European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                ."7 wednesday february 10, 1993 sports the stars and stripes b Page 2.9 boxing ensures Winner loses out commentary by Dave Anderso the new Stork times new York he sat there perspiring in his purple Satin Robe with a few purple lumps under his eyes but Jesse Ferguson was smiling. I m 35," this Philadelphia heavy weight was saying. They think i m a sparring partner but if Bowe was sup posed to fight Ray Mercer and i beat Mercer Why does t Bowe fight me because boxing in t the super bowl playoffs. Because boxing in to always based on an elimination sys tem. More often than not it s based on a monetary system. Because Box ing is More show Biz than sport. That s Why Riddick Bowe who retained two thirds of the world heavy weight championship saturday nigh with a first round battering of Michael Dokes in t Likely to oppose Lennox Lewis the englishman who holds the Othet third of the title until next year. That s Why Journeyman Jesse Fer Guson who was awarded a unanimous 10-round decision Over Mercer in t Likely to be inserted for Mercer As Bowe s opponent on May 21 in Atlantic  earned what his manager Greg Cohen described As "10 whopping  to fight  same amount that Bowe s Man Ager Rock Newman disclosed he had paid Friday for photos of Mercer that were to be used to publicize the May 21 card that now needs a new , who was no. 4 in the International boxing federation s heavyweight rankings and whose Only loss in 21 previous bouts was a 12-Rbund decision to Larry Holmes a year ago would have earned any where from $2.5 million to $4 million in his Blu printed May 21 title shot. In any other sport Ferguson would now move automatically into that tax bracket. But not in  his upset of Mercer who complained of a bad Back Ferguson has an Ordinary 19-9 record with 13knockouts. He had lost four of his previous five fights including 10-round decisions to docs and Tony Tubbs last year. Ferguson is considered an opponent not an attraction. He s thought of As a spoiler not As a Success. He s deemed not worthy of a multimillion Dollar guarantee even though he humbled the heavyweight who was to have collected Journeyman Jesse Ferguson right punches a Hole in Ray Mercer s future that multimillion Dollar guarantee we told Mercer s Crew not to take Ferguson he s too Tough Newman said. We had Rocky Sekorsky All set for  spoken like a boxing manager who knows in or out of a supermarket where the Tomato cans Are. Rocky Sekorski is a Minneapolis heavyweight of dubious distinction. At his Best Sekorski might not have been Able to upset Mercer at his worst. Ferguson chances had been dismissed in most of the pc fight hype i Don t read the paper Ferguson was saying now because my name Ain t in  is now. But not in Glit a enough Type for no Mim the Home Box of fice impresario or the to to pay per View accountants to notice. In the Structure of any other sport Jesse Ferguson would be Riddick Bowe next challenger for  boxing association and International boxing federation titles. But in boxing it s As if Ferguson does t exist As if his Triumph Over Mercer had t occurred. Boxing promoters need a marquee name. To fill the. Planned pay per View May 21 Date Newman is talking no about George Foreman or Tommy Morrison but they arc scheduled for an april 16 bout in Las vegas  is also talking about evander Holyfield if the former Champion i serious about a comeback even though he s hardly been away. Holyfiel would seem to be the Only available name who would attract a pay per View  if Newman settles for a Home Box office Cable card then ton Tubbs Alex Garcia or maybe Frank Bruno would be a  but Jesse Ferguson who would t sell or Lennox Lewis who would sell but who will sell even More next  la fight Lewis said Bowe but he has to renounce the world boxing Council title. I la fight him  la fight him in his mama s  Bowe of course will fight Lewis not Only when the time is right but also when the Price is right. As Long As Bowe and Lewis remain unbeaten the longer the delay for their showdown and the higher the Price. Lewis is already assured $9 million Foron saturday. His first title defense against Tony Tucker in Las vegas on May 18.assuming Lewis beats Tucker the wac Charny then might defend his title against Bruno another briton in London for More millions. Just another Lead in to Bowe Lewis Early next year. But with promoters tossing around All those Mil Lions Jesse Ferguson will never see any of them. Only in boxing. Cowboys hire sex Oiler aide Irving Texas a Jim Eddy fired As Houston s defensive coordinator after the oilers blew a 35-3 Lead Over the Buffalo Bills is joining the Dallas cow boys As a defensive assistant. Houston s defense led the acc and finished third in the nil in total de sense. The oilers also finished third in the league in pass defense and tied for fifth i in sacks last season. Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson said it will be decided later which position i group Eddy will be working with. I Eddy and defensive backs coach Pat Thomas were fired the Day after Buffalo rallied in the second half to beat hous ton 41-38, in overtime in a playoff game. I Buffalo went on to win the acc before losing to the cowboys in the super bowl. I during Eddy s three seasons with the oilers the team earned three playoff berths including the franchise s first Ai c Central Crown in 1991. Awol Aikman claims he had plane to catch Troy Aikman fort Worth Texas a superbowl map Troy Aikman said monday he slipped out Early from the pro bowl be cause he had an Early flight to catch from Hawaii to Texas. Aikman one of three pfc quarterbacks mysteriously left Aloha stadium Early in the fourth Quarter sunday night and even pfc coach George Seifert did t know Why. I was on Cloud nine until i left the game. I did t realize it was going to cause the fuss that it had Aikman told pcs pm radio station in fort Worth Aikman did a weekly Call in program with the station during the season. The problem was i had an 8 o clock flight that i had to catch he said. And i talked to some of the players. 1 had failed to Tell the coaches that i had an 8 o clock  Aikman said he did t think to Book a later flight. I did t think i d have to leave the game Early to make it until i Reali de at halftime it had taken Over two hours to play the first half Aikman said. Aikman said he told starting quarterback Steve Young of the san Francis co 49ers that lie would have to leave the game Early to catch his flight. I talked to Steve Young and said Steve there s not Goin to be a problem with me leaving Early is there and he said of no Joe Montana left before the game one year. All the Way Back i hearing about me not being there for the end of the game and now i m getting fined or what have  asked after the game if Aikman had spoken with him about leaving Seifer said no we did not discuss it. I think Well just have to Check into it and see what  Seifert said he did t believe Aikman would have played any More anyway