European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday Aprl 10, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary it was a couple of Houn Fler the Middle weight championship fight in lit vegas Nev. Mon Day night and woman who had mended Wai condemning the decision As an unmitigated disgrace a blatant miscarriage of Justice and a Rotten Towb Wycall too. How could they hive stolen the Lille from Hagl or she Aid to a Guy who happened to be a reporter. Did t Hwy Tec the Points he was scoring with his infighting he did damage. And Leonard spent the whole night on hit bicycle. Mow can you win a fight when you re running and hiding All night the reporter listened and one judge he gave it 10 rounds to 2 for Leonard she said. Only a Moron could have seen it that Way. By the Way How did you have it nine Freundt to three he she did precisely had to the reporter cleared hit Throat us nine round to three for Leonard he said quietly. You re kidding she said adjusting her glasses and searching the room to Converse with someone with half a brain. It was an intriguing fight the one Between mar Velous Marvin Hagler and sugar Ray Leonard that is and controversial. Veteran reporters at ringside were As divided in their scoring As the judges or As the judge teemed. Some reporters had Hagler winning decisively some Leonard. Others saw it close for one or the other. At least one scored it a judging is purely subjective. The extent or appreciation is often in the Eye of the of this fight by the three ringside officials in terms of rounds had it 7-j Hagler 7-5 Leonard 10-2leonard. The judge whose card read 10-2 was Jojo Guerra. Guerra was Way out of order said Goody Petro Nelli one of Hauler s two managers. They should remove the Man. He was pal Pel Ronelli. Hagler s other manager kept cooler More reasoned More judicious posture than his brother. This Here official Jojo Guerra should be put in jail be said. The petronello admitted however that when they asked around about Guerra before the fight they heard Only Good things from respected pc Ronelli also did t dispute Dave Moretti the other official who scored Leonard the Winner. Ican understand that said Pat Petronelli. It was a close fight breaking Down the scoring it appears thai in regard to the other officials including Lou Filippo who scored for Hagler Guerra Wasyl out of line after fact Guerra agreed with one or both of Bis Brethren in 9 of the 12 rounds or 75 percent of the time. In Only three rounds the seventh eighth and ninth when he went for Leonard in each Washe a Lone dissenter nonetheless As they would in every round in the Light each of the judges score these three rounds close too 0 Points to 9 Points. The other iwo officials Mortti and t exactly siamese twins with their scoring pencils either. They disagreed with each other on 4 of the 12 rounds or once in every 3 rounds. Over All there was disagreement among the officials in 7 of the 12 rounds. Judges when evaluating a bout generally Analyse boxing artistry effectiveness of punches and who is carrying the Petro Nellis turned Down one proposed judge Harry Gibbs of England because they thought that English officials favor the boxers. And we knew Marvin would be fighting a rough Lough they wanted ironically a mexican official because mexican boners Are often aggressive believed that on monday night their fighter was t rewarded enough for his aggression. But a Bull is not rewarded for aggression against Matador. And that s the Way much of the Leonard Hagler fight appeared. There were 792 punches thrown by Hagler and he missed on 501. Leonard was t exactly standing around and enjoying the breezes. He threw 629punches, and missed on 323. None of that Means much however if the 291punches landed by Hagler and the 306 punches thai connected for Leonard were effective. The Hagler people said thai Leonard s punches generally came in flurries he Only fought for 20 seconds a round and were in effect powder puffs. More Ltd for one saw it differently the hard est punching was by Thomas hit Man Hearns. Who fought and ton to both Leonard and Hagler did that Leonard hit him harder than Hagler to these eyes Leonard was the Mailer of Thering on this night and that s what mattered in the end. It is still the Sweet science not a barroom Brawl at least according to the textbooks. Once Willie Pep the Clever will of the Wisp old informed officials Otto Voce that he was not going to throw a single punch for an entire round. He did t. He , he ducked he Slid. His opponent swung and missed and tumbled into the ropes and fell All Over himself. Pep even slipped around him and for a moment the other fighter could t find him. The officials scored the round for Pep. Could scoring be More objective could it be done by machines several years ago a computer title fight Between Rocky Marciano and Muhammad a was arranged. Angela Dundee Trainer for both Ali and Leonard recalled in. In inc states Marciano won said Dundee. Butin England Muhammad won. It s All what you put in the computers. It still comes Down to the human Clement. Muhammad said the reason he lost Here was thai the governor of Alabama then governor Wallace ran the the new Fork Tohm Moses Malone hits 50 As bullets defeat nets Moses Malone Breaks Arena pro scoring record. A 101 from press dispatches East Rutherford . The last Lime the Washington bullets played the new Jersey nets Moses Malone scored four Points and spent most of he game on the Bench with an inflamed nerve in his neck. The pain in the neck was evident again wednesday night but in this Case it was Malone applying it to new Jersey. The 12-year Veteran scored 50 Points while setting or sharing three Brendan Byrne Arena records As the bullets posted a 118-109 is not a one Man game it s a team Effort said Malone who characteristically said very Lii Clafter the game. A feel if i play Well on the Road we have a better Chance of winning. My teammates Kepi the boards free and let me go that was bad news for the Nels who Beai washing ton by 42 Points in their last meeting. The 50-Point Effort by Malone was three Short of his career High and came on in of 31 shooting from the Field. Malone got Many of his baskets on off balance jumpers from the i a foot Range. He worked hard today and was hitting his jumper said Veteran Washington Forward Dan round Field he must be gelling ready for the playoffs. Returned it up a notch. Nels coach Dave wont Saij he knew his team Wasin trouble when Malone iia cd banking in jumpers from the tried switching and double teaming bul i outside shot was so an tonight in was almost impossible to defend he said. The Point total broke the Arena professional record of 43 paints set earlier his year by Mark Aguirre of Dallas and later lied by Gerald Wilkins of the Newyork kicks. The 18 Field goals broke the Mark of 17 set by Larry Bird of Boston in 1b4 and the 31 shots lied the Mark set by Dominique Wilkins of Allan la last year. No Roundup in the fourth Quarter the nets Cut the bullets Kad to93-88 with 9 21 to play. But Malone who had is Points in the final period then hit four straight foul shots and personally outscored new Jersey s-4. New Jersey got no closer than five Points the rest of the s previous Best performance this year was 41 Points Rookie John Williams added in Points for washing ton while Jeff Malone had 15.in other games wednesday ,t6en�2atlanta Atlanta the first Aba learn for which Julius Erving donned a uniform spoiled Erv ing s Farewell appearance in the Omni with a Victory Over Mcgee came off the Bench to score 13 of his 13 paints in the second Quarter to help spark the Hawks fourth straight win and 20th in 24 games. Dominique Wilkins led Atlanta Willi 26 Points an also contributed ii assists. Kevin Willis added 21 Points and Randy Wittman had 10.the Victory gave Atlanta a three game Lead Over Detroit in the Central division title Chase. Salt Lake City Karl Malone scored 2fipoints and pulled Down 2 rebounds White Darrell Griffith scored All 10 of his Points in the fourth quarters Utah downed Dallas. The Victory Utah s 42nd of the season assured theratt of a winning season and evened their season series with Dallas Al three wins Bailey scored i it Points far Utah while Rickey Green added is Points and 10 Blackmun finished Wilh 22 Points fur the Mavericks. Derek Harper added 16, including three three Point goats before being ejected after picking up iwo technical fouls late in the fourth period
