FF boxes clever in tradition of Ali

POLITICIANS sometimes use boxing metaphors when describing their honourable profession.

As we move closer to elections (62 days for anybody who cares), the kind of macho stuff you hear is more attuned to prize fighters preparing for a scrap than a group of suits with weak handshakes and even weaker promises readying themselves for mid-term elections.

Bertie on the Ropes read a headline in one of the dailies after Ahern's bare-knuckled bout with Tom Gilmartin's lawyer. "But still undefeated and undisputed champion of the universe," it might have continued.