31.   Speaking of thespianism, Peter McNeeley has certainly recognized that modern professional boxing is an arm of Show Biz.

32.   Take the Boxing Commission, which oversees professional boxing and kick boxing in Arizona.

33.   That fall, he turned to professional boxing to support himself and his wife.

34.   That part, their welcome to America, was just what the old sour-faced coach of the Cuban national team had always told them about professional boxing.

35.   The fights are thought by many to be more dangerous than professional boxing, although there are rules to protect the fighters, Ryan said.

36.   The only sport with more black eyes than figure skating is professional boxing.

37.   The NBA and the alphabet soup of professional boxing each got big boosts with the re-emergence of Michael Jordan and Mike Tyson.

38.   The thickset man with the electrified hair was Don King, con man supreme, the modern Rasputin of professional boxing.

39.   The worst thing, well . . . no need to go into the mutations that have become professional boxing.

40.   They walked him beautifully through the minefield that is professional boxing and never put him in over his head.