41.   Biarslanov, a former European amatuer champion, took terrible punishment, but refused to go down.

42.   Both men gave the thumbs-up sign as they bent over a chair to take their punishment.

43.   Can his rebuilt knee take the punishment of the month-long tournament?

44.   Chernomyrdin would invariably take his punishment in silence, responding only with a furrowed brow and a glum look.

45.   Holyfield got to his feet, but was desperately grabbing onto Ruiz the rest of the round while taking a punishment.

46.   In a TV interview in Argentina, Maradona said he took more punishment and played a faster, more physical and more competitive sport than Pele did.

47.   Norris, though, also took some punishment, and appeared staggered at one point earlier in the fifth round when Rios hit him with a left hand.

48.   The Mariners sat back and took the punishment.

49.   The two-time FIFA Player of the Year ended doubts whether his surgically rebuilt knee could take the punishment of the World Cup.

50.   The two-time FIFA Player of the Year laid to rest doubts whether his surgically rebuilt knee could take the punishment of the World Cup.