Page 6 Portland Observer October 4. 1979
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by Ron Sykes
Sports Editor
Sweet. Sweet Leonard
“ W ith these hands” Sugar Ray
Leonard, possessor o f the fastest
pair o f hands in the business
destroyed welterweight contender
Andy Price.
Leonard, Lighting what was said to
be his toughest opponent yet
destroyed Price at 2:5I o f the first
round
Duran, the ex-lightweight cham
pion fighting in the second bout, had
trouble with the tall speedy Gon
zalez. Gonzalez kept Duran o ff
balance throughout the ten rounder
by using a good left jab and right
hand lead.
The question is no longer " Is
Sugar Ray ready for Duran?” , but
now “ Is Duran ready fo r Sugar
Ray?” The answer is " N o .”
Ray l.eonard says he wants to be
something special. He is. Leonard is
a well oiled, highly conditioned
fighter. He will not only whip Rober
to, but w ill literally destroy him.
Let’ s examine the reasons why.
Many fight fans remember Rober
to Duran as a devastating puncher,
one o f the hardest hitters ever to
grace the lightw eight ranks. But
remember now M r. Duran has
moved up in weight and the very
thing that made him great amongst
lightweights, his devastating punch,
is no longer effective against the
bigger welterweights. Duran at 5 '7 '
was average size in the lower
division, but as welterweight he’ s
relatively short. Against Leonard at
5 'IO ”, Duran w ill be giving away
these inches, and that too will lead to
his (Duran’s) demise.
As a gladiator young Sugar Ray
has the charm and charisma o f a
young Muhammad Ali. He is really a
miniture A li.
“ la w d y, lawd! Isn’ t he great!”
Those words were spoken from the
battered lips o f “ Smokin Joe after
his glorious defeat at the hands of
A li in that me.norible "T h rilla in
M anilla.”
r
Holm es by an eleventh round
knockout.
This one was not artistic by any
stretch o f the imagination, but enter
taining it was. The champion had to
survive a seventh round knock down
to come on to defeat a worn out
Shavers. The first seven rounds was
fast, neither Lighter paid attention to
pace, and even less to conditioning.
A fter 8 rounds both fighters looked
as i f they had ju s t finished the
Boston Marathon in 102° heat. This
fight was probably one o f the worst
heavyweight cham pionship fights
ever staged.
The game w ill surely miss
Muhammad.
Purdue over Oregon 13-7
Once again the Ducks came up
empty handed aftger playing their
second straight game against a top
ten team. In an effort to stop the
passing o f A ll American candidate
M ark H errm an, the Ducks gave
away the ground game which led to
their defeat.
Purdue sent a trio o f runners at the
Ducks that ran through, over, and
around them all day amassing a total
o f 451 yards rushing. Oregon will
play 20th ranked C a lifo rn ia this
Saturday in Eugene and should pull
out a win before 42,500 cheering
fans.
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Andy Price, whom many called
the uncrowned champ a fte r his
defeat o f both Cuevas and Wilfred
Benitez, could very well have mut
tered the same phrase about
Leonard.
Many viewers would have given
the edge to Gdnzalez over Duran
last Friday evening. But money talks
and now the stage is set fo r the
inevitable encounter between two o f
the biggest names in the Light game
today, Leonard and Duran.
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RON BREWER
L o o k in g to s e c o n d s e a s o n
By Ultysses Tucker Jr.
“ A year under my belt has given
me a great deal o f experience,” said
Ron Brewer o f the P o rtlan d
Trailblazers after the Phoenix Suns
baked the locals 96-93 on Tuesday
night at the Coliseum.
“ I ’ m more confident in my game
than last season also, it was just a
matter o f finding myself as a player
and learning the a b ilitie s o f my
team mates,” added the second year
guard from Arkansas. Brewer had 20
points in the loss.
As a rookie last season Brewer ap
peared in 81 games, second highest
on the team, and ta llie d 2,454
minutes, th ird highest among the
Blazers.
"H e ’ s improved this year," said
head coach Jack Ramsey,” the only
expectation that I have is for him to
play his best individual game within
our team framework. That’ s all we
ask."
Last season Brewer shot .494 from
the fie ld , best ever fo r a rookie
Blazer guard and shot .820 from the
free-throw line. Brewer also had 102
steals, 79 blocked shots and averaged
13.3 points a game.
In his last 44 games, he scored 669
points for a 15.2 average, and in the
play-offs he shot .564 from the floor
and averaged 17.7 points while
leading the Blazers with nine blocked
shots.
“ T ruthfully, I need to work on my
transition game and in the areas o f of
team defence. My offence will come
natural because o f the advantage I
have over smaller guards,” said the
member o f the 1978-79 member o f
the All NBA Rookie Team.
“ This past summer Brewer spon
sored a series o f Basketball Camps in
his hometown, Fort Smith, Arkan
sas.
" I had the opportunity to kick
back and deal with the people that
helped me to be what I am, and with
the people I grew up w ith,” he said.
About the Camps? “ Many o f the
youngsters really enjoyed them. 1
co u ld n ’ t believe how much they
wanted to learn,” he said.
“ I think that I may have had more
fun than the kids,” he said with a
smile. “ But seriously, it gave me a
great feeling to go back to the projec
ts and do something fo r my old
com m unity. 1 can’ t explain the
feeling." Brewer also spent a great
deal o f time with his family.
In response to the cuts that the
Blazers have to make in a few days,
Brewer said, "W e have some great
players here and 1 hate to see any o f
them go, but we have to be getting
down to who we’ ll be carrying for
the season.”
"T h e ones that do get cut w ill
more than likely receive a chance
with another team. I’ ll be real glad
when its over, then we can get it
together,” he said. “ We will be real
tough inside and strong at the
guards.”
How far are you away from being
one o f the premiere guards in the
NBA? “ Tim e," he said with a laugh.
• ‘Time w ill tell how good I ’ ll be. I’ m
not going to force it . "
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