51.   There is De La Hoya, the brilliant, impetuous welterweight champion.

52.   Two weeks ago, the government issued a warrant for the arrest of Julio Cesar Chavez, the former World Boxing Council junior welterweight champion, on tax evasion.

53.   WBC super welterweight champion Keith Mullings will attest to that.

54.   Whitaker is no longer the pound-for-pound champion and if he is not careful, he may soon not be welterweight champion either.

55.   Whitaker, though the WBC welterweight champion, is a decided underdog.

56.   With or without the sanction, the winner surely would have been recognized as the WBC welterweight champion.

57.   World Boxing Association welterweight champion Ike Quartey will fight on HBO early next year, likely against Vince Phillips.

58.   World Boxing Association welterweight champion Ike Quartey will fight Oba Carr on the undercard.

59.   Zab Judah, who until recently was the International Boxing Federation junior welterweight champion, drifted over to watch the sparring.

60.   A fight against IBF welterweight champion Felix Trinidad failed to materialize when Trinidad became embroiled in litigation with promoter Don King.