European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Moorer makes heavy history lefty lifts title from Holyfield by de Schuyler or. Las vegas a its no left handed compliment to Call Michael Moorer the heavyweight Champion. Because that a what Moorer is after out pointing evander Holyfield to win the if and Aba titles Friday night and become the first left handed heavyweight More title bouts a see Page 31 Champion in history. To the Surprise of Many ring siders however Moorer had to win the last round in order to win the fight and he won the round on All three cards. Because he did he won 115-114 in the eyes of Jerry Roth and 116-112 according to Chuck Giampa. Dalby Shirley called it 114-114, making it a majority decision. Comp Box a computer analysis of the fight showed Moorer landed 341 of 659 fat unches 52 percent while Holyfield added 194 of 499 punches 39 percent. Moorer threw 309 right jabs and .180 of them found the Mark. The right Jab had Holyfield constantly confused. A the left handed style was a big problem a Holyfield said. A i trained for it but it was still a big  Moorer had Holyfield reeling in several rounds Cut him Over the left Eye and pounded his face Lumpy. After the fight Holyfield was hospitalized for a possible rotator cuff injury which his Corner said could have happened in the second round. It was in the second round that it appeared holy eld might end the fight. / Moorer had been stabbing him with jabs and dominating the round when at the 2 41 Mark Holyfield lashed out with a left Hook and right hand to the head that dropped Moorer. He took an 8-count on one knee before rising. A in the second round i was stunned for a minute but i was Able to Clear my head a Moorer said. A i Felt like i was in the fight a Holyfield said. A maybe when i watch it on tape ill think  the former Champion did hot offer the shoulder injury As an excuse and said a the Cut made it difficult but Michael Moorer fought a great  evander Holyfield covers up As Michael Moorer delivers a barrage of second round punches in route to taking title Friday night. Holyfield Strainer Don Turner said his fighter never complained about the shoulder during the fight. In the 12th round Moorer opened up and had the 31-year-old Holyfield showing the age and the effects of the Many Battles he had in a career dating from 1984. Holyfield tried to go toe to toe with Moorer in the final round but Moorer had him reeling backward on several occasions mainly from the right Jab. In the final seconds Moorer began nodding his head and at the Bell ran to his Corner and leaped onto the Bottom strand of the ropes. Moorer remained poised throughout the match. Too poised sometimes for Trainer Teddy Atlas who kept screaming at his fighter to be busier Ana to throw More jabs. After the ninth round Atlas gave Moorer a bawling out on his Stool. A Teddy kept pushing me All along just As he did in training a Moorer said. The history making Victory boosted Moorere a record to 35-0 with 30 knockouts. Moorer a 21/2-l underdog who weighed 214 pounds was fighting for Only the 13th time As a heavyweight. Moorer also was Only the third Lethander to Challenge for the heavyweight championship Ana Only the second left handed opponent for Holyfield As a professional. The first two left handed challengers a were Karl Mildenberger and Richard Dunn. Muhammad All stopped Milden Berger in the 12th round in 1966 and Dunn in the fifth round in 1976. The stars and stripes ports april 24,1994 Page 36stars put blues on ropes wings flames win the new Yore have an opponent on rangers Arentt the Only ones who on the ropes in the nil play Quot the Dallas stars look like they re about to deliver a offs. By the associated press irk ent irs knockout punch too. Following the Lead of the rangers who Are up 3-0 on the new York islanders the stars became the second team to move a game away from ousting their opponent when they beat St. Louis 5-4 in overtime Friday night. The stars can Complete a sweep of the series on sunday at St. Louis and Advance to the second round. The rangers can also finish off the islanders on sunday. A i could say this is my Lucky Day a Paul Cavallini said after his Power play goal at 8 34 of overtime gave the visiting stars their Victory and a commanding Lead in the Western conference series. A a it a great to come Back to St. Louis and do  Cavallini played for the blues from 1987-92. In other Western conference games Friday night Detroit nipped san Jose 3-2 and Calgary beat Vancouver 4-2. The playoffs were to continue saturday night with Pitts Burn at Washington new Jersey at Buffalo Boston at Stanley cup playoffs Montreal Toronto at Chicago and Detroit at san Jose. Stars 5, blues 4, of the stars third Power play goal of the game came with Petr Nedved in the penalty Box for holding Cavallini took a shot that deflected off Brendan Shanahan but he got the puck right Back and beat Curtis Joseph with 40-foot drive for his first goal of the playoffs. Cavallini added a second period assist. The stars won despite getting out shot 48-31. The teams combined for three goals in the final 6 13 of regulation and the blues forced the extra period on Alexei Kasa Tonova a goal with 28,6 seconds to go. Red wings 3, Sharks 2 Rookie Chris Osgood stopped 22 shots As the red wings beat the Sharks to take a 2-1 Lead in their series. Osgood who stopped 22 shots in a 4-0 Victory in game 2 and blanked the Sharks the Only previous time he faced them did no to give up a goal until late in the second period by Rob Gaudreau. That ended Osgood a Streak of More than 157 scoreless minutes against the Sharks. Gaudreaux a goal made it 2-1, but the red wings came right Back scoring less than 2vi minutes later on Shawn burrs breakaway goal. Arturs irbe turned Back 27 shots for the Sharks playing their first playoff game at san Jose Arena before a sellout crowd of 17,190. Flames 4, canucks 2theoren Fleury scored two goals including the tiebreaker m the third period As the visiting flames beat the canucks 4-2 after splitting the first two games. Fleury broke a 1-1 tie when he steamed Down the right Wing and scored with a hard shot in the third period to give the flames the momentum. He added an empty net goal with two seconds left. Fleury a empty net goal was his third of the playoffs. A. Vv5r Law scoreless periods the flames took the Lead v i w the third when Wes Walz snapped a shot past Kirk Mclean from close Range during a scramble. 6850