1.   BILLY HARDY is hot on the trail of former world featherweight champion Paul Hodkinson.

2.   BRITISH featherweight champion Sean Murphy is out to make it third time lucky when he challenges for the WBO world title next month.

3.   Among the fighters he defeated was former featherweight champion Willie Pep.

4.   Azumah Nelson is not a happy man, and that may be unhappy news for World Boxing Council super featherweight champion Gabriel Ruelas.

5.   A year ago, Frank Warren was the promoter and chief defender of World Boxing Organization featherweight champion Prince Naseem Hamed.

6.   After being turned down by featherweight champion Naseem Hamed for a July bout, Ayala said he is eager to get back in the ring.

7.   Also, former super featherweight champion Joel Casamayor faces veteran Juan Jose Arias.

8.   De La Hoya put his well-schooled, more-experienced opponent down with a stinging left hook to the head and the former featherweight champion never got up.

9.   Dorsey, a former International Boxing Federation featherweight champion, said he last worked out on Sunday.

10.   Dorsey, the former IBF featherweight champion, is rugged but limited and a notorious bleeder.