Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, June 28, 1979, Page 10, Image 10

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Page 10 Portland Obaarvar Thursday. June 28 IST#
A m erican S tate Bank
Sports Talk
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by Kon Sykes
Sports Editor
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Em barrassm ent, like people, come
in all shapes snJ sizes. Leon Spinks,
fo rm e r O ly m p ic and h eavyw eig ht
c h a m p cam e in a g a in s t S o u th
A fric a n G errie Coetzee in bad sitape
and was both hum iliated and em ­
barrassed.
A n overhand right to the head sent
the 200 pound Spinks to the canvas.
C o etzee, a trem endous underdog,
c o m p le te ly d o m in a te d the fo rm e r
W orld Boxing Association Champion
k n o c k in g h im d o w n th re e tim e s
b efo re the referee, ls id o ro R o d ri
quez, stopped the one-ring circus.
C o etzee, a 6 * 3 " , fo rm e r den tal
te c h n ic ia n , w ill now m eet “ B ig ”
John T ate to claim the W 'BA title ex­
p ected :o be v a c a te d by th e
“ G re a te s t" M u h a m m a d A l i " next
m onth.
A fte r fighting b rillia n tly against
A li. what then led to S pink's dow n­
fall? Leon Spinks has a lifestyle that
is surely detrim ental to any sporting
career. Spinks reportedly refuses to
tra in , keeps very late hours during
camp, and is said to frequent bars. It
was alleged that Spinks was seen in a
bar on the eve o f his cham pionship
fight w ith A lt having m ore than a
few drinks.
S p in ks * a p p a re n t d is d a in fo r
training was no doubt the m ain thing
that led to his latest defeat. L p o n en­
tering the ring one could easily see
that Spinks’ body was not fit. T he
muscle tone and d efin itio n that was
so obvious during the O lym pics and
A li fights was not there. In it ’ s place
was a small spare tire about one inch
thick.
T o say Spinks looked like a rank
a m a tu e r w o u ld be an u n d erstate­
m ent. T o infcT that he had a fight
plan w ould be misleading.
Coetzee expected Spinks to charge
like a b u ll, and he did H e (Coetzee)
also knew that Spinks could be had
by leading w ith his nght . . . that too
was true.
It was sad to see Spinks disposed
o f in such a hum iliating m anner and
even m ore so to have it come at the
hands o f South A fric a .
Spinks was taunted by many South
A fric a n spectators w ho dom in ated
the small crow d. Som e knocked at
the window and shouted “ k a f f ir .”
A frik a a n s fo r “ nigger.” It should be
noted that Coetzee him self was kind.
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polite and courteous. It was his han­
dlers and c o u n try m e n th at tu rn ed
this prestigious event into a o n r-rin g
circus.
T h e P o rtla n d T r a ilb la z e rs , s till
w aiting to be made w hole a fte r the
loss o f a ll-p ro center B ill W a lto n ,
came one step close to being made
w ho le by a c q u irin g the m an they
needed in this vear’ s d ra ft, Jim P ax­
son.
S e le c tin g t w e lv t h , th e B la ze rs
n am e d th e 6 ' 6 " , fo r m e r D a y to n
Flyer am id cheers fro m H a rry G lick -
m a n , S tu In m a n a n d coach Jack
Ram say. " W e were surprised to see
Paxson still around w hen it came our
t u r n ," said an elated Blazer o ffic ia l
Paxson w ill have a d iffic u lt tim e
m akin g the P o rtlan d team. H e must
beat out a solid guard crew including
L io n el H o llin s . Ron B rew er, D ave
T w a rd zik and T R. D unn.
W illie S m ith , the 6 ’ I " guard fro m
M issouri is said to be high on R a m ­
say’ s list.
So h ig h in fa c t th a t w h e n he
became in ju red ai the end o f last
season Ram say, rather than put him
on w a iv e rs , chose to k e e p h im
around fo r added insurance against
injuries to his guards.
Paxson, the num ber one choice,
has tw o chances to m ake this year's
te a m , the o thers: A n d re w F ie ld s,
C h e n e y S ta te ; M ic k e y F o x , S t.
M a r y ’ s (C a n a d a !; D a rry l Robinson,
A p p a la c h a in S ta te : M a t t W h it e .
Penn; Ray E llis , P ep p erd in e ; J e ff
T r o p f , C e n t r a l M ic h ig a n ; W illie
P o u n d s , C h a m in a d o ( H a w a i i ) ;
S tan E c k w o o d , H a r d in g ( A r k a n ­
sas); and k e lv in S m all. O regon.
The D etroit Pistons probably fared
better th an any o ther team in this
year's d ra ft. T h e Pistons used three
firs t ro u n d picks to choose G reg
K e is e r, M a g ic J o h n s o n ’ s fo r m e r
team m ate; Roy H a m ilto n , U C L A ;
and P h il H u b b a rd . M ic h ig a n . A ll
th ree a re b o n a fid e A ll-A m e ric a n s
and sh o u ld re ally help th e lo w ly
Pistons.
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