European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday october 24,1990 the stars and stripes Page 17 challenger evander Holyfield loosens up monday in Las vegas for thursdays heavyweight title fight against Buster , Holyfield deciding who fights me Tyson says by de Schuyler or. A boxing writer Las vegas a Mike Tyson sees the heavyweight title match Between James Quot Buster Douglas and evander Holyfield As nothing More than an elimination bout. A a they be got to fight to see who fights me a said Tyson who believes he remains the worlds Premier fighter despite his shocking championship loss to Douglas in 10 rounds feb. 11. Promoter Dan Duva said Holyfield already has signed to fight George Foreman. Promoter Don King however said he has letters from the International boxing federation world boxing Council and world boxing association stating that the Douglas Holyfield Winner must defend against Tyson. A it should be a Good fight whoever wins a Tyson said of the scheduled 12-round bout thursday night outdoors at the Mirage. A i Hope Douglas  Tyson however had some harsh words for Douglas who got up from an eighth round Knockdown to beat him. A i done to respect a Guy who quits a Tyson said in a Telephone interview from Atlantic City n.j., where he is scheduled to fight Alex Stewart on dec. 8. A once you quit you la quit  this was in reference to Douglas being stopped in the 10th round when he quit fighting against Tony Tucker for the vacant International boxing federation title on May 30,1987. Tucker won the seventh eighth and ninth rounds on one official scorecard and two of those three rounds on the other two cards. Tucker was leading by one Point on two cards and the fight was even on the third after nine rounds. Douglas has said he lacked mental toughness and blamed his Lack of concentration on marital problems and on problems with his father Billy who trained him at the time a it was a kick in the right direction Quot Douglas said monday of the last loss in his 30-4-1 record. A i did no to sit Back and dwell on it. I was determined to keep going  should Douglas beat Holyfield he must then defend against Tyson under a court settlement of breach of contract suits Between the Champion and King. A it will be an intense fight a Douglas said of a rematch with Tyson. A i expect even a tougher fight from Mike but i think the verdict will be the  Douglas 30, then flicked a couple of verbal jabs at Tyson. A this talents Are limited a Douglas said. A i exposed him As to How limited his talents  As for Holyfield Douglas said a a he a a Good fighter. He a going to be a Challenge to me. But you know me. In a the kind of Guy who goes up against All Odds who does the  Holyfield was a slight favorite to make Douglas the 17th heavyweight Champion to lose in his first defense. King said the three governing bodies were ordering the Douglas Tyson Winner to defend against Tyson because of controversy surrounding his loss in Tokyo. The referee did not correctly pick up the timekeepers count after Douglas was knocked Down in the eighth round. Thursdays encounter will be the first heavyweight title fight not involving Tyson since Tucker beat Douglas for the if title. Tyson appeared on that card and defended the wac and Aba titles by stopping Pink Lon Thomas in the sixth round. Tyson won the undisputed championship with a 12-round unanimous decision Over Tucker on aug. 1,1987, and defended it six times before losing to  221 bengals squelch Browns by Chuck Melvin Cleveland apr Boomer Esia son has one of the Best play lakes in the business. On monday night he Wasny to faking. Esiason let his running backs do most of the work As the Cincinnati bengals piled up 233 Yards Rushing and beat the Cleveland Browns 34-13. Esiason completed just 7 of 17 passes for 85 Yards but nil schedules and results Page 22 two of the completions went for touchdowns. A let s face it they called some Good plays a said a1 Baker one of the Cleveland defensive linemen left to Chase after the likes of James Brooks Harold Green Craig Taylor and even the rebuilt Lekey Woods a most of the runs they broke on us were in dime passing situations Quot Baker said. A a that a guile and determination on their  Woods was t much a part of the a lion running five times for seven Yards and catching one pass for 11 More. When he scored Cincinnati a final touchdown on a 1-Yard run late in the game however Woods got to do his famous a Lekey shuffle before an unappreciative crowd of 78,587. It was his first Post touchdown dance since he Tore up a knee in the second game of last season. Green a Rookie ran nine times for 75 Yards including a bengals season High 39-Yardcr on the opening touchdown drive. Taylor collected 73 Yards and Brooks had 63, including a 28-Yard touchdown on his first carry. �?o1 did t think we could run like this against the Cleveland Browns a bengals coach Sam Wychec said. A it does no to happen very often. This was a better Oife Sivc game than the statistics say. When you done track up statistics but you win the game that a when you re being  Esiason did no to come close to getting the 198 Yards passing he needed to reach 20,000 in his career. He was intercepted once. But he was on target when it counted hitting Rodney Holman and Mike Barber for touchdowns. A we had some backs that made the plays tonight a Esiason said. A it was a see bengals on Page 22 rain can t Dampen Cincinnati s love . A. A a Tuic Illel it Cincinnati apr world series map Jose Rijo had a simple message for the thousands of rain soaked fans who jammed the downtown area to pay tribute to the Cincinnati  Jlove you All a Rijo who won two of the four games to the reds sweep of the Oakland athletics told the crowd monday. Rob Dibble who traded taunts with Oakland a Dave Stewart after game 4, took the Opportunity to Needle the american league champions who were favored to win the series. A we Are the Best a Dibble said. The crowd roared. Despite a steady ram police estimated that 12,000 to 15 000 were at the City a Fountain Square to Welcome the reds who arrived in open convertibles. More people lined the five Block Parade route. A i done to care How wet it is its a Beautiful Day a said Edith staub who had neither umbrella nor Raincoat. A a it a exciting. I  want to be anywhere  Chris Neeley another of the drenched faithful said this years Celebration seemed bigger than the last time the reds won the world series a twice in the mid 1970s ,. A i was Here in �?T75 and �?T76, and i did no to see anything like this a Neeley said. A this is wild. Brenda Latscha who watched from under the cover of an elevated skywalk agreed that the crowd seemed bigger. A i think the fact that they took it in four games really brought the crowd out a she said. Uni Bill Cunningham a radio talk show Host on the reds flagship station had the crowd whipped up before the players arrived. A a in a rather be in Cincinnati and wet than be in uak land and be a chump a Cunningham said As fans waved see reds on Page 22