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The world of sport generates perennial debates that can drive a grown man to distraction or create rifts between the firmest of friends. Fear not. Who would win a Fight between Muhammad Ali and Bruce Lee? is here to save them. Nicholas Hobbes tackles the sports-related questions that thousands of people have debated in front of the TV and in the pub, but for which they have never found a definitive answer. These include: Why do female tennis players grunt? Are English footballers really thicker than foreign players? Why do cyclists shave their legs? Can one swimming pool be 'faster' than another? And who would win a fight between Muhammad Ali and Bruce Lee? Drawing on studies by statisticians and scientists, doctors and philosophers, Nicholas Hobbes explains the whys, what's and hows, so you don't have to.

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* 'Both funny and informative.' Andrew Baker, Daily Telegraph

"""* 'Both funny and informative.' Andrew Baker, Daily Telegraph"""

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Nicholas Hobbes is a writer living in London and the author of Essential Militaria and England: 1,000 Things You Need to Know, published by Atlantic Books in 2003 and 2006.

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