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N ovember 13, 1996 • T he P ortland O bserver
HOLLYFIELD TAKES HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
Evander H olyfield stunned the
sports world by recording an I Ith-
round technical knockout o f seem
ingly invincible M ike Tyson to re
gain the World Boxing Association
heavyweight title for the third time
Saturday night at the MG M Grand in
Las Vegas.
H olyfield joined the legendary
Muhammed A li as the only three
time heavyweight champions.
“ Evander proved what courage can
do, he came to the occasion and did
what he said he would,” said King.
“ But don’t write M ike Tyson o ff yet.
We are going to dance again. We are
going to see i f we can put together the
greatest rematch in the history o f
boxing.”
Tyson received $30 m illion while
H olyfield earned $11 m illion for
Saturday’s fight. I f a rematch is
staged, expect Holyfield to command
more than $30 m illion.
Meanwhile, King announced that
Lennox Lewis w ill fig h t O liv e r
M cCall forthe vacant World Boxing
Council heavyweight title in January
at Nashville
No meetings scheduled after union
rejects owners modifications
There were no baseball labor meetings scheduled for Tuesday after the
Players Association rejected the owners’ requests for modifications to a
proposed labor agreement. Owners strongly rejected a tentative agreement
reached by management negotiator Randy Levine and union head Donald
Eehr during the W orld Series. Eighteen o f the 30 owners o ffic ia lly voted
down the agreement last Wednesday in Chicago. Actingcommissioner Bud
Selig asked Eehr for modifications on the labor deal Tuesday in a meeting
at union headquarters in New York, but was turned down. “ I feel sad,” Fehr
said ‘When you begin a process and deal with a negotiator, you expect to
continue dealing with him . ( Management negotiator Randy Levine) is what
the fifth guy we’ ve dealt with. How do you begin again (at this point)?”
49ers’ Young “very doubtful”
for Sunday game
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Steve Young is “ very doubtful” for
Sunday’ s game against Baltimore after suffering two concussions in the last
three weeks. “ Steve’s status is obviously very doubtful,” said Niners coach
George Seifert. “ He’ ll be visiting w ith a neurologist to examine the
situation. Elvis Grbac w ill likely start Sunday for the Niners (7-3) with Jeff
Brohmas the backup. Young suffered his second concussion in three weeks
after he was hit by lineman Chad Hennings and linebacker Jim Schwantz in
the second quarter o f last Sunday’s 20-17 overtime loss to the Dallas
Cowboys.
The 34-year-old Holyfield was not
given much o f a chance by most o f
the boxing experts against Tyson,
but was in control for most o f the
fight. H olyfield knocked the former
champion down in the sixth round
and finished him o ff 37 seconds into
the 11th.
After nearly taking Tyson out in
the I Oth round, H olyfield stalked the
former champ to begin the 11th.
Tyson, who appeared dazed, was
unable todefendhimselfas Holyfield
landed a series o f combinations. Be
ginning with left jabs and finishing
with an overhand right, H olyfield
picked apart Tyson.
Referee M itch Halpern stepped in
and stopped the bout, saving Tyson
from further punishment.
Following the fight, the always
gracious H olyfield cited his religious
dedication as the reason for his suc
cess.
“ You can’t choose against God,”
he said. “ I did what it took to win.
What the spirit leads me to do, I do.”
“ He fought a good fight,” said
Tyson, who was knocked down for
Holyfield.
Tyson’ s only other loss came
against Buster Douglas in 1990, pos
sibly the only greater upset in heavy
weight boxing history.
O f H olyfie ld ’ s three career losses,
two have come against Riddick Bowe
and the other was a decision loss to
Michael Moorer, the International
Boxing Federation champion.
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SLAYING THE DRAGON
Wacker resigns as
Minnesota football coach
just the second time in his career.
“ He head-butted me, but I head-butt
ed him. He'sagood fighter and I take
my hat o f f to him .”
In his four post-prison fights,
Tyson had quickly dispatched four
lightly regarded opponents and cap
tured two world titles in the process.
He relinquished the WBC title and
put his W B A belt on the line against
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Jim Wacker is the latest coach to walk the Big Ten plank. Wacker
Tuesday o fficia lly announced his resignation, effective at the end o f the
season, and becomes the fourth Big Ten coach to lose his jo b in the last two
weeks follow ing Indiana’s B ill M allory, Purdue’s Jim Collettoand Illin o is ’
Lou Tepper. Wacker had two years remaining on a contract extension that
he agreed to last November. But after com piling a 12-32 record in his first
four seasons, Wacker had a contract clause that obligated him to resign i f
the Golden Gophers failed to win at least five games this year. Minnesota
is 3-6 overall and 0-6 in the Big Ten w ith home games left against Illinois
Saturday and Iowa on November 23rd.
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Majoli headlines second day at
Advanta Championship tennis
Foreign & Domestic
Sixth seed Iva M ajoli o f Croatia was the only seeded player in action
yesterday as first-round play continues at the $450,000 Advanta Champi
onships in Philadelphia, the final tune-up for next week’s W T A Tour
Championships in New York City. M ajoli, who has already qualified for the
season-ending tournament, w ill take on Judith Wiesner o f Austria. Wiesner
is on the bubble for one o f the top 16 spots in the W T A points standings and
a trip to New York. Wiesner is currently 15th. In other first-round action,
14-year-old sensation Anna Kournikova o f Russia takes on Yayuk Basuki
o f Indonesia and American G igi Fernandez faces compatriot Lisa Raymond
in a night match. Steffi G raf o f Germany plays in her first tournament since
regaining the sole number one ranking when she takes on American Amy
Frazier in a second-round match Wednesday night.
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Few athletes dazzled the w orld
lik e M ic h a e l Johnson at the
O ly m p ic Games in A tla n ta this
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Faldo, Lehman, Jones and
Brooks compete in PGA Grand Slam
The most exclusive tournament in g o lf — the PGA Grand Slam — got
underway yesterday at the Poipu Bay Resort GolfCourse in Kauai, Hawaii.
The 36-hole, two-day event brought together N ick Faldo, Steve Jones, Tom
Lehman and Mark Brooks, the winners o f the year’s four major tourna
ments, and features a total purse o f $ l m illion TBS provided live prime
time coverage through Wednesday. Faldo fired a final round 67 and
benefitted from Greg Norman’ s collapse to win his third Masters title in
A pril. The 39-year-old from Britain has also won three British Open titles
and is the only player o f the four to capture more than one major title and
compete in a previous PGA Grand Slam.
Sean McManus named CBS
Sports President
Sean McManus was named as the new president o f CBS Sports,
replacing David Kenin The appointment is effective on December 16th.
McManus, the son o f ABC sportscaster Jim M cKay, joins CBS from Trans
W orld International, where he was Senior Vice President, U.S. Television
Sales and Programming. T W I is the television division o f International
Management Group. McManus joined T W I, the largest producer and
distributor ofsports programming in the world, in 1987. He was instrumen
tal in negotiating the television rights for the Olym pic Summer Games and
the O lym pic W inter Games, the U.S. Open Tennis Championships,
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