21.  But in the United States, Hamed is still fighting for acceptance from both the general public and the boxing fan.

22.  But this does not impress boxing fans, who are the most vigorous opponents of extreme fighting.

23.  But what was left unsaid was that this is another fight in which boxing fans are the clear-cut losers.

24.  Checketts is not a boxing fan but he understands that this sport is a culture with amorphous rules and regulations.

25.  Desperate boxing fans have tried to make the point that soccer, not boxing, should be abolished because of potential brain damage.

26.  Donald Fehr would have better luck addressing a room full of Communists than a moralist would have preaching to boxing fans.

27.  Even in a sport that is covered in muck, boxing fans have plenty to be grateful for this Thanksgiving season.

28.  Finally, boxing fans had reason to be excited.

29.  Go up to a boxing fan sometime and ask him if there is a single professional competing today he cares about.

30.  Hard-core boxing fans recognize Gatti as a breathing action figure.