31.   It is also why he is issuing a most unusual challenge to WBC welterweight champion Pernell Whitaker and IBF titleholder Felix Trinidad.

32.   Jesus Chavez, the NABF welterweight boxing champion, is back in the USA and about to fight again.

33.   Julio Caesar Chavez, the reigning junior welterweight champion, joined referee Jerry Markbreit and captains for both teams for the opening coin toss.

34.   Minutes after Trinidad vacated the ring, Whitaker entered it and began the systematic destruction of former junior welterweight champion Jake Rodriguez.

35.   No one associated with the WBC welterweight champion, who defends his title against Julio Cesar Chavez on Friday, is concerned about the drinking.

36.   Oba Carr feels like the forgotten man in his world championship bout with Oscar De La Hoya, the World Boxing Council welterweight champion.

37.   Oscar De La Hoya, the WBC welterweight champion, was on a blistering pace last year, inside and outside the ring.

38.   Oscar De La Hoya, the World Boxing Council welterweight champion, said that Lopez is the fighter he would least like to face.

39.   Perhaps Shakespeare could capture the unfolding tale of Oscar De La Hoya, the World Boxing Council welterweight champion.

40.   Quartey, then the WBA welterweight champion, faded in the late rounds and allowed Lopez to catch him in the scoring.