11.   Years ago, the oaf landed a lucky punch and actually beat the champ in an amateur bout.

12.   A Solomon Islands boxer who suffered severe head injuries in an amateur bout has been granted a visa to enable him to stay in New Zealand for treatment.

13.   A Solomon Islands boxer who suffered severe head injuries in an amateur bout last month faces possible deportation from New Zealand because his visa has expired.

14.   Also in question is whether headgear, used now in all amateur bouts, would be effective in preventing injuries to the brain.

15.   He has repeatedly said that boxers must undergo exposure in amateur bouts before turning professional.

16.   His visa expired two weeks ago while he was being treated for injuries sustained after being knocked out during an amateur bout in Auckland last month.

17.   So that amateur bout has no meaning?

18.   She begins training, eventually competing in gender-blind amateur bouts.

19.   Bulgarian boxer Zvetan Todorov needed emergency surgery after collapsing with a brain haemorrage during an amateur bout on Saturday night.