101.   World Cup middleweight champion Arkadii Topaev is living proof that the former Soviet sports machine still packs a formidable punch.

102.   World Boxing Association light middleweight champion Julio Cesar Vasquez of Argentina kept his title by outpointing American challenger Ronald Wright here on Sunday.

103.   Jones often speaks of quitting boxing for basketball, thinking often of injuries suffered by his friend and former middleweight champion Gerald McClellan.

104.   Part of his reason for fighting again is not liking the way he went out before, a pounding at the hands of reigning middleweight champion Norris.

105.   Rahman has switched trainers since losing to Lewis, firing Adrian Davis and replaced him with Bouie Fischer, who recently split with undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins.

106.   The fight tops a card that also includes the light heavyweight debut of former super middleweight champion James Toney.

107.   The International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion has switched his title defense against Eric Lucas from Las Vegas to here so he can attempt the unprecedented double.

108.   The latest blow came on Monday morning when Barcelona light middleweight champion Hidehiko Yoshida was knocked out of the middlweight gold medal contention.