1.   Now Riddick Bowe, a former heavyweight champion, is quitting boxing.

2.   Ruelas, who had contemplated quitting boxing in the days following the injury, said he would fight again.

3.   He claims to be considering quitting boxing within two years, ridding himself of most worldly things and devoting time to projects involving his Moslem faith.

4.   Jones often speaks of quitting boxing for basketball, thinking often of injuries suffered by his friend and former middleweight champion Gerald McClellan.