It was like Henry Cooper or Rocky or Frank Bruno running Mastermind – with the exciting innovation of being allowed to punch the contestant for answers he didn't like. "It was Queen BerenGARIA! Oof! Get up! Gonnora was his SECOND wife! Stop LYING there, get him UP!"

I would love the opportunity to join the British National Party – and set up a new wing.

The news that Ricky Hatton was to try his hand at punchlines, rather than punches, seemed initially like some fancy footwork to sell tickets for a handful of after-dinner-style shows. However, I should not have had too many doubts about the tenacious Mancunian's ability with the witty riposte. After all, he once cut down his opponent Floyd Mayweather, in word if not in deed, when he said: "If there were such a thing as reincarnation, Floyd would want to come back as himself."

What happened next after an appointment with Tyson

THE FRENETIC industry of the all-night bagel shop was only brought to a halt by Frank Bruno. The shop, at the top of Brick Lane in London's East End, reaches its weekly climax at about four o'clock on Sunday morning. Because anyone going out for a bagel at that time is certain to be at least slightly interesting. Dull suburban couples, for instance, wouldn't survive the strain were one partner to suggest that "This week dear, instead of Sunday afternoon at the Harvester, why don't we go to a bagel shop at four in the morning?".

THERE WERE calls for Lennox Lewis to be awarded an instant rematch against Evander Holyfield after the fight between the two world heavyweight champions at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night ended in a controversial draw. Lewis, who had waited 10 years for his chance to win the undisputed title, will now have to wait a little longer to rectify what he and his camp see as a serious injustice.

Lynchings, imprisonment and social exclusion will never stop individual s breaking racial barriers

Sir: I thoroughly enjoyed Ken Jones' article on the British challenge for the world heavyweight title (27 February).

I Work For: SHARON SCOTT WORKS FOR STEPHEN PURDEW, SALES AND MARKETING DIRECTOR OF THE HENLOW GRANGE HEALTH FARMS GROUP

YOUR analysis of sportsmen and why they are violent ("First thrash the opposition, then thrash your woman", 25 January) is inappropriate and, dare I say it, sensationalist. I do not mean to condone or defend the perpetrators mentioned. The simple fact is that a high percentage of the male population is violent towards their partner. Bearing in mind the large number of professional sportsmen, there are bound to be a few who contribute to these statistics. What about those who do not? Geoffrey Boycott may well have an aggressive nature but that is his nature, not the nature of the game of cricket! And as for Frank Bruno suggesting that leaving his sport is like a bereavement, well, are we seriously supposed to be sympathetic? People leave all manner of jobs, often with a very bleak future, and in much more painful circumstances than extremely wealthy boxers, I can assure him of that. Some of them will take it out on their partners and some will not, depending on their personality. It's as simple as that.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

The oddity of `Underworld' is that it is a cartoon which keeps turning photographic, so that what you have taken for a comic caricature of evil will suddenly reveal a patch of shocking forensic detail