European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday june 16,1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 23george is sure in form Man by Thomas Stinson Cox news service i As vegas Nev. A to the mitigated Joy of the american food Industry George Foreman had lunch wednesday. He even invited a few people to join him. George Foreman used to weigh 315 pounds. With men like this lunches become economic variables for Farmers ind ranchers and Short order Cooks everywhere. Foreman does no to really say what he weighs now but make no mistake that dining remains a Raison do etre. A a in la Tell you i have not concentrated on being skin no a he said a pair of sunglasses perched upon that Bald head. A my goal when i left Houston in 1965 was to come Back and become fat because i was so poor i Tell everybody we had to leave out one a of and the we was pop. And i said then if i Ever got the Money i was going to come Back and eat All the hamburgers i wanted. A in 1977,1 had Money and i went Back to Houston to do nothing but buy hamburgers. When you saw me you saw an investment. You wanted to see where my Money went i can show you. I put it in my it is a curious comment on boxing today that 30 reporters clustered around Foreman in a suite of a fancy hotel wednesday wanting so much to hear these tales of gluttony. And Foreman 41 years old a Veteran of 68 professional fights and currently somewhere around 250 pounds comprehends what people want to know. Boxing May not have cried out two years ago for George Foreman to a retire. But now that he is Here throwing this Buffet and waxing philosophic he realizes better than anyone the opportunities this new life presents him. A say what you want about me a he said. A a in Mold in a fat. In a Bald. But one thing you be got to say for me Here i is a saturday night he fights the 22nd bout of his comeback facing Adilson Rodrigues 36-3a durable brazilian who has won his last 20 fights except for last july 15, when evander Holyfield knocked him out in the second round at Lake Tahoe. Since resuming his career Foreman has won 20 of his 21 fights by knockout. And do not underestimate that this is a big night for him. For a Man whose comeback was so Long ignored he is finally appearing on a Mike Tyson under card Tyson faces Henry Tillman Foreman is not properly positioned yet for a championship shot rated ninth by the world boxing Council the Only organization to rank him. But exploiting the prickly Legal mess Buster Douglas created for himself Foreman is undeniably Here. And there Are Many insiders who feel a Tyson Foreman fight has become the games new hot commodity. Champ pistons party j by David Aldridge the Washington Post Portland Ore. A the Detroit pistons Are free again. Free to celebrate becoming one of the National basketball associations historic champions. They Rose to that Perch thursday night with a typical Piston Victory a 9290 comeback win Over the stunned Portland Trail blazers to take their second straight championship. A year ago their Celebration was stopped in mid squeal when Rick a Hom was taken in the expansion draft by Minnesota. For a year they adjusted to that departure and to their new roles. They persevered and became just the third team in Aba history to win Back to Back titles. A a we re a special team a said guard Isiah Thomas a unanimous most valuable player Choice after 29 Points on 13-pf 20 shooting. A we always feel that if jts a close game we re going to win it. That a our Type of game. We feel like we can win those games. We usually thursday night it was guard Vinnie Johnson who did the deed making an 18-footer with 0.7 second remaining to Cap a 9-0 run in just More than two minutes that jolted the sellout 12,642 at memorial coliseum. Last season Johnson thought he might Respirator. That a a lie a he said. A they had to be eight Days off the if his plan contained Genius it was because it played to his last remaining strength the Anvil inside his right hand. Only four of his comeback fights have gone beyond five rounds Foreman always Able to Knock out the Critter do Jour before stamina became a problem. But if he were to take his act Back to the big stage he had to confront the biggest Issue his stomach. Pm a someone said if George wants to come Back As the prodigal son he better Stop looking like the fatted calf a he said. A i said i did no to know they knew so much about sunday school. Then i looked in the Mirror and boy they were Only saying that because its from the 315 pounds when he came out of retire f ment he has dropped As Low As 229 pounds before he j fought Dwight Muhammad Qadi in March 1988. But Foreman complained a something went wrong with Gravity. My legs kept going up. So i had breakfast and got that Ever since he trains without a scale weighing himself Only before fights. If it was a changed Man who returned to boxing after 10 years of evangelistic work he is changing still during this second time around. The brawler who lost to Muhammad Ali that night in Zaire 16 years ago does no to live Here anymore. Listening at lunch was to hear a very Happy Man. A i volunteered for this a Foreman said. A i did no to come Back just because this was the Only thing i could do. The first time the Guy i was trying to imitate most was Sonny Liston. You just sit Back and stare people Down. The Guys who were teaching me were telling me How rough it was. People Are always trying to get you so you Start to think like that. A the next time around the world belongs to me. Is can see out of my eyes and i like it. George Foreman throws his weigh around saturday. Quot jute rogues Foreman wants of again to. Tember. He is also unconvinced evander Holyfield and so he sits at lunch and talks about anything Sug Buster Douglas will fight in september because a you tested. And maybe like never before the people listen. Gotta understand. In be been in boxing so Many years a i took my first punch in the �?T40s,�?� he said. A i and in be seen and heard so Many things Rise up and Learned How to punch in the �?~50s. I even won a Gold never take place. Its nothing until it medal in the �?T60s. I won the world heavyweight Cham gut most of All Foreman wants a championship Pion ship in the �?T70s. I made you sports writers scratch although he says his Challenge was greater when Tyson your Heads in the �?T80s. And in a telling you in a the was Stoh undefeated he covets the title he held for fighter of the �?T90s. Believe those Fine 647 Days Between january 1973 and october that a the hardest part the believing. Foreman has 1974. He does no to joke when he talks about the Champi fought a group of awfully strange names during this on ship either at least until someone asked what a 41 comeback. He said the hardest he has been punched in year old Boxer feels like. This Campaign was by Gerry Cooney who had not been a they Archie Moore told me in a just a growing known for hitting anybody anywhere in recent history. Toys Foreman said before slipping his shades Down Foreman insists he picked this line of soup cans him Over has eyes and walking out the door alone. He was self because Only by Little Steps could he come Back. Wen Down the Hall before anyone realized at his own a they were saying i Only fought Guys who were on a Little luncheon he Hadnot eaten a leads to deaths Detroit apr Detroit pistons fans celebrating the teams second straight Aba championship turned violent Friday As at least seven died and several More were critically injured. The scene in the packed downtown streets was reminiscent of 1984 when the Detroit tigers won the world series and the Celebration got out of hand. Three of the deaths Friday were caused when a car slowed into pedestrians on the East Side about 1 15 a.m., Detroit police it. Phil Foster said. A 9-year-old boy was pronounced dead at children a Hospital and an unidentified Man and woman died at St. Johns Hospital Foster said. Two unidentified men were being treated at Detroit receiving Hospital with head injuries and broken legs. The Driver of the car remained at Large Foster said. A parking lot shooting killed a 19-year-old Man and critically injured a 25-year-old Man at 2 15 a.m., Foster said. A 4-year-old suburban Detroit child was struck and killed by a car during a Street Celebration in River Rouge said it. David Israel of the Southern suburbs police department. A 21-year-old Man fell from the roof of an apartment building during a party and died later at Detroit receiving Hospital spokeswoman Diane Cooper said. Be the one unprotected in the expansion draft. Thursday he scored 15 of his 16 Points in the fourth Quarter hitting six of eight from the Field. A a in a never been in that situation before a Johnson said of the game Winner. A i Felt no pressure. I thought it was just a regular old jump a i told him at the half a said Center Bill Laimbeer. A the was a Little perturbed that he did no to get the playing time. I told him not to get upset to stay m the game. Hold him that he would win the game for a what impressed me most was How they executed a Williams said a How they had a sense for the game How they executed at the end of the game. When they needed a big Basket one of their veterans came the pistons had their Chance to win with 20.1 seconds left. They set up Thomas and Johnson High isolating them. Most thought Thomas would take the shot he had been unstoppable All series one on one. But it would have run counter to Detroit a philosophy. A i had no intention of taking the shot said Thomas who missed five minutes of the fourth Quarter after getting hit in the nose. It remained bloody for several minutes before he could return. A the Only thing that was on my mind was draw his Man and get him the Johnson backed in. The clock ran under 3 seconds then 2. He squared up and leaned and the shot was never in doubt. A Detroit Center Bill Laimbeer. Pumps up Vinnie Johnson
