article_snippet: The US official and the now desperate Dan’s corner men agreed to call a merciful halt.
article_snippet: There was not a trace of anxiety, a flicker of hesitation or an inkling inconvenience as smashed Dan to pieces.
article_snippet: and then Dan was put down by a sharp uppercut .
article_snippet: 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: There were no signs of distress from that left leg which had been savagely severed.
article_snippet: One sharp sent Dan reeling.
article_snippet: Only a mix of gallantry and clinching got Dan through more punishment to the bell, which seemed more likely to have condemned The home boy’s to a continuing world of pain rather than to have saved The home boy’s.
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.