1.   The championship fight took place before a crowd of thousands.

2.   A day after his heavyweight championship fight was canceled, Evander Holyfield was relaxing in Atlanta, watching his children compete in a track meet.

3.   A heavyweight championship fight is equal parts violence and nonsense, but occasionally a trace of valor parts the grime.

4.   But those bush-league tactics would never work in a championship fight.

5.   But watching it is like watching a championship fight with an unsatisfying finish.

6.   Even before his IBF championship fight, Forrest had played out his contract with Main Events and struck out on his own.

7.   Fighting Bobby Czyz seems as far away from a championship fight as singing in the shower is from the Metropolitan Opera.

8.   Finally, the championship fights stopped coming and Castillo walked away.

9.   He was headed for his suite after an afternoon workout in preparation for his heavyweight championship fight against Andrew Golota on Saturday night.

10.   How is it possible that Holmes and Foreman could be in championship fights at their ages?