European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes August 1985 Camacho dethroned lightweight Ramirez nov a flamboyant Hector Macho Camacho battered defend ing world boxing Council lightweight Champion Jose Luis Ramirez in the Early rounds saturday then Hung on to win the title in a unanimous 12round Camacho hammered Ramirez at will in the Early knocking him Down for a six count in the third he continued to punch away at Ramirez and the champions nose began bleeding Ramirez appeared unable to get into the fight As his face became splattered with thirty seconds into the fourth referee Mills Lane had a ring physician Check Ramirez then allowed the fight to by the sixth Ramirez also had suffered a Cut on the but he was finally beginning to return some of the the partisan crowd chanted Macho As Camacho continued to Pound away at the by the eighth Ramirez began scoring some blows on the who frequently went into clinches in an Effort to escape the fury of Ramirez enclose in the late Ramirez took charge of the but it was too and Camacho kept moving unbeaten in 28 bouts with 16 was a 21 favorite among Las vegas Odd makers to win the title from who was making the first defense of the wac Crown he won last the cocky Camacho had spent the past week belittling Ramirez now 905 with 74 and in the Early Camacho backed up his words with his gloves and having very Little trouble with the Champion until the bloodied Ramirez began holding his own and then fighting Back in the late each fighter earned for the in a preliminary boxing association heavyweight Champion Trevor Berbick of retained his title with a majority decision Over Mitch blood Green of new York 2941 with 22 opened a Cut on greens lip Midway through the 12 round bout As the two hammered away at each referee Joey Curtis and the fighters co Nermen had to separate the two boxers As they continued to Exchange blows after the Bell ending the 10th round had neither fighter was knocked Down and neither appeared in any trouble during the two judges scored the fight 116112 while the third called it a it was the first loss for who is ranked ninth in the world by the wac he is now 1511 with 10 Berbick weighed 214 while Green weighed i dont recognize anyone on his Camacho said during a week of preflight who had to pull out of a june 6 meeting with Ramirez because of an ankle said he was m the Best shape of his life heading into saturdays a photo new wac lightweight Champion Hector Camacho jumps for Joy after whipping Jose Luis Ramirez whether they like it or in coming full Speed Camacho in Here to i m going to dominate the super featherweight said he wanted to become at least a three time Champion and maybe a tour time he captured the wac super featherweight championship in 1983 by stopping Rafael Bazooka Limon in the 10th round in san puerto he relinquished that title because he was having trouble making the 130pound Camacho has mentioned Aba lightweight Champion Livingstone Bramble if Light weight Champion Jimmy Paul and Aba Junior lightweight Champion Wilfredo Gomez As possible future who turned pro when he was has won two no title fights this year his quiet style was a marked contrast to Hes a big in the quiet who Speaks no said through an i m prepared to Box 12 whatever Miami fans upset with polls say Miami a when he left the Miami dolphins training Camp two weeks quarterback Dan Marino ensured hed be called holdout nearly As often As standout at least in South in just two has earned a place among the top quarterbacks in National football league and now he wants to be paid his walkout Over contract Doest sit Well with local opinion polls conducted by both Miami newspapers show that nearly two thirds of the Public Side with dolphins owner Joe Robbie in the contract most fans said they think Marino de serves to be paid in the same Range As san Francisco Joe who gets nearly million a what they object to was his leaving Camp with two years left on a fou year contract Worth Teny Earold Paul Gerber eloquently summed up the Antimarino sentiment Hes wrong for walking he better be Gerber said recently during the dolphins annual fan appreciation Day at the Orange he or lots of his fans Are going to walk away from when he comes Back and starts running through the goal posts he wont hear hell just hear Marino is Back in his Hometown of Pitts his teammates support and coach Don Shula Hast come Down hard on his absent aside from All the injured the unsigned Veteran players not in and the quarterback not in everything just Shula said with a he was much less Jovial in the first Days of marinos when backup Quarter Back Don Strock and third Stringer Jim Jensen also were out with contract prob he called this the most disruptive training Camp in his professional when Strock came to terms a week into Shula found a Silver lining in the Marino Strock was the one that needed the he he Hast played much in the past two years and he needed a lot of snaps in the he will get who has missed More than his share of training Camps because of contract problems in the said he cant fault the former Pitt Star for trying to get what he like his Strock wants Marino Back As soon As were hoping they can get it All Over with and we can get him in said we All know his importance to the Shula has said it Hast reached the Point where he has to Start considering what to do if Marino Doest come to terms before the season starts the Strong armed quarterback proved last year he Doest need much time to warm he missed the first three preseason games with an then beat Washington with five touchdown passes in a 35 17 Victory to open the regular Marino went on to smash league season records with 48 touchdown 362 completions and cites plan for pirates Hung up in politics Pittsburgh a the cites plan for local Public private ownership of the Pittsburgh pirates has hit a political Snag that May be its All three Allegheny county commission ers have expressed doubts about mayor Richard Caliguiri bid to buy and operate the baseball team with a 5050 mix of government and private Caliguiri is hoping the county will help finance the Public Side of the proposed partnership by creating a baseball authority with the but the commissioners have questioned the legality and political Wisdom of using tax dollars to buy and operate the Robert spokesman for commis Sion chairman Tom said the com missioner is Cooling to the idea of Public ownership of the pirates because or Legal problems and possible taxpayer commissioner Pete Flaherty said changes in state Law would be needed to enable the county to invest in the we want the pirates to stay but As things stand right we cant subsidize any private he even if Legal hurdles Are joining the partnership is a policy decision that i cant make with the limited information i have Flaherty John press aide to commissioner Barbara said she is flatly opposed to any use of taxpayers dollars to buy the eld said Hafer considers the Pur Chase of the team a matter for the private sector to Caliguiri has acknowledged that govern ment ownership of a major league sports franchise is unprecedented and would re quire amendments to state he said he believes the general Assembly can be persuaded to enact the needed legislation and that he would press ahead with his bid with or without county but David Caliguiri top said Friday that the in its present can not work without county keeping the team in Pittsburgh is a prob Lem that has regional implications and must have a regional matter the pirates Benefit extends Well beyond the 55 Square Miles of the the costs should be borne not Only by City tax but county taxpayers As he on Caliguiri announced that a partnership made up of the City and 12 to 15 private including Westing House electric and steel has made an offer for the details of the offer have not been matter said the Public private plan was developed when it became apparent that there were not enough local private investors willing and Able to make a realistic the current the Galbreath family of and Warner communications of new Are expected to re Spond to the offer Early this they re ported losses of million in 1984 and expect to lose million this