Andrew Flintoff was brave to fight and sensible to call it a day as an undefeated boxer His masochistic urge satisfied by victory over America's Richard Dawson in a four-round bout in Manchester, Flintoff has confirmed only what we already knew: Boxing is dangerous, painful and not to be messed around with. He is braver than most of us. Big Fred is a restless soul forever in need of a "challenge," usually via an accompanying documentary. Historians of the sweet science will not linger over his contribution, but well done, anyway. The best bit of his boxing career will be it ending.