11.   But Friday, one day before his heavyweight bout against Julius Francis, Tyson became upset and agitated.

12.   But together this could be a formidable match, because there is not another compelling heavyweight championship bout on the horizon.

13.   Don King denied Wednesday that his demands for a guarantee had sabotaged plans for a heavyweight unification bout between Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis.

14.   Eric Kirkland of Wyandanch, N.Y., knocked out Curtis Taylor of Danville, Va., in the second round of their heavyweight bout.

15.   Esch, despite suffering his serious arm injury in the opening seconds of his heavyweight bout with William Harris, won a fourth-round knockout.

16.   Finally, a world heavyweight title bout that delivered.

17.   He was a fervent fan of the ring, and we got into an animated discussion of the then-recent Evander Holyfield-Lennox Lewis heavyweight bout.

18.   Holyfield-Lewis was the first major heavyweight bout at Madison Square Garden in more than two decades.

19.   If only Whitaker had been in the Van Nuys gym at the time training for a potential heavyweight bout against Michael Grant.

20.   In a heavyweight bout, John Jakopin took care of youngster Mike Brown.