European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 8.19b7 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Breland takes Aba title  Ehr. A boxing write Atlantic City . After five rounds. Mark Breland s left hand was hurting. But he did t Lell his Omer i thought i m not going to complain. I m in there now " said he 1984 olympic Champion. Two rounds later Briand was the world boxing association welterweight Champion with a knockout Victory Over Harold Volbrecht of South  said he Hurt hit left hand when he landed a Jab on lop or vol Breckl s head in the first round and nun it again with another Jab to his opponent s head in the  he still was Able to control the fight until he found inc Range with his right hand in the seventh  in that round Breland landed a right hand 10 Volbrecht s  did a Little dance Breland said. Then i hit him will another right the second right put Volbrecht Down on his left Vicc in a Neutral Corner where he was counted out al2 07 of the round by referee Tony Perez. The fact that he was a professional Champion Les than three years after ending a Brilliant Amateur career had t sunk in on  Trainer Joey fan Flo old me Don t look for a special feeling like Hilling the Loito at a million dollars " Breland said. But million Dollar payoffs could tie in Breland s future. The unbeaten Breland became the second member of the 1984 . Olympic boxing team to win a world title joining evander Holyfield the Light heavyweight Bronze medallist who is he Aba Junior heavyweight Champ. Before the fight Breland had said of his 30-year-old opponent if he runs a Tot in May Mink inc fight out to me he s a boning  going Inlo the seventh round it appeared the fight would do a Stinker As Volbrecht continuously moved Back and Forth and occasionally lunged in with both arms. He simply would t give the 6-foot-i Breland a target. Harold Volbrecht left units if it to my Breland s Chin Friday in their title bout in Atlantic City . But although he was unable to land solidly on his 5 fool-6 opponent the 23-year-old Breland of new York was in control of he fight when the end came it was his 17lh Victory and his 12lh knockout As a pro after he posted a 110-1 Amateur record Breland got his championship bid before 2,800 fans Al the Atlantic City convention Center ballroom when Lloyd Honeyghan of Britain relinquished the title claiming he did t want to risk having to make a Man Dattary defense against Volbrecht a South african who was ranked As the no. I contender. Honeyghan still holds the world boning Council and International boxing federation titles and 3 tight with Btl and is possible later in the year. It was the second title bid for the icel handed vol. Brecht who has a 39-5-2 record with nine knockouts. He challenged for the Aba 147-Pound title in 1980 and was knocked out in the fifth round by Pepino Cuevas Breland weighed 146 pounds to 146h for a Albrechl. Another of Breland s olympic teammates Muldrick Taylor the featherweight Gold medallist scored a 10 round decision Victory on the card. Taylor of Philadelphia now fighting As a Light weight raked Roque Montoya of Mexico with left Hoot and Short rights in gaining a on sided decision. Kentucky squeaks by Alabama Tuscaloosa Ala. Aped Davinder scored 19 Points including a 10-Fooi jumper with is seconds left to give Kentucky a 70-69 Victory Over ninth ranked Alabama in a Southeastern con Ference basketball game  the loss Alabama re College basketball Maine atop the Sec Al 10-2 Andis 17-4 Overall. Kentucky 14-6, is 7-5 for third place in the conference behind Flor Ida after Davender s final shot Ala Bama worked the Ball in to its top scorer. Derrick Mckey but he missed a 14-foot jumper at the final  held a 69-63 Lead with less than two minutes left but Ken Tucky scored seven straight Points. Davinder started the run by hit Ting two free throws Ren Chap Man stole an Alabama pass at Hal court and James Blac unon Sank a goal and free throw to male it 69-68 Alabama before Davender Hil the dividing  had won 10 straight at Home with its last Tuscaloosa de feat to Kentucky a year ago. Ala Bama Defeated the wildcats 69-55at lining Ion Lau month. Davender scored 18 poem Assee College on Page 23 Jordan Erving in All Star game today next or. J teaming with original by Bob Bali Seattle a Michael Jordan does t mind at All when he hears some body Call him the next or.  i d like to have that same Type of respect by the time 1 retire and put Down the Ball Jordan said As he prepared for sunday s Aba All Star game. 9 . On an radio and to the Way he carries himself Jordan said i d love to follow his , the flamboyant 23-year-old basketball artist who is averaging league leading 37 Points per game in his third season with the Chicago bulls Willet to play on the same team As Julius Erving for probably the last time Sun Day. The 36-year-old Erving playing in his1 it All Star came is retiring at the end of the season. He and Jordan Are starter son the East squad. I want this to be his Best All stargaze Jordan said when i was Young when you thought Aba basketball you thought or. J. You never really Felt that you d get the Chance to play with him Al All. This Isone of those rare times that i fat a Chance to play with him and i m going Loc Herish in a whole lot. I think there s a lot of sentiment on the East team for him Jordan said and i think we re going to come out and win for  Jordan will be making his second All Star appearance. He started As a Rolde scoring Sevenpoints while hitting two of nine shots from the Field last season the fan voted him Inlo the starting lineup but he did t play because of the broken Foo that wiped out most of ii second season with the  was so in Awe As a Rookie that 1 was probably More nervous than Ever Jor Dan remembered. A think i la be More relaxed this  did t know exactly what to join an All Star situation in my Rookie sea son he said. Now i think i do have a handle on what to do and what the peo ple want to  and what is that entertainment dunks Good Basket Ball Good passes All inc spectacular plays that come in a basketball  was criticized two Yean ago for wearing his Nike Brand warmups in the slam Dunk Competition. Although he wore a Sample of his new air Jordan line of attire at Friday s news conference he promised not Tower them in the weekend Competition. I did what Nike asked me to do he said of his decision to Wear the wan  two years ago and i thought any nor Mal person would have done that in the same predicament. But 1 won t do in to Morrow. You can believe  Jordan became the favorite in sat urday s slam Dunk Competition when Dominique Wilkins of Atlanta pulled Outwith a sore Back. I offered him 11,000 to drop out Jordan jolted. Wilkins was second to Atlanta s 5-foot-7 Spud Webb last year and Jordan was second to Wilkins two years  in t entered in the slam Dunk event this year because of an injury. Boitano Thomas increase leads Tacoma Wash. A world champions Brian Boitano and Dubi Thomas padded their leads by winning the Short programs Friday in the . Figure skating championships. Boitano seeking his third Sirai Ghl american Crown earned nine 5.9s out of a possible 6,0 from the judges for his routine set to country music. His pro Gram featured a perfect triple Axel Dou ble Loop combination. Daniel Dor an of Chicago remained Sec Ond despite a fourth place standing in the Short program. Scon Williams of Redondo Beach calif., was third Overall Thomas inc 19-year-old defending titlist from san Jose calif., was first out right with eight of the nine judges in the Shon program thanks to a spicy routine tilled with Clever dance Steps. Thomas has just about lost Contact with the rest of the Field building a huge margin Over second place Jill Trenary who got the other first place Vole. The Junior women s title was won by Jeri Campbell of Garden City Mich. Even though she did not win any of he three disciplines. Campbell 16, was Sec Ond in compus lories and Short program found in Friday s freestyle