51.   The two combatants survived the eighth round while splattering blood over each other as the ballroom crowd roared its approval.

52.   There was some talk of matching him with Manfredy, who stopped Gatti on cuts in the eighth round of their January fight.

53.   Tyson had informed his cornermen he was in full retreat before the eighth round began.

54.   Yet another of his players, David Giorgis, the right fielder, was selected by the Padres in the eighth round.

55.   Pochman, from Brigham Young, was drafted in the eighth round.

56.   Quiroga, the aggressor to that point, was backed into the ropes several times and looked ready to go by the eighth round.

57.   A joint communique issued on the third day of the eighth round of peace talks said negotiations would continue on how the referendum will be conducted.

58.   A joint communique issued on the third day of the eighth round of peace talks said negotiations would continue on how the referendum would be conducted.

59.   After the seventh round Saturday night, Homansky looked at Moorer and Holyfield gave him another reason to do so in the eighth round.

60.   Arbachakov did not fight hard in the eighth round, apparently taking a rest.