81.   Eliecer, a former champion, likes to brawl.

82.   Duva and Don King are negotiating a fight between IBF welterweight champ Felix Trinidad and former champion Pernell Whitaker, although talks are in the early stages.

83.   Eventually he got around to Holyfield, but that was not until he had all but blamed him for getting his ear chewed off by the former champion.

84.   Even though Ali invited Mike Tyson, there was no definite word whether the former champion would attend.

85.   Even former champions of sales charges, like Prudential Securities, are rolling out no-load funds in response to consumer demand.

86.   Fernando Vargas is the perfect opponent for Oscar De La Hoya and the former champion from East L.A. knows it.

87.   First he was set to fight former welterweight champion Pernell Whitaker last April.

88.   Far more widely known and acclaimed than Paul Lawrie, who won, and who joined a brigade of former champions who were missing the cut here.

89.   For the past week, Sampras had efficiently cleared his own path to U.S. Open final, cutting down the former champions in the process.

90.   Former champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov of Russia ended up fourth.