21.   The high point of the ceremony was the lighting of the Olympic flame by boxing legend Muhammad Ali.

22.   He went directly to the nearby Islamic Center of North America where he joined boxing legend Muhammad Ali and other celebrities for a prayer service marking his release.

23.   Absent however will be German boxing legend Max Schmeling.

24.   Young American Oscar de la Hoya stopped Mexican boxing legend Julio Cesar Chavez in the fourth round here Friday to win the World Boxing Council super lightweight title.