The ace behind the pack

First things first. I put it to Peter Stringer, were you asking for it just a little bit when Alessandro Troncan threw that haymaker in Rome?

The ace behind the pack

First things first. I put it to Peter Stringer, were you asking for it just a little bit when Alessandro Troncan threw that haymaker in Rome?

At first, the 5 ft 7 inch, 11 stone dynamo looked aghast, but after a moment or two a little smile gathered at the side of his mouth. And the very certain inference was that if Troncan felt HE had been provoked, so, too, did Stringer!

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