was afforded a hero’s welcome at the Manchester Arena but, after taking the first of four two-minute rounds, he was sent tumbling to the canvas by a counter left from his American foe early in the second.