"It was visible that my glasses were broken, I had blood on my face, and I even had a little bit of blood here on the eyebrow. For me, that was a bit odd that they didn't check me for a concussion."
This man is my hero, Michael Watson says simply as he turns to Peter Hamlyn, the neurosurgeon who saved his life and carried out seven operations on the stricken boxer's brain in the aftermath of his fight against Chris Eubank in September 1991.
Researchers have developed drugs known as mimetics that aim to replicate the beneficial effects of exercise. One such drug, LaKe, induces a metabolic state similar to high-intensity running.