article_snippet: Dan was taking right hands to the head as if by habit and Dan went down for the third time from an accumulation of blows.
article_snippet: Make that a fourth, Dan falling a split second before the bell.
article_snippet: One sharp sent Dan reeling.
article_snippet: The next, an uppercut, put Dan down.
article_snippet: The third sent Dan to the canvas again.
article_snippet: Only a mix of gallantry and clinching got Dan through more punishment to the bell, which seemed more likely to have condemned Dan to a continuing world of pain rather than to have saved Dan.
article_snippet: Jeff Powell's: Dan had pronounced Dan ready not only to rumble but to ignore the sound and fury of the partisan Sheffield crowd.
article_snippet: Dan started brightly enough to suggest nerves might not be problem
article_snippet: Dan makes Dan way to the ring with a smile on Dan face and is looking calm and confident.