41.   The son told him he would rather die between the ropes than lose his first nationally televised bout.

42.   The styles of Holyfield and Lewis clashed in the first bout and made for an ugly fight.

43.   Their first bout ended in controversy when Hopkins was tossed from the ring by the referee, injured his ankle and could not continue.

44.   Their first bout, in August, might have been the fight of the year.

45.   To make the Olympic team at Augusta, the winners at Oakland must beat the runners-up once, either in the first bout or the second.

46.   Tyson, in his first bout since his March prison release, will be slapping around Peter McNeeley, a great guy but not much of a fighter.

47.   What is not clear is whether a rematch can be scheduled, considering the difficulty in working out the first bout.

48.   A boxer underwent brain surgery Wednesday after being critically injured in the first professional bouts aboard an aircraft carrier moored as a museum on the Hudson River.

49.   A boxer who collapsed from a brain injury after winning his first pro bout was in critical, unstable condition Thursday, a hospital spokeswoman said.

50.   Benboudoud, the Olympic silver medalist in the same division, was beaten by Aidyn Smaulov of Kyrgyzstan in his first bout.