1.   Amateur boxing generally is considered safer because bouts are shorter than for pros, ring referees are quicker to stop fights after head blows and fighters wear headgear.

2.   And once out of prison, Bennett made an immediate name for himself in amateur boxing.

3.   Ariel Hernandez can still move, and Felix Savon can still stick, and together they again showed why they are the class of amateur boxing.

4.   As much as she likes amateur boxing, she is not as excited as her husband about her son turning pro.

5.   But Ravelo admitted that the status nations such as Cuba lend to amateur boxing far exceeds its regard in the U.S.

6.   Cuba has long dominated international amateur boxing.

7.   Deaths in amateur boxing are rare, relative to the number of fighters and bouts.

8.   Diana is grudgingly admitted to the macho subculture of amateur boxing.

9.   Holyfield said he was happy to be a part of the gala and to support Ali and amateur boxing.

10.   In amateur boxing, headgear and fitted mouthpieces are mandatory.