European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 31, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 Hungkil Chung lies in the ring after a Low blow from Lloyd Honeyghan in fifth round of wac title fight. Honeyghan retained his title when Chung could t continue. Honeyghan wins Starling loses in bizzare championship fights byte Canavan Atlantic City . A lloy Honeyghan Felt bad after retaining his world boxing Council welterweight title. Winning was one thing but winning because he nailed Hungkil Chung with alow blow in the fifth round was a Little too much. It made the Victory feel somewhat cheap and Honeyghan would t eve wish that upon his worst enemy Marlon Starling on Friday night. I Hope Starling wins Honeyghan said before Starling defended his world boxing association welterweight title against Tomas Molinares of Colombia. I Hope he wins with a knockout and no like this. I hate to see a fight end this  not As much As Starling hated to see the Way his fight ended against Moli Nares. Starling lost his 147-Pound title to his colombian opponent on Friday night after being knocked out with a wild Over hand right punch that was clearly thrown after the Bell sounded. There was no doubt about the timing of the punch. The Bell could clearly be heard on television replays in a Post fight news conference and then the punch was thrown that sent Starling sprawling to the Canvas. Referee Joe Cortez took a few minutes after the knockout and then ruled that both fighters were in the process of throwing punches just before the Bell sounded. I be done 24 professional fights Cortez said. Punches were in  both sides got caught in the heat of the Battle. I would not second guess  neither would Larry hazzard the commissioner of the new Jersey athletic commission nor James Binns the coun Sel for the Aba. It s very difficult to Stop a punch i midair hazzard said. The Rule in Box ing is to protect yourself at All times. I you neglect to do so you cannot be compensated because you did  Mort Sharrick a spokesman for Star Ling said the decision would be appealed to the Aba. Molinares won on a f9ul," he said. Marlon Starling lost his title on a  was the Only Way Molinares was going to win either that Way or by hit Ting him with a  there seemed some truth to that statement. Starling of Hartford conn., was ahead on two of the three judges scorecards and tied on the other. He had had his est rounds from the third round on and was unscathed at the time of the Knock out while Molinares had a Bruise under one Eye. I won the title up in the ring wherein s supposed to be won Molinares said through an interpreter. If you Guys want to take it away go  the loss dropped Starling to 43-5-1,while Molinares now is 23-0 with 20 knockouts. Honeyghan also was in control of his fight against Chung when the end came because of the Low blow. Chung hesitated a second after it hit went Down to the Canvas on his Back an then rolled onto his stomach frequently reaching for his Groin area with his gloves. Referee Tony Orlando motioned Honeyghan to a Neutral Corner and then had Chung s co Nermen enter the ring to help him. After conferring with hazzard or Lando gave Chung five minutes to recover from the blow which was delivered less than a minute into the round. A couple of minutes later Chung s co Nermen told the referee he could no continue and Honeyghan was awarded a technical knockout. Under wac rules a Point was de ducted from Honeyghan but Chung was disqualified for not being Able to return to action. Given the protective gear boxers Wear today the rules state that a Fighte cannot win after receiving an unintentional Low blow Steve Crossan the we supervisor of officials said. In this Case i saw Chung pull Honeyghan s head Dow before the punch. We gave him five min utes to recover but he said he could no continue. Therefore the referee had no Choice but to Stop the  Honeyghan t9ok control in the fourth round by changing to a left handed Stylet score repeatedly. Chung s Best round was the first but he Hurt his Effort by Landing three Low blows. Honeyghan now is 33-1 with 22knock9uts, while Chung lost for the first time since february 1984 and fell to 25 4-2."no, i m not Happy the Way it ended Honeyghan said. I was leading i was scoping the Guy. These things  Hoyun Chun Chung s Trainer called the result ridiculous. A Champ should not win like this he said. I feel we have to have a re match. I thought Chung was doing Well the first four  went to Atlantic City medical Center after the fight to have his right ankle a Rayed. The a rays were negative and the ankle was placed in a hard cast. Hilton stops Whittaker Las vegas Nev. A Matthew Hilton International boxing federation Junior middleweight Champion stopped Paul Whittaker in the fourth round i their scheduled non title 10-round bout Friday , of Montreal knocked Whit taker of new Orleans Down three times opening a Cut on the outside Corner of Whittaker s right Eyebrow in the second round. Hilton was unmarked. The end came 15 seconds into the fourth round when referee Richard Steele stopped the bout after Whittaker picked himself up from the Canvas for the third  22-year-old Hilton is 29-0 with 23 knockouts while Whittaker is 22-2 with 17 knockouts