=== Rematch vital in Hallback's HBO quest ===

(NOTE: Final part of three-part series. Boxing Editor Lyle Fitzsimmons
recently traveled to Tampa, Fla. to meet Chevelle Hallback, who'll challenge
Holly Holm in a 140-pound women's world title fight later this month in New
Mexico.

(Today's third part examines the status of women's boxing and Hallback's goal
of becoming the first female in a feature fight on HBO. Part one previewed the
March 26 fight. Part two recapped a writer vs. boxer sparring session on Feb.
20 at the Fight Factory gym.)

By Lyle Fitzsimmons
Contributing Boxing Editor

TAMPA, FL (Sports Network) - Sitting on a table along the ring apron, Chevelle
Hallback smiled into the would-be camera, took a cue from a non-existent
director and delivered her lines with veteran aplomb.

"I protect my teeth in there with this," she said, holding a battered
mouthpiece and gesturing toward ongoing sparring action over her left
shoulder. "But I protect them on the outside with this."

Though her opposite hand was empty and not a cue card in sight, it wasn't hard
to imagine the exchange unfolding on a ......