31.   In his last fight, De La Hoya stood toe to toe with a fading Julio Cesar Chavez and slugged him into submission in the eighth round.

32.   In the eighth round, McClellan floored Benn again with a vicious right.

33.   In the second fight De La Hoya forced Chavez, who was cut and bleeding inside his mouth, to quit in his corner before the eighth round.

34.   It is not clear that the eighth round, scheduled for January in New Delhi, will be any more productive.

35.   Kelley, with one eye closed from too many punches, knocked out Gainer in the eighth round in their first fight.

36.   Jefferson was so tired in the eighth round that Izon sent him to the canvas with a slight push.

37.   Maybe in the eighth round, as Ali did.

38.   Moorer, tiring and hurt, went down two more times in the eighth round and somehow survived to reach his corner.

39.   Near the end of the eighth round, Holmes connected with a quick right, and the policeman went down.

40.   Raul Marquez lost his International Boxing Federation junior middleweight title to Yory Boy Campas after being stopped on a technical knockout in the eighth round.