11.   Chavez was supposed to fight a meaningless opponent in hopes of positioning himself for one last title fight vs. World Boxing Council junior welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu.

12.   Curry was once welterweight champion and some felt among the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world but that was a decade ago.

13.   Curry was once welterweight champion and some felt among the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world, but that was a decade ago.

14.   De La Hoya, the WBC welterweight champion, has been less than devastating in big fights in recent years and has been criticized as a result.

15.   Felix Trinidad, the International Boxing Federation welterweight champion, was beaming Friday, because for the first time in a long time he felt like a star.

16.   First he was set to fight former welterweight champion Pernell Whitaker last April.

17.   For that distance, the World Boxing Association super welterweight champion was dominating undefeated welterweight champion Felix Trinidad with his superior hand and foot speed.

18.   He is not interested in dropping down in weight or in waiting around for Oscar De La Hoya, the welterweight champion.

19.   He is in court in Manhattan this week seeking to validate his contract with Felix Trinidad, the International Boxing Federation welterweight champion.

20.   He faces WBC welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya on Saturday at Staples Center.