European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 11, 1992 the stars and stripes world league b Page 21 a Terry Norris staggers Meldrick Taylor with a right moments before Norris won the wac title Light when it was stopped in the fourth round. Norris retains wac title Las vegas apr Terry Norris overwhelmed Aba welterweight Champion Meldrick Taylor with some devastating punches saturday night knocking him Down twice before finally stopping him in the fourth round to retain his world boxing Council super welterweight title. Norris was the stronger fighter from the opening Bell and wasted Little time in establishing dominance Over Taylor in what was a rare Battle of two reigning champions. Taylor is the world boxing association welterweight  knocked Taylor Down twice in the fourth round and had him helpless on the ropes in a Neutral Corner before referee Mills Lane moved in to Stop the fight at 2 55 of the round. Taylor who had to move up in weight to fight for Norris title appeared to have Little of the hand Speed that won him world titles in two lighter divisions and was unable to match the Power Norris had in his punches. Instead of moving around the ring Taylor tried to match Norris punches a strategy that proved to be a mistake when Norris started Landing big right hands in the final round. A the came out Flat footed a Norris said. A i thought he would move a Little More. I knew he was vulnerable to the right  both fighters weighed 149 pounds for the fight which was contested at a weight limit of 150vt pounds Midway Between the two divisions. But it was apparent that Taylor who was fighting at 140 pounds Only two years ago had bulked up too much and was not going to be Able to keep up with either the Speed or Power of the Champion. A the was too Strong a Taylor said. A the deserves to be Champion. He a a great  Norris had an eight Inch reach advantage and used it effectively keeping Taylor outside at punching distance while not allowing the 147-Pound Champion to get inside. On the rare occasions that Taylor managed to land his left Hook Norris made him pay for it with combinations to the head. A that was my mistake standing at the end of his punches a Taylor said. A i should have stayed on the  it was the 11th straight win for Norris who burst into prominence when he sent sugar Ray Leonard into retirement with a convincing 12-round decision in february 1991.it was also his richest fight with the Champion pocketing $1.3 Mil lion for less than 12 minutes of work. Taylor earned $1 million. Norris who ran his record to 32-3 with 18 knockouts was an 8-5 favorite going into the fight at an outdoor Arena at the Mirage hotel Casino. And after a tight first round in which both fighters Felt each other out he quickly made himself the favorite in the ring. In the second round Norris began Landing the right hand effectively and Cut Taylor on the Mouth. By the third round he was bouncing on his feet and firing combinations at will clearly confident he was in control of the fight. Taylor whom Many thought had lost some of his ability in a controversial loss to Julio Cesar Chavez two years ago landed his biggest punch of the fight when he hit Norris with a right to begin the fourth round. But he was unable to follow up the shot and Midway through the round Norris landed two rights and then a left that put Taylor Down in the Middle of the ring. Taylor was up quickly but Norris stalked him again and caught him with a left and two rights on the ropes that put Taylor Down Lor the second time with about 30 seconds left. Taylor was once again up at the count of three but again Norris was devastatingly accurate and landed a flurry of punches in the Neutral Corner that prompted Lane to Stop the bout. A i was just going to keep keying in on him a Norris said. A the s Lucky they stopped  Taylor fell to 29-1-1, but retained his welterweight title which was not at  Blanks London by United press International Orlando Fla. A quarterback Scott Mitchell scored on a 1-Yard sneak to Cap Orlando a first Possession saturday night and the Thunder defense made it stand up for a 90 Victory Over the London monarchs. Orlando won its sixth straight to improve to 7-1 and remain unbeaten at Home. Defending league Champion London 1-6-1, continued to struggle failing to Cross the Thunder 20 until the final two minutes of the game. Mitchell completed 5 of 7 passes to take Orlando 80 Yards on 15 plays on its opening drive. The extra Point attempt failed when Holder Ray Criswell recovered a bad snap and threw incomplete. The Thunder made it 9-0 on a 21-Yard Field goal by Traer Bennett with 9 seconds remaining in the first half. Bennett attempted a 36-Yard Field goal with 7 02 remaining in the game but it was blocked by London a Dedrick Hodge. In saturdays other game surge 51, Galaxy 7 Sacramento Calif. David Archer passed for 352 Yards and three touchdowns to Eddie Brown to spark a Sacramento rout of spa Frankfurt. The surge 6-2, moved a half game ahead of san Antonio in the North american West division. Brown caught scoring passes of 58 and 42 Yards and finished with five receptions for 148 Yard. Archer who has a league leading 19 touchdowns sat out the fourth Quarter with a bruised shoulder. Sacramento racked up a league record 556 total Yards and limited Frankfurt to a just 65. Brown scored 3 14 into the game taking a pass from Archer breaking a tackle and sprinting the remaining 35 Yards untouched. Cory Blanchard kicked a 36-Yard Field goal to make it 10-0 six minutes into the game. Mike Pringle rushed for 113 Yards on 29 carries and scored two touchdowns for the surge. The Galaxy scored on a 107-Yard interception return by safety Tim Broady with 19 seconds left in the  s Crew takes Lead on italians mistake by Howard Ulman san Diego a on your Mark get set. Us of. Ii Moro i Venezia jumped the gun at the Start and circled Back to do it again giving america1 a 30-second head Start on saturday. And that was the . Boats margin of Victory in the first race of the americans cup finals. A i just made a fundamental mistake a said Paul Cayard a san Francisco native skip Pering the italian boat. A fall our Little communications on Board were that much  the millions of dollars and thousands of hours spent on building the italian boat into a Fine tuned High tech sailing machine  make up for that two american cup bit human error. After that the race was even giving Cayard reason for Confidence in sundays second race of the Best of seven Competition. A i was 30 seconds late at the Start. I lost the race by 30 seconds. That about tells the Story a he said. A a it a hard to have a worse Day than we had today from All  perhaps the scariest moment for america3 came when its Multi millionaire Boss and backup helmsman Bill Koch was conked on his head on the second leg of the eight leg 20.03-nautical-mile Pacific Ocean course. He was hit by a running backstay Block part of a Block and tackle arrange ment that supports the Mast. A it sounded like you know a Bonk a a america1 primary helmsman buddy melges said. A it was a different sound than the runner just hitting the hollow Boom. The next thing you know he was at my feet. I said a you of Bill a he said  so i went Back about my  the italians struggled in vain to make up for their mistake at the Start. Ii Moro navigator Robert Hopkins and Cayard both assumed blame for misjudging the current Speed. They thought it was about a half knot when it was nearly a knot. Americans advantage never dropped below 30 seconds at the end of any of the eight legs sailed in winds from 8 to 14 knots. Ii Moro got the Lead Down to 30 seconds by winning the last three legs of a relatively Quick race lasting 2 hours 21 minutes 45 seconds. Only once in the 27 previous competitions Over 141 years Nas an american boat lost the cup. That happened on sept. 26, 1983 at Newport r.i., when Australia ii won the seventh and deciding race for a 4-3 Victory Over Liberty. Since then the americans have won seven straight races in the finals a four against Kookaburra Iii of Australia in 1987, two against new zealand in 1988 and saturdays 1992 opener the opening race was the first Between 11 Moro and america1 after 13 boats from eight nations had competed in elimination trials covering 163 races