Joe Brown used to advise his boxing classes “In order to hit someone, you have to get close enough to be hit yourself… so you’d better learn how to cover up”. Joe had a detached retina in his left eye, despite having been declared the winner in all ten of his professional fights. This painful truth for boxers was employed as the subject matter for several of his pieces, calling them “The Winner”. Having learned the lesson myself, I have borrowed his theme here.