European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 05, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Virgil Hill backs away from the onslaught of punches being thrown by Thomas Hearns in monday nights Aba Light heavyweight championship fight in Las vegas. Wash6d-up Hearns wins sixth world title by de Schuyler or. A a a. Al boxing writer Las vegas a Thomas i learns stung by taunts that he was a shot t fighter became a world Champion for the sixth time monday night. The a hit Many from Detroit won a unanimous 12-round decision Over defending Champion Virgil Hill to take the world boxing association Light heavy weight championship. A first of All i think anyone that thought Thomas Hearns be fighting that he was through is entitled to their opinion a Hearns said after the outdoors fight at Caesars Palace. A i never Felt i was washed up. Thomas Hearns is not and he Appal vently has no intention of ending . Before the tight he talked of challenging Bobby Czyz for the Aba 190-Pound cruiserweight title. A Success there would make Hearns the Only Man to win titles in six weight classes. A a. After the fight Hearns said a it Virgil wants an Opportunity to win the title ill definitely give him an Opportunity the title Back a but lets wait awhile. I want to enjoy a Hill wants the rematch. The 32-year-old Hearns mixed boxing ability w Ith punching and threw in a Good dose of heart in upsetting his 27-year-old previously unbeaten opponent. I learns fought on wobbly legs in the last few rounds. But he kept punching and controlled the fight in those crucial rounds. Mill sometimes irritated before the fight because he Felt Hearns was being treated like , said a this is not the Thomas Hearns show.�?�. It was however. The match was a exhibition of boxing. Both , with their shoulders their Heads their arms. They tried to make each other counter and they jabbed and jabbed. A Hearns had the Power however and that made the difference. In the sixth round Hearns who had looked As if his name re sugar Ray in the first five rounds became the hit Man. He hit Hill with a right to the body arid then a right to the head at 2 28 of the round. He Hurt him with a body shot and then landed another right and then another right and then a jarring left Hook. Hearns outfoxed Hill in the seventh round. Hill came Back with body shots to take the the ninth the hit Man struck again. He landed a Jab and hard right to the head then had Hill reeling with a right a Hook and another right. At the end of the fight Hill said lie thought he re broke his a see Hearns on Page 22 the stars and stripes june 5,1991 b Page 28 inside sports unlit regents Tarkanian meet a a Page 22 Crenshaw Green done to make open Field a Page 22 Pat Riley missed coaching too much a Page 25 Wichita state by ats Creighton for 7th time / a Page 26dorsey pounds Way to Las vegas apr the third time was the Charm for Troy Dorsey. Dorsey 28, knocked out Alfred Rangel on monday night with right hand at 2 37 of the first round amt won the vacant International boxing federation featherweight title. In two previous attempts in 1990, Dorsey lost a split decision to Jorge Paez and then fought to a draw with Paez. Rangle 125, of san Antonio was scoring Well with counter punches when Dorsey 126, of Mansfield Texas shot Home a Short right that dropped Rangel on his face. The 24-year- old Rangel was taken to Valley i Hospital for a rays of his jaw. Dorsey who earned $40,000, is 12-3-4. Rangel is 22-7. A a in two of tier under card fights former world heavyweight Champion Tony Tucker overcame a hand to score a 12-round split decision Over Orlirio Norris. A a and Humberto Chiquita Gonzalez won the world boxing Council Light flyweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision Over fellow mexican Melhor cob Castro. A the 6-foot-5 Tucker who broke his right hand in the second round used his height and reach advantages Over the 5-foot 10-Inch Norris to win the North heavy american boxing federation weight title. Quot Tucker a former if Champion scored Well with jabs in the first three rounds and then after Norris rallied he a appeared to control the last five rounds hurting Norris in the seventh with a Short right hand. Judge Paul Smith favored Norris 114113, but Tucker won easily on the other two cards a Bill Graham had it 117-110 and Patricia Jarman 116-111. The 32-year-old Tucker who weighed 235 pounds earned is 10,000 for his 41st win against one loss. That defeat was a decision to. Mike Tyson for the Undis pitted heavyweight title in 1987. Gonzalez came on Strong in the second half of the fight to regain the title he lost last year. -. Quot. Tomorrow the panel has met and the 199091 stars and stripes athletes of the year will be announced sports television basketball a Aba final los Angeles lakers at Chicago 3 . Thursday
