European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 09, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 9, 1-994 sports the stars and stripes Page 33 George Foreman took a lot of punishment from Michael Moorer left photo before sending the Champ Down for the count right photo in 10th round saturday night George Sho on Fop whatever other harebrained schemes George Foreman s stunning upset is bound to inspire a seniors boxing tour apparently won t be one of them. Thank heaven for Small favors. Now George should do himself a favor and get out while s he still healthy  Larry Holmes and George Foreman Ever got into the ring together Foreman joked Over the weekend the smell of Ben Gay would be so great that nobody would want a ringside  when Foreman first raise the possibility of a fight be tween 45-year-Olds it Wouldhave to be billed something like when George met Larry he did so strictly in the spirit of poking fun at himself. He does t like Holmes does t want to fight him and after dropping 26-year-old Michael Moorer with a thundering right hand saturday night to re claim a title he owned two decades earlier does t have to do anything he does t want. Though George would t be any More specific about whether he will fight again he had no trouble remembering what he does even better than Box which is telling jokes. It was after All still a saturday night lie still had an audience the adrenaline was still flowing and he was on a Roll. So on he went i sure would like to fight in the Astrodome for the Jim Litke commentary heavyweight championship off the world Foreman said. I just got a wire from pee wee Herman. He said that he would fight  heh heh that George. Kidding again. We  Only certainty in boxing for the moment is that whatever George wants George will get. And while no one would deny him the Opportunity Tocash in on what was one of the grandest triumphs in sporting memory the debate Pomes Down to whether he should do it inside the ring or not. If he were listening to me said Veteran Trainer Loduva who was in Moorer s Camp for the fight i d Tell him milk this for All the commercials and endorse ments you can. Then never fight again " not so fast said Bob arum the promoter who made Foreman s impossible dream come True once and thinks he could do so again. Assuming that George Stream is to be even Richer than he is and coincidentally to enrich arum in the bargain. The most commendable Point of arum s plan i George using his popularity to break the political ties that Are strangling boxing. When something cataclysmic like this happens everybody rethinks their positions arum said. People might be willing to take a risk and have fights the Way we used to contender is.  according to arum while the contenders were of beating each other s brains out George would take Only those fights the Public was clamouring for. He would be immune to the television Cartel and the alphabet soup organizations that extort hefty fees to Sanction Sham contests. ,.--.he could pick his Way through the minefield of rising heavyweights or avoid it altogether hanging Oblong enough to fight Mike Tyson when the Crown Prince in exile gets out of an Indiana state prison next May. -. -. A. Vex. That As arum envisions it and certainly intends to promote it would be the fight to end All  then with its popularity intact and a handful of recognizable contenders in the wings boxing would go Forward fro that cataclysmic event to another Golden age. The problem with that scenario is that it just puts of solving for several More months what can be solved right now. At the moment boxing needs less Mega fights rather than More big purses encourage fighters not to fight too often which in turn keeps them from being  is recognizable enough. Rather than an aging colossus standing astride the sport for afew More months what boxing needs right away is a tournament that matches the handful of legitimate Young heavyweights already out there. And it can t Hap pen soon  has bought us All a Little time. But the longer he hangs of the longer boxing is living in the past Duva  we re All Lucky one or two of the Young kids will come along in a hurry turn some Heads and drum up some excitement. And then he said we can get on with the  tit associated prom _ coach Georgia tech goes 1-7 a Atlanta a Georgia tech football coach Bill Lewis stepped Down monday night and the school named defensive coordinator George o Leary to finish out the season. Athletic director Homer Rice said a search committee would be formed to seek a permanent replacement. Lewis who is to remain with the program led the yellow jackets to an11-19 record in three seasons including 1-7 Overall and 0-6 in the Atlantic coast conference this season. Tech plays at Clemson this Saij Kry. Lewis the ninth head coach in tech history signed a five year rollover con tract on Jan. 1,1992. The contract which includes a salary of $110,000 plus bonuses and Perks Rolls Over annually on Jan. 1. According to Lewis contract the Georgia tech athletic association apparently would be liable Only for the salary of the four years left after the latest rollover. The yellow jackets were 5-6 in each of Lewis first two seasons and have not beaten a division 1-a team with a winning record since a 16-13 win Over North Carolina state on oct. 3,1992. Lewis 52, was named tech coach on Jan. 6, 1992, replacing Bobby Ross who took the head coaching Job with the nil s san Diego chargers. Lewis was coming off an 11-1 record at East Carolina including a peach bowl Victory. He had a 21-12-1 record in three years there. He also had a 14-20-1 record in three seasons at Wyoming from 1977 79.he was an assistant coach at Georgia from 1980-88. Attorneys for Lewis and the school s athletic association met monday to come to a agreement on Lewis step Ping Down. O Leary a Ross assistant at tech returned to Atlanta at the beginning of this season after two years As the chargers defensive line coach. He was defensive coordinator for tech for five seasons 1987-91. O Leary a native of Central Islip n.y., coached High school football in new York for 11 years before being named defensive line coach at Syra Cuse. He was assistant head coach there for two years before moving to tech. Under o Leary Georgia tech s de sense ranked eighth in the nation in 1991. File Bill Lewis. 0-j6 in conference