11.  For his first defense, against Holyfield, Douglas acted as if he were training for a pie-eating contest.

12.  He got fat fast, lost the title in his first defense in embarrassing fashion and faded away.

13.  He has agreed to meet Angel Manfredy in December, the first defense of the WBC junior lightweight title he won from Genaro Hernandez.

14.  He always promised he would make his first title defense at home.

15.  He was not officially recognized as champion until his first title defense, when he knocked out Victor McLaglen.

16.  He was not really prepared for his first defense and lost the title on a third-round knockout by Holyfield.

17.  If it is eventually deployed, the system would apparently be the first antimissile defense of any kind based on lasers.

18.  In his first title defense, he has to prove himself all over again.

19.  Instead, it sent him on a downward spiral that started when an out-of-shape Douglas lost his first defense to Evander Holyfield.

20.  It is the first defense of his USBA belt.