11.   Despite his carefully modulated appeal to Israeli sensibilities, the veteran diplomat from Ghana wrapped a solid punch in his slow, measured cadences.

12.   First-round knockout victim Oscar Molina of Denver said Mercado never was hit with a solid punch during the bout Saturday.

13.   Having spoken for about one hour, he was unable to land any solid punches to draw blood from his seemingly undefined targets.

14.   Hipp had landed only a few solid punches in the fight and was well behind on all three scorecards when the fight was stopped.

15.   In the third round, Navarre rushed at an off-balance Holmes and connected with solid punches.

16.   Ruelas took the count and seemed OK for the rest of that round, then came back in the third round to land some solid punches of his own.

17.   The two then exchanged words before Stackhouse grabbed Hornacek and delivered three solid punches.

18.   It took only two solid punches to finish the job.

19.   Lewis started to feel my power in the first round, and it only took one solid punch in the second.