UK small-caps – down and out or ready for a rope-a-dope?

I've wrestled with alligators, I've tussled with a whale, I done handcuffed lightning And thrown thunder in jail. What ranks as the finest comeback in the history of sport? There are many candidates, but perhaps the most celebrated is the epic road to redemption which culminated in Muhammad Ali reclaiming the world heavyweight crown.  Ali was controversially stripped of his titles in 1967. Returning to the ring after a three-and-a-half-year suspension, he lost a championship bout to Joe Frazier and then doggedly took on all-comers before at last earning an...