1.   ----- For years now Lewis has insisted all the top heavyweights have ducked him out of fearful respect for his clubbing right hand.

2.   All the years he tried to earn the respect of a chauvinistic American boxing public, all the years so many top heavyweights avoided him had finally paid off.

3.   How many top European heavyweights have turned out to be more hype than substance?...

4.   However, he will have beaten every top heavyweight of his time.

5.   They would make millions to fight each other, and one would end up without question the top heavyweight.

6.   Bowe, the former undisputed champion, was last weekend ranked as the top heavyweight in the world in a poll of U.S. boxing writers.

7.   For Tyson, ambitious to resume his multimillion dollar career as a top heavyweight, a misstep could be very costly.

8.   Lewis said he considered himself a true heavyweight champion, even though most of the boxing public considers Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson the two top heavyweights.

9.   Still, Holyfield and those around him bristle at the suggestion that an Akinwande fight is something less than a top heavyweight title bout.

10.   They were the top two heavyweights in the world, fighting for the biggest purse ever.