1.   World middleweight champions Mickey Walker and Joey Giardello both came from solid middle-class homes, but fought like cavemen in the ring.

2.   A potential bout with Trinidad, the World Boxing Association middleweight champion, has its own obstacles.

3.   By then the World Boxing Organization middleweight champion had been drilled in the face repeatedly by fists he did not see and was powerless to stop.

4.   Can you imagine the undisputed light heavyweight champion fighting the undisputed middleweight champion?

5.   Denzel has the middleweight champion of the world out on his feet, helpless against the ropes.

6.   Duran stands no chance against the WBA middleweight champion unless Joppy decides to stand flat-footed and exchange punches.

7.   He lost to Gannon, which damaged his credibility . . . Middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins is on the Jones undercard.

8.   He prefers former middleweight champion Marvin Hagler because of his work habits and relentlessness, and because both are left-handed and about the same weight.

9.   His collection of fighters includes most super middleweight and middleweight champions.