European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 4, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 30 the stars and stripes sports thursday november 4,1993 All by Tim Daiil Berc Las vegas a heavyweight Champion Riddick Bowe rumoured to he quite overweight heading into his re match with Evandor Holyfield showed no signs of flab Biness when he removed his shirt tuesday in front of reporters Bowe had worn a baggy to shirt in his final sparring session for saturdays title fight prompting speculation that he was Way tuesday he appeared heavier than the 235 pounds he weighed when he won the title from Holyfield last nov. 13, but not by too much. On Bowe s 1 1 Quot i done to know Why everyone is making such an Issue Over his weight a said Trainer Eddie Futch. A a he a a growing boy. He is in shape for this bowels four round sparring session with three different fighters was the last for either fighter before the scheduled 12-round bout at Caesars Palace. Holyfield finished his sparring on monday and spent his training tuesday Shadow boxing and working on various techniques. A Nevada boxing regulators meanwhile moved to Settle a dispute Oyer the size of the ring for the fight. 1 bowels Camp wanted an 18-foot ring while Holyfield a handlers countered with a Call for a 22-foot Canvas. The first fight was held in a 20-foot ring. Nevada state athletic commission executive director Marc Ratner said the commission would Rule by wednesday on the size of the ring. It was expected it would Compromise on a 20-foot ring. Quot its our decision a Ratner said. A we wont let them vacillate on it any longer. We have the final bowels manager Rock Newman said the Champion would have preferred the smaller ring but would accept the commissions decision. 1 a ultimately its not going to make a difference a Newman said. A a we re not fighting a Muhammad Ali or a sugar Ray Leonard Holyfield has vowed to move and Box More in saturdays fight unlike the first fight in which he traded toe to toe punches with Bowe in a strategy that ultimately Cost him the fight. But Bowe is also known As a fighter who can move and Box at will. A i just want him where i can put my hands on him a Bowe said. By Ken Rappoport a hockey writer. Mario Lemieux came Back and so did the Pittsburgh penguins. Losing by a goal late in the third period the penguins rallied to tie the san Jose Sharks 3-3 tuesday night. Lemieux who has been sidelined by chronic Back problems made his second appearance of the season and came up with his first goal and two assists. A i think i played 20-22 minutes a Lemieux said. A the first couple of games that Sall in a going to after sitting out the first 10 games while recovering from of season surgery Lemieux played last thursday then skipped saturdays game. He said he did no to know whether he would play tonight against Buffalo at Sacramento Calif. A you never know from Day to Day a Lemieux said. A a it a a lot better than it in other games it was Vancouver 2, the new York islanders 1 Detroit 6, Boston 1 Quebec 8, Tampa Bay 2, and Philadelphia 4, Florida 3. Lemieux who had scored 25 Points in five previous games against the Sharks skated gingerly and More slowly than usual. He skated Only a few shifts. But he was on the ice for a Penguin Power play in the second period. Camped to the right of the goal Lemieux took a 8ass from Kevin Stevens in the Slot and ripped the puck Over Sharks goalie arturs Irbens Glove. The goal 14 35 into the period put Pittsburgh up 20. He also assisted on goals by Kevin Stevens in the first period and Ulf Samuelsson in the third. Samuelsson a goal tied it at 15 32 after Dale Craigwell had put san Jose ahead at 15 01. Jeff Norton and Rob Gaudreau also scored for. San Jose 05 against Pittsburgh before tuesday night. A a in a pretty much satisfied with the tie for the first time Ever a irbe said. A we could have won even. This Means we can compete against any team in this league the Stanley cup champions the Gretz keys the Lemieux 2, islanders 1 Kirk Mclean stopped 34 h0,s Al Dave Drabych scored the winning goal in the second period As the canucks remained perfect on . Mclean preserved the win with a Sharp kick out of Marty Mclnnis Point Blank shot from the right Circle with 4.08 left in regulation. 1 Vancouver is now 5-0 away from Pacific coliseum. The islanders represented the canucks first game against a non Pacific division opponent. The loss dropped the islanders record to 3-8-1, National hockey league the flyers Eric Lindros left and the panthers Alexander Godynyuk Duel on the boards in Miami tuesday night their worst Start in three seasons. David Volek scored the islanders goal and Cliff Ronning also scored for Vancouver both in the first period. A in this league to be successful you have to have top goal ending a canucks coach Pat Quinn said. A Kirk was Sharp. They had some Good chances but Kirk was equal to the wings 6, Bruins 1 Ray Sheppard had two goals and two assists to Lead the red wings Over ther Bruins. The win was Detroit a third straight and fifth in their last seven games. Boston has won just two of its last nine. Sheppard had his two goals and one of his assists in the second period when the red wings broke the game open by out scoring the Bruins 5-1. Paul Coffey Mike Sillinger and Bob Probert scored the other goals for the red wings. Joe Juneau had scored for Boston in the first minute of the second period before the red wings scored the games next six , 8, lightning 2 Mats Sundin notched two goals and added an assist to Pace Quebec a biggest scoring splurge of the season. It was the most goals allowed by Tampa Bay this season. The lightning entered the game with fifth Best defensive record in the nil having yielded Only 32 goals in 12 games. But the Nordques took a 3-0 first period Lead and added three More goals in the second. They beat lightning goal tender Pat Jablonski on six of their first 14 shots. A everything they threw toward our net went in Quot Nordques coach Terry Crisp said. A we throw the puck in kick it in or spit it flyers 4, panthers 3 shorthanded goals by Kevin Dineen and Eric Lindros highlighted a four Goat second period that helped the flyers continue their hot Start. Josef Beranek and Rob Brindz amour also scored for the flyers who overcame a 2-0 first period deficit for their 10th Vic toy in 13 games. Brind amour also had two assists. Flyers goaltender Dominic Roussel had 27 saves in recording his league Lead ing 10th Victory. The expansion panthers who got goals from Jesse Belanger Randy Gilhen and Jody Hull saw the first winning Streak in franchise history end at two. A a we be done it a few times this year where you la see us get Down and get a few goals a Dineen said. A after the first period we knew we had to get it into gear and we came out
