European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday March 13, 1986 stars and stripes Page 19 commentary has hag or fought his final round during the sixth round. Marvelous Marvin Hagler hit John Mugabi with everything but the ring Side table. The world middleweight Champion had the ugandan challenger wobbling against the ropes on three sides of the ring. When the Bell finally rang Hagler plopped Down on the Stool in his Corner. Instead of looking up at his Trainer Goody Petronelli for instructions he stared across the ring As if wondering How the Boxer known As the beast had survived that round. As it developed Mugabi somehow survived into the nth round when Hagler s barrage of right hands put him Down for the count in Las vegas monday night. So Hagler his left Eye puffed into a Slit retained his title with the 52nd knockout in his 62-2-2 record apparently creating a september rematch against Thomas Hearns of their eight marvelous minutes of nearly a year ago. Quickly sharply Hearns had finished James Shuler in 73 seconds of the first round. But the middleweight Champion s next fight apparently will be with himself. In a television inter View in the ring moments after his Triumph Hagler spoke about How i have to give it a Little thought but this might be my last those might have been the words of a weary War rior s natural reaction to a brutal Battle. Or they might have been a True and thoughtful reaction. Whatever they May turn out to be. Bob arum the top rank promoter sounded monday night As if he were plan Ning a Hagler Carns rematch in september. But the Champion would t confirm it. Give me a Little time to go Home and think about it the middleweight Champion would say later in the interview area. Ill know More then.". Mugabi meanwhile had stirred the crowd of 15,553 in the outdoor Arena atop the Caesars Palace Tennis courts. In both the seventh and the 10th rounds a chant of beast. Beast drifted through the chill of the 51-degree weather Damp from showers in the hours before the bouts began. In that sixth round the african s manager Mickey Duff said he hurl the top of his right thumb he probably has a hairline fracture. When he came Back to the Corner he told me my hand is very bad i told him he could t quit now not that he Ever mentioned quitting but he had to show Hagler the right hand then hit him in the body where it would t Hurt so much. And he never mentioned his hand among the spectators was another possible future foe for the middleweight Champion Donald Curry. From the folding chair monday morning where he Dave Ander on a photo marvelous Marvin Hagler after bout with Mugabi. Had sat across the stage. Curry the world welterweight Champion watched Hagler weigh in at 159 / pounds for the title bout. Instead of just being an onlooker. Curry was inspecting the middleweight Champion As a future opponent. Hagler looks taller than i thought he was the welterweight Champion would say later. I be been around him before but i never sized him up it s time Curry sized him up. Prior to last night s bout Hagler was considered the world s Best fighter Pound for Pound. And the next Best fighter Pound for Pound was Curry his face As smooth As his manner Only 24 hours after having extended his record to 25-0 with his 20th knockout. According to the timetable of arum Curry who arrived in Las vegas sunday night hours after having retained his title with a second round knockout of Edu Ardo re Degucz. In his fort Worth Texas Hometown looms As Hagler s Farewell opponent a year from sep tember. By then Curry should be established As the no. I middleweight contender. In three months he could be a Junior middleweight Champion. We would like a match against Mike Mccallum for the wac Junior middleweight title on june 23 Here in Las vegas arum said. After that hell have a couple of Junior middleweight fights then Well try him with a top middleweight. If All the stars Are in order that la be Marvin s fight in september 1987." Hagler of course might not want to continue that Long a Factor even arum realizes. Nothing is Ever sure in boxing the promoter said. Marvin might say what do i need Curry Foror Curry might not be ready for Marvin then. 1 Don t think Curry is ready for him now. Marvin is Loo Strong for him now. Donald has to show he can fight bigger Curry however did t seem concerned about bigger Guys and he did l agree with arum s timetable. "1 think i m going to make that decision the welterweight Champion said alluding to when he would be ready for a middleweight Lille Boul. Pm wasting my time in the welterweight division. In boxing Guys Are measured nol by la Weir ability but by the Guys who Are of All inc Guys around now Hagler has been the yardstick for every other Boxer. The Only thing separating me from fighting Marvin now is the weight difference Curry said. I think i la be a Betler fight or at 154, and As soon As i get to feeling comfortable at 157 or 158 pounds. I think i la be Curry is 24 years old on the Way up. Hagler will be 32 on May 23, but some observers believe he May be As much As two years older. When i m at 153, 154, i feel excellent but at 147 i feel tired Curry said. Junior middleweight is really where i should be another obvious future opponent for Curry is Hearns fresh from dethroning Shuler As North Ameri can boxing federation Champ just Short of a year Afler his third round knockout by Hagler. I Don t know what inc fight with Hagler has Laken Oul of Hearns said Curry. Thai s the big question in the Shuler but judging by Hearns 73-second knockout of shul or the hit Man was As Good As Ever if nol belter. In his 41-2 record with 35 knockouts he has lost Only to sugar Ray Leonard and Hagler. Now the question is will Hagler agree Lollier sep tember rematch new York times nil from Page 17 Schramm said. The giants chiefs Broncos and Cardi nals voted against instant replay. The steel ers abstained. The replay decision upstaged the Day s earlier developments including a statement by St. Louis cardinals owner William v. Bidwill that it s still possible the cardinals will play the 1986 season in another locale. Bidwill who in Ihn past has flir cd with locales As disparate As new York and Phoe Nix would not specify a locale and said no negotiations had Lakin place with any municipality. But in a replay of what occurred a year ago Al the league meetings in Phoe Nix he said he believed that a Deal could be consummated quickly if he did decide to move. I think we can go for some Lime and still make it for the 1986 season said Bidwill who says he can t be competitive financially in 53,000-scat Busch stadium second smallest in the league. I think we can go for a month or last month the cardinals filed suit against the nil to Challenge what is known As the Rule formulated last year by to Kllc in an Effort to Cut Down on franchise moves like the 1982 Oakland to los Angeles Transfer and i984 s Balti More to Indianapolis. Under those regulations a team wishing to move must inform the other owners by letter by Jan. 15 of its intentions und the reasons for them. Bidwill said last year he did t recognize that and he has never Send a Leller to the league on his intentions. League rules specify that 21 of the 28 learns Musl approve a move bul Hal did l Slop either the raiders or Colts moves and a court upheld the raiders leading to whal Rozelle Calls franchise free in addition to the instant replay and headband rules there were seven other changes. One of them deleted the wording that specified Hal a safely be called against a player who inner Ccpas a pass outside his own 5-Yard line and is carried by his momentum into the end zone. The change Sie Mcd from a play last fall in which Cincinnati s Louis Breeden was charged Wilh a safely on just such a play turning the game around and leading to an eventual new York jets Victory. Under the new Rule the Ball would be returned to inc spot of the inner Eplion. We did t want to penalize a Good play said Miami coach Don Shula the vice chairman of the comp Lilion Commil acc and one of the main proponents of the Rule. Another change stemmed from the same premise not rewarding a bad play. It would specify that a Ball fumbled Forward Oul of Bounds would be returned to the spot of the Fumble rather than being spotted where it went out which is the present Rule. The other changes involved modifications on kicking shoes allowing a player who muffs the Ball after a fair catch to catch the Ball in the air free from interference re starting the clock on certain penalties in the last two minutes and two modifications in the rules on blocking below the Waist. Mexicans celebrating Davis cup upset win by Juan Maltes Mexico City a Mexico entered its Davis cup Lennis series against West Germany Wilh Lille exp Calion of winning even among its own players. It now finds itself amid general jubilation preparing for a quarterfinal Malch against the United Stales this summer. Teen Ager Leonardo Lavalle has been declared a National hero. Lavalle Defeated West Germany s Michael Westphal on monday in an Molion packed match carried Over from sunday because of darkness. The 8-10, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 and 6-3 Victory in the final singles match gave Mexico a 3-2 margin in the bust of five matches series played Over four Days at a club on the outskirts of the capital. There were spirited crowds of 10,000 each Day during the series. Lavalle said quietly afterwards it has been a very significant mexican Captain and longtime Tennis hero Raul Ramirez declared if we can beat West Germany we can beat major newspapers in Mexico treated the Victory As front Page news. The front Page of Excelsior s sports Sec Tion carried photographs under the giant ,"or"hewon." it carried a diagram showing the eight teams left in Competition and their match ups leading to the championship an unthinkable route just a week ago. In 30 minutes Lavalle became a nation Al hero Excelsior exclaimed. The govern Cal newspaper. Al Nacional said now against the United Leo finished inc deed wrote the sports daily la Afi Cion. La quoted Ramirez As saying thai the mexican National soccer team now should follow the Lennis squad s example. I Hope thai the Harl and courage Hal inc members of inc Davis cup learn showed might serve As an example for our soccer learn Ramirez said. Mexico has an automatic bid to the 1986 soccer world cup tournament this summer As inc Hosl nation. The excitement Here overshadowed complaints by the losers about conditions during the series. A German newspaper Bild carried a Story on tuesday saying Mexico s shame Tennis stars quake with fear for their la quoted learn Captain Wilelyn Bungert As saying to a group of germans watching the final match if we win Well have to see to it that we get off inc court German Lennis Ace Boris Becker ranked fifth in the world was quoted in the news paper As saying if Michael Westphal wins Here they will beat us to
