21.   But Tyson adviser Shelley Finkel said a bout between the two former heavyweight champions remains farfetched because he said neither Weathers nor Levin could get an agreement with Foreman.

22.   Carnoy was looking for celebrities for bit parts and signed on Gerry Cooney, the former heavyweight fighter, who plays a baker.

23.   Citing personal reasons, Floyd Patterson, a former heavyweight boxing champion, resigned from his position as New York State Athletic Commissioner on Wednesday.

24.   Clearly, the former heavyweight champion remains bitter.

25.   Contributors have included novelists Tom Wolfe and Kurt Vonnegut Jr., historian Stephen Ambrose and even former heavyweight champ Muhammad Ali.

26.   Director Michael Mann takes an avant-garde leap into the world of former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali.

27.   During a rare appearance alone, the former heavyweight champion made his apologies two days after what may turn out to be his final fight.

28.   Earlier this year, it broadcast an hour on the tragic life of enigmatic former heavyweight champ Sonny Liston that was close to being brilliant.

29.   For most of the first four rounds, it appeared he might come away with the scalp of the former heavyweight champion, too.

30.   For several million reasons, the former two-time heavyweight champion had his boxing license restored.