European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday february 24,1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 Tyson 7v2-1 Choice  boxing writer Las vegas Frank Bruno might not test Mike. Tyson s endurance sat urday night but promoter Don King certainly tested it wednesday. After 50 minutes of introducing Mem Bers of the dais at a joint news Confer ence King finally introduced Tyson with a string of superlatives. Of my groaned the 22-year-Oldheavyweight Champion. I like to keep this Short Tyson said. He did. The smart Money Guys feel Tyson also will make Short work of Bruno in the scheduled 12-round bout at the la vegas Hilton. Tyson was a 7 /2-l favorite wednes Day in Man to Man betting. The Over under betting was that it will or won t go four full rounds. Of Tyson s 31 knockouts on his 35-0record, 24 have been achieved in fewer than three full rounds 17 of them inthe first round. It took Tyson 91 seconds to beat Michael Spinks in his last defense june 27 at Atlantic City . Maturity dexterity and lateral move ment is the Way King described Bruno at the news conference. He s a big Guy a Strong Guy and not Abad Boxer but he s slow Eddie Futch who has trained a Host of champions including Michael Spinks said of the Chal Lenger from Britain. Tyson has tremendous hand Speed challenger Frank Bruno left promoter Don King and Champion Mike Tyson appear at press conference in Las vegas. Potential Tyson foe on fhe March Ray Mercer shares his thoughts and reveals his finances to Bucky Fox on the eve of the former Soldier s professional boxing debut. See Page 23. Futch said. I Haven t seen a heavy weight punch As fast As he does since Joe  Don King has made Mike Tyson outto be Superman but i have Krypton Ite to beat him cracked the 27-year-Oldbruno. Most boxing people concede Bruno can punch with Power he has 31 knockouts. But they question the Caliper of his opposition and they question his Chin. The two losses on Bruno s 32-2 record were by knockout and he wobbled in a couple of other fights. The losses were to James Bon Crusher Smith in the 10th round May 13,1984, and to Tim Witherspoon in the 11th round of Abid for the world boxing association title july 19,1986. Both fights were in London. He s the no. 1 contender that Speaks for itself said Tyson. But he also said of he s going to Bein a lot of trouble  Bruno ranked no. 1 by both the Baand world boxing Council has t fought in 16 months because i was waiting for Mike  the fight was postponed five times. Hob will televise the fight. Two other championship bouts also will be on the card but not on the Tele cast. Azuma Nelson of Ghana a former wac featherweight Champion will de fend the wac super featherweight title against Mario Martinez the wac s no. 1 contender from Mexico. Nelson has a 29-1 record with 21kos. Martinez has a record of 47-4-2, with 29 Kos. King said if Nelson wins his next de sense would be against Barry Mcguigan a former Aba featherweight Champion from Northern Ireland. In the other title match Julian Jack son of the Virgin islands the Aba Junior middleweight Champion meets fran Cisco Dejesus of Brazil. Jackson has 34-1 record with 32 Kos while Dejesus has 25-2 Mark with nine Kos. Lou/sv/7/e s a son reaches 2,000-po/nf plateau by the associated press Louisville by. Pervis Ellison scored All 20 of his Points in the second half wednesday night an became the second player in Louisville history to score 2,000 career Points As the eighth ranked cardinals beat Southern Mississippi 96-83. Ellison has 2,004 Points second Only to former All America Darrell Griffith s 2,333. Ellison also blocked six shots to increase his career total to 350, moving him past Marist s Rik Smits and Pittsburgh s Charl Ssmith into fourth place on the Mcaa career list. Louisville 19-6 and 8-2 in the metro conference took a 61-44 Lead with 13 12 left after Ellison scored 11 Points during a 19-6 run. He got his 2,000th Pointon a Dunk with 7 56 to go. Southern Mississippi 9-14 and 2-8, pulled within 10points several times the last at 86-76 with three min utes remaining. Kenny Payne also scored 20 Points for Louisville. Tony Kimbro had 18, Albradford Smith 13 and Ever ick Sullivan 11. Ellison added eight rebounds and seven assists. Damn Chancellor scored 28 for Southern Mississippi Clarence Weatherspoon 18 and Jimmy Smith 17.in other games wednesday Oklahoma state 82, no. 7 Missouri 71stillwater, okla. Darwyn Alexander scored 7 of his 17 Points during a 14-2 run in the final three College basketball minutes As Oklahoma state beat no. 7 Missouri. The tigers were called for a technical foul an intentional foul and a flagrant foul in the final four minutes and Mike Sandbothe was ejected for kicking Thomas Jordan to the floor. After the game Missouri coaches had to restrain their players from going into the crowd. Oklahoma state 16-8 and 7-4 in the big eight is14-0 at Home. Missouri 22-6 and 8-3, led 69-68 when Natha Buntin scored from inside with 5 45 left but Missouri did t make a Field goal during the rest of the game. No. 1 Oklahoma 86, Kansas St. 82 Norman okla. Stacey King scored 23 Points and made a key 3-Point play with 1 01 left As top ranked Oklahoma beat Kansas state for its 28th consecutive Home Victory. King had 16 first half Points but did t score in the second half until he made two free throws with 4 43 too. His 3-Point play with 61 seconds left gave the owners an 83-77 Lead. Oklahoma 24-3 and 10-1 in the big eight has won28 consecutive Home games. Kansas state 16-8 and 6-5, used its patient half court offence and the scoring of Lakeith Humphrey and Fred Mccoy to keep things close. Humphrey had24 Points and Mccoy 21. No. 14 Iowa 89, Northwestern 84 Evanston 111. Roy Marble scored 22 Points and . Armstrong and de Horton 21 Points each in leading huh ranked Iowa past  made a pair of 3-pointers in the opening minute of the second half and Iowa led the rest of the game. Walker Lambiotte scored 22 Points for the wildcats,9-15 and 2-12 in the big ten. No. 3 Georgetown 76, Providence 74 Landover my. Charles Smith scored 18points, and Dike be Mutombo added 13, leading no. 3 Georgetown Over Providence. Georgetown 21-3 and 11-2, won its 19th straight Home game. Eric Murdock had 20 Points for provi Dence which lost the seventh of its last 10 league games As Murdock s 3-Point attempt with two seconds left fell Short. The friars record fell to 17-7 and 6-7. No. 20 Ball state 73, Kent state 61kent, Ohio Greg Miller scored 20 Points and no. 20 Ball state overcame a 12-Point, first half deficit to beat Kent state. Kent state 15-9 and 8-5 in the mid american con Ference took a 16-4 Lead on Jim Mangapora s 3-Point play with 13 07 remaining in the first  state 22-2 and 11-2, then went on a 21-9 run tying the score on Miller s Layup with 2 42 left in the half