Now the Sun covers the sport with at least 3 feature articles a week, plus news snippets, which is a welcomeincrease on a few years ago when there was simply nothing for weeks at a time.

Colin Hart this week wrote a piece on why MikeTyson should not get into the Boxing Hall of Fame. It was interesting, but I completelydisagree with his reasoning. Actually, now I come to think of it, he didn’t say Tyson shouldn’t be inducted, but he did say Tyson would not get his vote. He did acknowledge Tyson’s achievements, and also mentioned that he had no doubt Tyson would be inducted regardless of his individual vote. He generally writes pretty good stuff, Hart, but some of it is a little too rose-tinted for my liking. He seems a little reluctant to call a spade a spade. He’s certainly no Hugh McIlvanney. :)

As for the other stuff, Frank Warren writes in the Sun every Saturday, but mainly it’ll be something along the lines of “The Boxing World (as it relates to Frank Warren and how he can make the most money out of it)”. He basically uses the column space in the same way Elsworth Toohey does in Ayn Rand’s ‘The Fountainhead’, it’s a public form of manipulation, or just a soapbox from whence he can decry all those sinners against Frank Warren And The Forces Of Good, and move other pawns around the board. I’ll be honest, I have respect for Frank Warren, but I don’t think he knows much about the sport inside the ring, or at least his analysis and opinions of the actual fights is sporadic, puerile and generally nepotistic.

Still, any coverage is better than no coverage, and I do find reading these guys’ opinions interesting, if sometimes frustrating and infuriating.