European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Briton nabs cons ecu Veko record by Andrew Warshaw Budapest Hungary a Alex Stewart has already eclipsed one of Mike Tyson s record. But it probably will be considerably harder for him to eclipse Tyson. The 24-year-old Stewart born in Brit Ain raised in Jamaica and a resident of new York notched up his 20th straight professional knockout saturday night fighting on the under card of the Simon Brown Jorge Maysonet International Box ing federation welterweight Champi first round demolition of Ameri can David Jaco beat the 19 knockouts Tyson recorded at the Start of his career before the current heavyweight Champi on was taken the distance in his 20th fight by James Quick Tillis. This Means the world to my career said Stewart who grew up in Hammer Smith West London before emigrating to Jamaica with his parents at age 15. Four years ago he moved to Brooklyn his current fighting base although he retains his British citizenship. I be just beaten Tyson s record. It s something i can always look Back on he said. Bruno has a Chance to get there first on saturday when he meets Tyson in Las vegas. Stewart will be watching the re sult with keen interest. I Don t want to take anything away from Frank Bruno and i wish him All the Luck in the world the 6-foot-3, 220 Pound Stewart said. But he s a stand up Boxer who does t move that Well and has no game plan. I think i could beat Stewart ranked no. 10 in the world said that although he has no plans to leave new York he won t give up his British citizenship so that he can would become the first briton to win the world heavyweight championship since Bob Fitzsimmons in 1897. I m holding on to my British pass port for one reason alone becoming Brit Ain s first world Champion this Century he said. I know i m going to get my shot. I have the Power. I have the Speed. Every fight i get better and better. I la take on anyone my manager puts in front of Stewart absorbed Jaco s punches for the first minute of. Saturday s fight part of the first professional boxing show Ever staged behind the Iron curtain. Then he put the 6-foot-6 american Down with his first attacking flurry a straight right Fol Lowed by a left Hook. Jaco took a standing count but was in no condition to continue and was immediately floored again falling Halfway through the ropes before being counted out at 2 39 of the round. Jaco also was knocked out in one round by Tyson in january 1986, in Tyson s 16th contest As a professional. He said Stewart Hurt him but that the briton had a Long Way to go before he reaches championship material. He s not nearly As fast As Tyson Jaco said. But he s a Good Young fighter hits pretty hard and provided he has the right direction hell go far. He certainly could win the title but i reckon he needs at least one year and Quality Stewart s handlers said it was Only a matter of time before their fighter who has never been taken beyond four rounds becomes world Champion. Alex is a thoroughly dedicated fighter said Stewart s co manager Jim Fen Nel. He has one objective in life to win the w9rld title. You had a Sample of his punching Power tonight. He s work ing towards that ultimate goal. We Are convinced we re going to do it. This is just the beginning of a whole series of fights that will bring him to world tuesday february 21, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 Central european wrest in is l. Emmett Lewis or. Individual Star . Werner on top and about to pin Wiesbaden s Jeff Bradburn could t pull Wurzburg s team above 10th place. Still no consensus As coaches grapple with mat philosophy byte Saunders staff writer let s compare apples and oranges. What s the most important Factor in wrestling the individual or the team should recognition go to the individual or should the team get top Billing during last weekend s Central euro Pean High school wrestling championships that question was posed to Sev eral coaches. And surprisingly the majority said hey sure wrestling is a team thing but it s the individual who does the work and deserves the Pivot that concept 180 degrees though and you have the other Side without team support even the Best of wrestlers won t accomplish coaches from Hanau Nurnberg and Giessen sided with the individual oriented concept. Heidelberg four years running big schools team Champ backed up the team theory. The team championship is important but some teams Are Only rep resented by three or four wrestlers. They Don t have a shot at the team title. And those three or four wrestlers need cover age said Hanau mat coach Bob Leach. I d rather see the individual praised be cause you have 13 different champions versus a big schools Champ and a Small schools Nurnberg s Bruce Nelms agreed in most parts. Wrestling is an individual s sport. The kids deserve credit for what they do. That s the purpose of the sport he said. I prefer to see the individual recon Giessen s Leigh Riese took the analytical approach to the question. It depends on where you re coming from he said explaining that the team Angle tends to glorify the Heidelberg and Frankfurt and ram steins the big schools while overshadowing the Gies Sens and the International schools of Brussels the Small schools. We Small schools Don t have the depth or numbers he said is for in stance brought Only one wrestler. Heidelberg had 12 wrestlers. Heidel Berg had five first place finishers. And Heidelberg coach Phil Godbolt and assistant Trent Blankenship left no doubt where their interests were. In defense of his View Blankenship referred to Wurzburg s 119-Pound mat wonder . Werner who won a championship. When it comes right Down to it he could t be where he is unless he had Tough Guys helping him out said Blankenship who seemed mild com pared to Godbolt. It s a team sport whether people want to belive it or not Godbolt fired out. How about runner up Nurnberg s View that it s the individual who sup ports the team his team wrestled like it is an individual sport Godbolt countered Indi Cating that had Nurnberg wrestled like a team the eagles might be fared better. I Tell it like it is. My kids Are a team. When you re on the mat and you re ahead you gotta look at the team. You go for the pin. It s Best for the he was t All Blade though. Godbolt agreed that sure depending on the Situa Tion the individual could be the top priority. Sure when it comes Down to the individual for is which had just the one wrestler he said. But he seemed to hold firm the notion that had is brought two wrestlers then it s the team. One s an individual two s a team. But without the wrestlers you can t have a team. Without a team a wrestler could still compete. Mckay blasts Peers Cash fixation by Bert Rosenthal new York a Quarter mile Antonio Mckay Winner of two olympic relay Gold medals monday . Track and Field " athletes who would rather compete for Money than their country. Mckay s dismay was triggered by the Lack of interest Al saturday s . Tri als for the men s200-meter and 400 meter dashes for next month s world indoor Champi Mckay ships. Only six athletes showed up at Louisiana state to compete for the two spots on the 200-meter team and Only three appeared for the 400."a lot of people Are getting paid by tag the athletics Congress National governing body for the sport and no showing up the outspoken Mckay said at the metropolitan track writers lunch Eon. ". Athletes should be there. There should t be any concern about the pointed out that prior to the trials tac had sent letters to the 200and 400 runners informing them of the qualifying at Baton Rouge la. The in formation said however that a runner had to be ranked in the top four in the United states and finish in the top two in the trials in order to receive trials conflicted with Mobil in door grand prix meets at los Angele Friday night and at Brook Park Ohio near Cleveland saturday guess a lot of runners thought they would t get reimbursed so they decide to run in los Angeles or Cleveland Mckay finishing first in the 400 Tri als and qualifying to defend his title inthe world championships at Budapest Hungary March 3-5, Mckay the fifth ranked 400-meter runner in the United states was not weekend was a letdown he said because of the athletes who did twant to compete to represent their coun try. This is the Usa you re suppose to represent your team. I think the athletes Are at fault those who did t show up. The apathy is bad. This week i m sure we re going to have a lot of people at the tac meet Friday night in Madison Square Gar de because there s a lot of grand prix Money Mckay the 1984 olympic Bronze medallist is the 400 grand prix Leader a title he has won each of the past three years. Last year he also was the men s Overall grand prix Winner an Honor that will be Worth $ 16,000 this year
