But back he came, and after one punch a short right hook Tyson's knees wobbled a fraction.
The finish this time was far more spectacular, Totti going airborne to hook José Holebas's delivery back across the goalkeeper Federico Marchetti and into the far corner.
Then, at the opening of the 21st century, a US administration that will go down in history for its tendency to think last and shoot first bought – hook, line and sinker – the entire "denying sanctuary", pervasive surveillance, "total information awareness" scheme.
He describes it in the book's title poem: elephants, broken-hearted and clumsy, "hook up bones with their trunks and chuck them this way and that way".
"We need to educate the kids," Palmer says – that it's never a victim's fault, that it's OK to hook up with someone who's unsure of his sexuality ("It's a conquer thing," she tells me), as long as you take the necessary precautions.
Whenever we hook up, we slip into the way things have always been – it's an easy friendship, and not high on drama.
None of these examples, needless to say, shines much light on what would happen if a country with 65 million people and such a huge economy decided to sling its hook.
To climb in this fashion a climber will hammer a peg (or "piton") into a crack, wedge chocks – pieces of metal of various sizes and shapes – into it or place a skyhook (a very small grappling hook) over flakes of rock and edges.
The standout singles were actually Dreadlock Holiday and The Things We Do for Love, which hint at this band's real strengths: wit, musicianship, invention and more often than not a melodic hook that got under the skin.
If families plan eventually to see all four of these films, they might prioritise the two with a strong Christmas hook, as they will both feel like stale leftovers after Christmas Day.
With guitars, pianos and the odd horn, the tunes are gloriously breezy, heartfelt affairs but pack a crafty left hook in a velvet glove.
