31.   When you look at the present middleweight champions, this kid could beat any of them.

32.   William Joppy of Washington, the WBA middleweight champion, will meet Julio Cesar Green of Harlem.

33.   A day earlier, Cayton said the Jones-Pazienza fight was off because Jones wanted to fight WBC super middleweight champion Nigel Benn of Britain.

34.   Another title bout will pit Raul Marquez of Houston, the IBF middleweight champion, against Keith Mullings of Brooklyn, New York.

35.   Argentines buried their greatest boxing hero, former world middleweight champion Carlos Monzon, on Monday in his hometown of Santa Fe.

36.   Another talented member of the lower weight classes is WBC middleweight champion Gerald McClellan, but he needs to stick around long enough to be noticed.

37.   Carlos Monzon, a former middleweight champion who was convicted of killing his girlfriend six years ago, died when his car ran off a country road and overturned.

38.   Catley, the current British middleweight champion, was a surprise replacement when the Italian pulled out of the fight Tuesday after tearing his calf muscle in training.

39.   Catley, who moved up a weight for the fight, remains the British middleweight champion.

40.   Cherifi, the European middleweight champion, lacked the power to hurt Reid but kept him confused and off balance.