European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes s july 12, 1991 Page 28 inside sports South Carolina names basketball coach a Page 22 dodgers look to dominate second half also a Page 25 Moses Malone signs with Milwaukee Page 26 by Earl Gustkey los new York a what is projected As the richest fight in boxing history heavyweight Champion evander Holyfield is. Former Champion Mike Tyson came together in a new York hotel room wednesday. The fight that some expect to approach $100 million in Gross receipts a fight that has been made and unmade several times since the fall of 1989, will be held nov. 8 at Caesars Palace in Las vegas. Holyfield according to his adviser Shelly Finkl will earn $30 million. Tyson will earn $15 million. A a Tyson a promoter Don King had demanded a purse split closer to 50-50 but settled for the original offer made by Dan Duva Holyfield a promoter. In addition to his record challengers share of $15 million Finkel said Tyson will earn a percentage of the Gross receipts. Some wonder if George Foreman who lost a decision to Holyfield and earned $12 million last april did no to earn a finders fee. Both Camps used Foreman As a bargaining Chip. After Tyson Defeated razor Ruddock in Las vegas on june 28, Roy Foreman Georges brother said he received a Good Faith Check for $1 million for a. Tyson Foreman fight in the fall. King went to Houston and met with Foreman for two Days but could not get him to sign a contract. Then As Duva seemed to be on the Brink of signing Foreman for a rematch with Holyfield King capitulated. A Jose Sulaiman president of the world boxing Council and a King ally called us tuesday and asked if wed meet with him and Don and we did a. Finkl said wednesday. A we met for about an hour and a half tuesday evening in Sulaimani a new York hotel room. Everyone agreed with everyone then we broke up to talk to the two fighters by phone. A Wevander is in Hawaii judging a slam Dunk contest for magic Johnson and i talked to him last tuesday night. The first thing he said was a great a a then Dan and 1 met with King and Sulaiman again this morning wednesday and agreed on everything again. They knew we were ready to sign with Foreman so in a sure that a what brought the whole thing together a Dan and Don signed contracts on one Point that prolonged negotiations Duva emerged As the Winner Over Ingras the champions promoter he remains the sole promoter for the fight. Earlier King offered to pay Duva $30 million for promotional rights for a holy Field Tyson fight. King was also no doubt prodded to the negotiating table by his fighter. Tyson reportedly has been unhappy for months Over the slow Pace of the Holyfield Tyson talks and some insiders say he told King to either get him Holyfield or he would find a new promoter. A Holyfield Tyson match was scheduled in the fall of 1989, when both were undefeated and Tyson was heavyweight Champion. They were to meet june 18, 1990, in Atlantic City . But Buster Douglas foiled that by knocking out Tyson in Tokyo. Holyfield knocked out Douglas last october to win the title but bypassed Tyson to fight Foreman in Atlantic City on april 19. Holyfield 28, Bronze medallist at Light heavyweight at the 1984 los Angeles olympics is 26-0 with 21 knockouts. Tyson 25, a heavyweight alternate at the 1984 olympics is 42-1, with 36 bowls restructured by Steven wine the associated a res Miami a they were potentially great games that never took place no. I Colorado is. No. 2 Georgia tech for the 1990 National championship and no. I Colorado is. No. 2 Miami for the 1989 Crown. Those postseason showdowns would have happened under an agreement announced wednesday that involves four howls five conferences and notre Dame. The Alliance is designed to make a National championship featuring the nations lop two teams More Likely. A this is not a Utopia hut it is the closest to it a said Harper Davidson president of the Orange bowl committee. The agreement negotiated during the past several months could quiet proponents of a playoff system who holler the loudest when the two lop ranked teams play in different howls. That has happened the past three seasons and six of the past eight. The Alliance will include the Orange Cotton sugar and fiesta bowls. The fiesta bowl was a last minute Choice Over the Citrus Gator blockbuster and Holiday bowls. Also included Are the big East and Atlantic coast conferences which last year added to their fold perennial National title contenders Miami and Florida state respectively. The big eight conference will continue to Send its Champion to the Orange bowl. The Southwest conference Cotton bowl and Southeastern conference sugar bowl affiliations also continue. A this Alliance certainly has a Chance to he a Bonanza and is great for College football and intercollegiate athletics a said Jim Brock executive vice president of the Cotton bowl. The agreement still must be put into writing. A a we be been through scenario after scenario a Davidson said a and most everybody says this sounds like looks like and smells like it s going to be a great most everybody does not include playoff proponents such As Nebraska athletic director Bob Devaney. A the thing is that they re still trying to make a National championship forgetting half the country a Devaney said. A so its not going to be a real National championship but it will be a Little closer than what we have t under the plan scheduled to take effect in the 1992 season the lineups Forsee bowls on Page 22 major bowl realignments five team Pool big East conference Champion Atlantic coast conference Champion notre Dame 2 other High ranked at Large teams the highest ranked team in the Pool would go to the bowl that offers the highest ranked opponent. If the Pool includes teams ranked no. 1 and no. 2, those teams would play in the fiesta bowl. At Large teams could be independents or conference takes Overall tour de France Lead Havre France apr Thierry Marie of France took the Overall Lead in the tour de France by winning the sixth stage today in a near record breakaway. Greg Lomond fell to a tie for third. The american had replaced Rolf Sorensen As the Leader just before today a stage began when the danish cyclist failed to show because of a broken Collarbone. Lomond a three time Winner of this race finished 30th today. He was tied for third with Djamil Kilinc Abou Capulo a of the soviet Union behind Marie and Sean Kelly of Ireland. Kelly trailed Marie by 1 minute 4 seconds in the Overall standings. Lomond and about Palov were another three seconds Back. The Days leg was a 161-mile stretch in Northern France from Arras to be Havre. Marie moved away from the pack Early and built up a 22-minute margin by mid race. He won by 1 minute 53 seconds Over the pack. The Day started dramatically when Lomond was Given the leaders yellow Jersey because Sorensen did not Start. He broke his left Collarbone in a fall wednesday. By the Days end Marie was the new Leader of the Day and regained the yellow Jersey he wore after winning the Short prologue saturday afternoon. He lost the Lead in the first stage to Lemond before Sorensen took the Lead sunday afternoon. Marie started his move with 145 Miles left in the stage. The longest breakaway in the Tours history was 157 Miles in 1947 by Andre Bourlon of France. Lemond s Camp was not too Happy when he took the Lead today. It s too Early for us to have the yellow Jersey a said Roger Legeay director of Lemonds z team. He a decl that being in the Lead change his team s tactics. A a it a the beginning of the tour and we have been attacking and Riding As if we had the yellow an important time trial where the standings will be juggled is set for saturday from Argenta to Klencon
