111.   But boxing is his job.

112.   But if boxing is to be taken seriously, as it was in other eras, it must pour its alphabet soup down the sink.

113.   Chief among them is the fact that boxing is but one of many ways our fascination with mean sport is indulged.

114.   For both men, boxing had been their lives.

115.   For the crowd that hates it, boxing is like a cockroach.

116.   For decades now, the doctors and the do-gooders have been saying that boxing is a brutal sport with no redeeming social value and ought to be abolished.

117.   For Johnny Avila and Hector Lopez, boxing has been about missed opportunities.

118.   Gibbs said she has performed in track, basketball and kick-boxing before, but she believes boxing is her niche.

119.   His family came first, but boxing was right there.

120.   His state of mind is appropriate for his profession because boxing is a mad, mad world.