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Get Ricky Hatton to Plant one on Led Zep

Behind the week's hype about boxing and Led bleedin' Zeppelin - read Mick Hume's columns in The Times (London).

Mick Hume

Mick Hume
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Friday 14 December

‘At the risk of striking a wrong note with almost everybody, may I just say that I can’t stand Led bloody Zeppelin. When I grew up in the 1970s, they were rock bottom. And the hysterical reaction to Led Zep’s London reunion suggests that our culture might be off its rocker today…’

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Tuesday 11 December

‘Ricky Hatton was floored in Las Vegas, but it is good to see the sport of boxing getting up off the canvas again. Yet when even the Prime Minister feels compelled to announce that he will stay up to watch the big fight, it looks like some might want to “fix” boxing for their own ends…’

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