European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 19, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Witherspoon batters Tubbs Atlanta a Tim Witherspoon punished Tony Tubbs body for most of the is rounds and became a heavyweight Champion for the second Lime Friday win Ning the world boxing association title on a majority decision at the Omni. Most ringside observers weren t surprised that Wilch spoon won. But were surprised by the closeness of the decision. Witherspoon. A former world boxing Council Champion won the fight 144-141 on the card of Edward Woods or. And 144 143 on the card of Harry Cocchini. The third judge Robert Ferrara scored it 143 143. The a card favored Witlie spoon 146 139. Wilch spoon 28, joined Floyd Patterson and Muhammad am us the Only men to win  lilies twice. Patterson was undisputed Champion twice. Am was undisputed Champion twice and a Aba Champi on on another occasion. It was the first loss for the 27-year-old Tubbs after 22 victories. It came in the first defense of the title he won with a unanimous decision Over Greg Page on april 29, 1985, in Buffalo . Before the fight Wilch spoon said he would concentrate on the 244-Pound Tubbs body and that s what he did. Beginning in the fifth round Wilh Crsp Oon who weighed 227, landed with great frequency to Tubbs body with both hands. In the sixth he landed eight straight hard body shots at one Point. In the eighth Witherspoon winning for the 24th Lime against two losses landed several body shots Early then sent Tubbs reeling to the ropes with a left Hook to the jaw. Just before the Bell Wilch spoon was battering Tubbs body again. Witherspoon took away Tubbs boxing ability by working to the body and staying on top of the defending Champion. Tubbs did land some Hooks and body shots of his own but spent most of the fight trying to push Witherspoon away. Tubbs seemed to rally in the Lith and 12th rounds As Witherspoon appeared to tire. But the challenger from Philadelphia Tim Wilch spoon left is a heavyweight Champ for the second time after beating Tony Tubbs in is rounds in Atlanta. Got a second wind in the 13th round and again was very effective to the body of Tubbs of Cincinnati. In the last two rounds Witherspoon had the Best of several body exchanges and near the end of the fight landed several hard blows to the head. Before the fight Witherspoon said i feel if i hit Tony hard and Early it s All Over  Witherspoon never Hurt Tubbs thai badly but his relentless body attack let him dictate the Tempo of the fight. Witherspoon got $50,000 for his Victory $400,000 less than his winnings when he lost the wac title to Pink Lon Thomas on a 12-round majority decision aug. 31, 1984. He earned $200,000 when he won the title on a majority decision Over Greg Page on March 9, 1984. Friday night s win in front of an Esti mated crowd of 6,000 in the 18,000-Scal Arena evened Witherspoon s title fight re Cord at 2-2. His other title loss was a split decision to Larry Holmes on May 20, 1983. For the wac title. Tubbs got about $125,000. By far his biggest purse for his first defense which was televised via Cable by h to. It was the first significant fight held in Atlanta since All began his comeback by stopping Jerry Quarry on cuts in Ihrcke rounds on april 26, 1970. Ali who celebrated his 44th birthday Friday was at ringside along with Thomas Holmes and Michael Spinks the International boxing federation Champion. No fighter including the principals received nearly As big an ovation As that Given Ali. Sinks Homes a bout of Scarf quest for undisputed Champ by de Schuyler or. Atlanta a Michael Spinks will defend the International boxing federation heavyweight Tille in a Roma sch with Larry Holmes sometime in april As one of a series of bouts leading to an undisputed heavyweight Champion in 1987. The if world boxing association and world boxing Council All have their own heavy Highl champions. The Holmes Spinks rematch and the series of seven Tille fights were announced promoters Don King and Butch Lewis and the preside no of sports programming for Home Box office Belh Abraham. Hob will broadcast the fights. No financial figure for the package was released bul in has been slim Ald As High As $26 million. This is a boxing series for the tans Abraham said. A people s Champion will  King called in the big Gisl Deal in Box ing since  Lewis said the first fight of the series would be a world boxing Council Lilly de sense by Pink Lon Thomas against Trevor Berbick March 22 Al a Sile to be announced. He said the Spinks Holmes match would follow and then the world boxing association Champion would make a de sense in the third fight of the series. Tony Tubbs lost his Aba Tille to Tim Wilch spoon in Allan a Friday night. That fight promoted by King and i be Vised by Hob was not part of the series. The idea of the series is to have the Aba and wac champions fight Early in 1987, with the Winner Mcling the if Champion. The announcement of the Spinks Holmes rematch knocks out a bid by Gerry Cooney for a championship fight against Spinks Al least for the Lime being. Spinks became the first Light heavy Highl Champion to win a heavyweight Tille when he Oul pointed Holmes last sept. 21. I got the Belt and it s up to Larry Holmes to gel it Back Spinks said. Becker beats Jarryd to gain masters final new York a with the crowd chanting his name West Ger Many s Boris Becker powered his Way past Sweden s Anders Jarryd 6-3, 6-4 saturday and into the final of the $500,000 Nabisco masters Tennis championships. The reigning Wimbledon Champion will face the Winner of saturday s Sec Ond semifinal Between top seeded Ivan Lindl of Czechoslovakia and Ecuador s Andres Gomez in sunday s title match. The Winner will collect $100.000, while the runner up will pocket $70,000. Becker had the Madison Square Gar Den crowd chanting Boris Boris As he advanced to the championship match in his first trip to the masters. Ranked eighth in the world Jarryd jumped out in front breaking Becker at 30 in the fourth game to grab a 3-1 Lead. But Becker no. 6 on the at computer then reeled off six straight games closing out the first set and taking a i -0 Lead in the second. When Jarryd lost his serve in the fourth game and Becker fought Back. Aided by two of his seven aces to hold in the fifth game and take a 4-1 Lead it appeared the 18-year-old redhead would Breeze loan Quick easy Victory. But Jarryd showed that he was t quite ready to just give up and collect $35,000 for his semifinal appearance. The swede one of four to qualify for this 16-Playcr Lourn Ament fought off a match Point to hold serve in the ninth game pulling to 5-3. Then in a 14-Poinl game that went to Deuce four limes Jarryd broke Becker s service and narrowed the Gap to 5-4, the final Point coming on a backhand Down the Linc passing Shol. But it was Jarryd s last Hurrah As Becker lofted a Beautiful forehand lob and went on to Lake the set and match on Jarryd s serve. On Friday night Lindl slopped Tim Mayolle and Jarryd whipped Brad Gil Bert to move into the semifinals. Lindl slopped Mayolle 6-3, 6-3 in a Malch much closer than the score indicated. Jarryd had no problems with Gil Bert winning 6-1,6-2