European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday May 13,1992 the stars and stripes b Page 27 sports wire Tucker Witherspoon to fight in China from wire reports Beijing a american heavyweights Tony Tucker and Tim Witherspoon Are slated to Square off in october in the first professional fight held in China dubbed the a Brawl at the great Wall a chinese and . Boxing officials said monday. Organizers announced the Tucker Witherspoon bout will headline a fight card with eight other professionals to be staged on oct. 18. Boxing legend Muhammad Ali was present at a news conference at a Beijing hotel announcing the fight along with senior officials of the International boxing federation which is sponsoring the event with the chinese boxing association and private companies. Touted by promoters As the a Brawl at the great Wall a the event is actually scheduled for Beijing a capital gymnasium where organizers said the 18,000-seat capacity will be supplemented by 2,000 temporary seats. The fight the first professional boxing match to be held in China is also to be shown on television in the United states. Organizers said the Winner of the Tucker Witherspoon fight would become the first unified Champion of the North american boxing boxing federation and the United states boxing association. Tucker 32, the Nab Champion was fourth in the latest if rankings and has a 44-1 career record. His Lone defeat came in october 1987 to former world Champion Mike Tyson. Witherspoon 33, was twice world heavyweight Champion and now holds the us a Crown. He is ranked sixth by the remains unbeaten Inglewood Calif. A unbeaten Junior welterweight Carlos Gonzalez of Mexico City ran his record to 31-0 monday night with a unanimous 10-round decision Over Tim Brooks of Sacramento. Gonzalez going the distance for just the second time in his pro career won by taking command in the final two rounds. There were no knockdowns but both fighters were staggered at times during the bout at the forum. The judges gave Gonzalez the nod by scores of 97-93, 97-93 and 97-94. Gonzalez weighed 139 pounds and Brooks now 13-10-1, weighed 141.Anderson takes 5th stage Hagerstown my. Phil Anderson of the United states Motorola team captured the fifth stage of the tour Dupont monday after avoiding the crashes that eliminated part of his opposition. Crashes at speeds exceeding 30 Miles per hour on each of the last two turns in downtown Hagerstown eliminated some potential stage winners including National professional Road Champion Davis Phinney. The Field sprint covered 127 Miles from Hershey pa., to Hagerstown and was covered by Anderson in a time of 5 hours and 50 minutes and 56 seconds. Because the stage was a Field sprint Overall standings were not affected and stage 2 Winner Dave Mann of England holds the Overall hires oct coach Waco Texas a Darrel Johnson who led Oklahoma City University to two straight naia championships resigned on monday to become basketball coach at Baylor University. Johnson 36, submitted his resignation at Oklahoma City and was scheduled to be introduced As Baylor coach tuesday replacing Gene Iba who was fired on March 27 after seven seasons As coach. Johnson a Oklahoma City teams won 53 straight games including All 38 they played in 1991-92. The chiefs won the title in 1991 with a 35-3 takes Abc Job new York a sportscaster Hannah storm left can on monday and agreed to a three year contract with Abc Worth approximately $600,000. Storm 29, will co Host late night olympic coverage from Barcelona Spain with Jim Lampley after making her Abc debut on the networks telecasts from Wimbledon this june where she also will be late night Host. Storm is the daughter of former american basketball association commissioner and current global basketball association commissioner Mike Storn. She has been a Host of a a can sports tonight since april 1989 and was the networks co Host during the 1990 Goodwill games. Storm a notre Dame graduate worked As a television and radio reporter in Houston before moving to Wpc television in Charlotte n.c., in March 1988.Orthwein closes Deal with Kiam Boston a James Orthwein officially became the majority owner of the new England patriots on monday when he purchased the 51-percent share of the club held by Victor Kiam then reassured fans that he has no plans to move the team. Orthwein closed the Deal with Kiam in St. Louis a where he is part of an Effort to bring an expansion team to the City. He said his goal was to strengthen and stabilize the organization resolve longstanding problems with where the team plays and then find financially Strong Long term ownership for the patriots. But for the immediate future Orthwein challenged patriots fans to return to Foxboro stadium and to a put the ownership troubles of the past behind them and join me in working for a future that we All since october 1988, when Kiam joined fran Murray to buy the patriots from team founder William Sullivan the patriots performance on the Field has continued to slide. They be posted an 18-38 record though last seasons 6-10 Mark was a huge improvement Over the 1-15 showing in 1990. The team also was hampered by controversy off the Field highlighted by a sexual harassment Case involving Boston Herald reporter Lisa Olson during the 1990 season. The Case eventually was settled last cleared of racism charge Seattle a a special University panel has cleared Washington basketball coach Lynn Nance of allegations of racism but questions his coaching methods. The committee made no recommendation on whether Nance 49, should keep his Job. Athletic director Barbara Hedges would not say it Nance will return for a fourth season. He has two years remaining on his contract. Nance a record at Washington is 37-48, including last seasons 12-17 performance. He could not be reached for comment monday. The panel gave its 14-Page report to Hedges on May 1. The report has not been made Public but the Seattle Post intelligencer obtained a copy and reported on it in mondays says Steeles were spooked by Marino rumours Pittsburgh a former Pittsburgh Steeles coach Chuck Noll work the talk show circuit said he and in other nil coaches were spooked in 1983 by rumoured drug use by Dan Marino. Marino now with the Miami dolphins was the sixth quarterback selected m the draft that year. He has since broken numerous nil single season passing records and could become the most prolific passer in nil history before he retires. The drug rumours were never substantiated. Noll acknowledged for the first time monday that the rumours which originated in a suburban Pittsburgh new spa fat or scared the Steeles off Marino and de them to instead choose defensive lineman Gabe Rivera. Rivera played Only a half season be fore being paralysed in an Auto Accident. The steel Erst quarterbacks since the 1983 retirement of Terry Bradshaw have been unspectacular and inconsistent. Noll told listeners of Tae radio that the rumours about Marino who played at the University of Pittsburgh were scary because a this was a time when no one in the nil knew anything about drugs at Marino was considered the top quarterback Prospect in the nation As a Junior but his production dropped significantly As a senior in 1982. Pitt lost three of its final five games that season after being rated no. 1 nationally in the preseason. Jim Kelly John Elway Tony Eason Ken of Brien and Todd blackly dec were All selected ahead of Marino who was drafted 27th, the next to last pick of the first round by the dolphins. Noll said the Steeles had no Way of knowing that Bradshaw a career would be prematurely ended by an Elbow injury and that backups Cliff Stoudt and Mark Malone would Nave mediocre careers. An to . Southern european broadcasting Gorman to wednesday 6 . 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