1.  And, in spite of the guarantee Caplan would offer if he could, too many great matchups on paper have fizzled come fight time.

2.  But Egypt has already fought four times and lost a lot.

3.  Even they said he was fighting time now as much as De La Hoya, and that is a fight no boxer can win.

4.  He fought four times for titles, three against boxing legends.

5.  He has fought seven times in Mexico, but admits he would have benefited from fighting exclusively in the more competitive United States.

6.  In this era of weigh-ins being held one or two days before a fight, boxers often weigh much more than their official weights by fight time.

7.  Lorcy has fought three times for the super-featherweight title, most recently when he lost last May in a WBO bout to Anatoly Alexandrov of Russia.