61.   It was also the first bout of his six-fight deal with American television network HBO.

62.   It was the first title bout in Sucre state, the birthplace of seven world boxing champions and an Olympic gold medalist.

63.   It will be his first bout since losing his undefeated status in a middleweight unification match with Bernard Hopkins in September.

64.   James Kendrick of Ottawa lost his first bout to Igor Peckov of Kazahkstan and was eliminated.

65.   Like Patterson in the first bout, he unwisely arose when the count reached nine and suffered for it.

66.   McClellan had surgery to fix a dislocated knuckle on his right hand after the second Jackson fight, and this is his first bout since.

67.   Mike Tyson plans a press conference next week to announce who he will fight in his first bout since serving three years in prison on a rape conviction.

68.   The attraction was Tyson, fighting immediately afterward, against Peter McNeeley in his first bout in more than four years.

69.   The British board recently issued its first licence to a female boxer, Jane Couch, who is awaiting her first pro bout in Britain.

70.   The Ingle fight will also his first bout since an acrimonious split with long-time promoter Frank Warren and trainer Brendan Ingle.