Colin Hart won't be voting Tyson into the HOF

[ross]

Colin Hart seems to think hes some sort of social commentator here

The bloke is a sports writer, nothing more. All hes being asked to do is judge whether this particular boxer has acheived enough in his boxing career to earn a place among fellow great boxers.

Didnt Barry MgGuigan get in

Hart has no right to make a judgement on what goes on outside the ring. Ok the ear biting but he better take that in to consideration when hes asked to vote for Holyfield because Evander has also bitten an opponent (amature)

If you are asked what Mike Tyson did to deserve induction to the hall of fame. He is the youngest ever heavyweight champ. He unified all three belts in 9 months with a defence in between!!He made 7 defences of the unified title and none of that will ever be repeated again!

He knocked Holmes stupid

[Mark TKO]

i read this last week and couldn't believe it

far too many people have got into the hall in recent years who shouldn't if you ask me eg Barry Mcguigan (great fighter yes, but HOF ?)

Although he did say was basing his non-vote on the rape conviction and the holyfield bite - even so to omit a figue such as Tyson is a crime.

faux pas by Mr Hart me thinks here

[Dizaster]

On the contrary, I think 20, 30, 40, 50 years down the track, great boxers are remembered and appreciated number 1 for their boxing... I don't think anyone will look at the HOF and be disappointed that certain people who made it in there had issues in their personal lives...

Millions of people all over the world have personal issues, but how many become, behind Ali, the most famous and well known boxer of all time?

We have the same debate over here with our Australian Football League and it's HOF... And certain greats who were almost supernatural while on the field (even to the point one was earnestly nicknames "God"), feel into problems with drugs and booze or gambling, violence etc after their careers ended, and should the be put into a HOF? What example does that set?

Obviously there has to be a line somewhere.. A multiple rapist murderer shouldn't be in any HOF.... But when you think of these people, and the main thing that comes to mind for just about everyone, is how sensational they were as competitors, and how much the brought to the sport...

I know that is what I think of when I think of Tyson... I don't know about others...

Obviously he'll get in there at some stage, as was the case over here with our AFL, the controversy of whether they should be in the HOF happens one year, the next it happens less, then eventually they just put them in there, and give them credit for the 10 to 20 + years they were an icon of the sport... YOu have to reward that..

[El Kabong]

This is a BOXING hall of fame not the GOOD BEHAVIOR AND ROLE MODEL hall of fame, it shouldn't matter unless he cheated on the game like Panama Lewis.

[amat]

Isn't Carlos Monzon in the hall? Colin Hart can make his moral stand elsewhere.

[ross]

Isn't Carlos Monzon in the hall? Colin Hart can make his moral stand elsewhere.

Exactly. Do the hall of fame do a police check on the voters? No because they want a boxing journalists view. They dont care if Colin Hart got in to a scuffle in a pub 40 years ago and dropped the nut on someone.

[generalbulldog]

Tyson deserves to be in the Hall for his accomplishments inside the ring. And that's what it should be. Youngest HW champ, cleaned out a division in the 80s with ease, helped revive boxing to a mainstream sport in America in the 80s because he was so sensational.

[CutMeMick]

Isn't Carlos Monzon in the hall? Colin Hart can make his moral stand elsewhere.

Whoa! Whoa! Slow down amat. No need to start airing out dirty laundry...

[rjj tszyu]

Harts not too popular here then