1.   He had done time in jail and been through the Army and he was closing in on the middleweight boxing crown when race riots convulsed the nation.

2.   He successfully defended the middleweight crown six times before capturing the IBF super middleweight title from Iran Barkley by a ninth-round knockout in February of last year.

3.   He was closing in on the middleweight boxing crown when race riots convulsed the nation.

4.   On the undercard, Hassine Cherifi defends his WBC middleweight crown against Keith Holmes, from whom he took the championship.

5.   Then he relinquished the middleweight crown to take a shot at Benn.

6.   With a punishing left, he sent Graziano down for the count in the third round and became the second boxer to regain the middleweight crown.

7.   Compatriots Ariel Hernandez defended his middleweight crown and Juan Hernandez won his third straight title in welterweights.

8.   He also has held the IBF middleweight crown.

9.   Nardiello will defend his WBC super middleweight crown against British challenger Robin Reid.

10.   On the undercard, the seemingly ageless Duran fights for a title nine years after he lost his middleweight crown to Sugar Ray Leonard.