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The following is the transcript of a call made to a phone-in show on a

local Liverpool radio station. The topic being debated at the time was

the controversial outcome of the Evander Holyfield v Lennox Lewis fight.

PRESENTER: OK, let's go to line 3. Line 3..... who's this?

CALLER: Oh, yeah, hello... it's Brian here.

PRESENTER: Hello Brian, and what have you got to say about last night's

result?

CALLER: Well, er, not a lot actually.

PRESENTER: Oh...

CALLER: Well, yer see, I know nothing at all about boxing.

PRESENTER: I see... Well, erm, tonight's debate is a discussion

about.....

CALLER: But I did have a girlfriend once who was really, really into

boxing

in a big way. Loved it she did.

PRESENTER: Really?

CALLER Oh, yeah. Do you know how into boxing she was?

PRESENTER: Well, no....

CALLER: She was so much into boxing that when she took her clothes off

she

had a picture of Evander Holyfield tattooed on one thigh and Lennox

Lewis

on the other.

PRESENTER: Really?

CALLER: Yeah, really.... Course, I didn't know who they were coz I know

nothing about boxing.

PRESENTER: I see. So did your girlfriend explain who the two tattoos

were

of?

CALLER: Yeah.

PRESENTER: Oh, good.

CALLER: Course, I recognised Don King right there in the middle of them

without any help at all.

PRESENTER: Let's go straight to line 2....