Comments on: Guardian 23994/Paul – heavyweight puzzle http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/02/07/guardian-23994paul-%e2%80%93-heavyweight-puzzle/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:43:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: <![CDATA[BenIngton]]> http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/02/07/guardian-23994paul-%e2%80%93-heavyweight-puzzle/#comment-933 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:34:22 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=253#comment-933 Yes, you are right, the rest are all heavyweights as far as I can see. Guess not even Paul could not find a known heavyweight matching D?R?N!

]]> By: <![CDATA[ilancaron]]> http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/02/07/guardian-23994paul-%e2%80%93-heavyweight-puzzle/#comment-932 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:56:48 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=253#comment-932 Hmm… I assumed they were all heavyweights — I guess Duran’s the only exception (?) — being the only one I hadn’t heard of I just assumed.

]]> By: <![CDATA[BenIngton]]> http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/02/07/guardian-23994paul-%e2%80%93-heavyweight-puzzle/#comment-931 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:48:45 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=253#comment-931 Solved this in under 30 mins (a record for me with a Paul puzzle!) thanks to getting the boxing theme very quickly.

I’m not a great boxing fan but two of the most compelling fights I’ve ever seen were the Roberto Duran v Sugar Ray Leonard bouts in the ’80s for the welterweight(?) title. Leonard was clearly the more skilful boxer but Duran won it over the full distance thanks to his unbelievable fighting spirit, absorbing all the punishment he was taking and still going forward.

It was therefore a real shock when, in the rematch, having been outclassed by Leonard, he suddenly quit at the end of round 7(?) while still capable of boxing on with the words “No mas” (“No more”). Two great fights for different reasons…

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