"The audience consisted of only 200 boxing aficionados, who probably identified with Ollie as a tough scrapper and not a national hero," he said.

I am no boxing aficionado and would mourn not a moment if the sport were banned.

That, and that few top fighters were willing to challenge Khaosai anywhere, made him relatively unknown except to boxing aficionados.

Pettway tied up the top contender's spot for more than two years, though most boxing aficionados considered his ranking absurd.

Despite the loss, Hearns garnered a tremendous amount of respect from fans and boxing aficionados alike.

For boxing aficionados, it is where grown men beat each other senseless once a month.

There were more than 100 gyms and a number of neighborhood arenas until the late 70's, boxing aficionados and historians say.

Many boxing aficionados did not consider Fox a fighter talented enough to have obtained his lofty ranking without the help of Palermo.

But as any boxing aficionado knows, adding bulk alone is not enough to insure victory.

I've been a fan since I was a kid, and my father was a big boxing aficionado, as his father had been.