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Daily Star Sunday|December 15, 2024
Two Lukes won't be scrapping like Ali
MIKE WALTERS
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LUKE HUMPHRIES can’t bring himself to drum up a feud with Luke Littler – because he regards the boy wonder more as a younger brother than his arch-rival.

As the Paddy Power PDC World Championship – a fancy dress pageant which lasts longer than the Olympics – begins at Alexandra Palace tonight, Cool Hand Luke insists there will be no trash talk with Littler, the kid he beat as a 16-year-old in the final 12 months ago.

From the trilogy of heavyweight battles between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier (below), to Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank’s grudge matches or Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe’s Wimbledon classics, sporting rivalry has always been box office gold dust.

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