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James “Buster” Douglas watched his
dream of becoming the next
heavyweight champion of the world
come true as “Iron” Mike Tyson
struggled to get off the canvas last
Sunday night in Tokyo.
However, the cloud of controversy
that always seems to linger over the sport
of boxing made its appearance once
again.
Hours after Douglas’ lOth-round
knockout over Tyson, the World Boxing
Association suspended the results
pending investigation of a “long count”
protest by Tyson’s promoter, Don King.
It may seem evident that the referee
did give Douglas a long count while he
was knocked out. But the fact still
remains. Tyson was knocked out for the
first time in his pro career!
A man who had a 37-0 record with 33
knockouts, Tyson was never hit as much
in his entire career as he was in Sunday’s
fight against Douglas.
Like I said in the beginning — he
came, he fought and he won.
Douglas pounded Tyson with a five-
punch combination that knocked him to
the mat during the lOth-round in one of
the biggest upsets in boxing history.
Historians would have to go back as far
as the Ali vs. Liston fight to come close
to what happened.
Douglas knew what had to be done,
and he made sure it was done right. He
went into the fight with a relaxed but
confident feeling, making one thing
clear— he was not afraid of Iron Mike.
“I was clearly focused. I came to
fight, and I fought my fight,” Douglas
said.
The man was clearly focused all right,
and he took advantage of Tyson’s flat-
footedness, failure to bob-and-weave,
and overall lackluster performance.
Douglas stood toe-to-toe with him,
taking punches as well as dishing out an
awesome jab that was felt more times
than Tyson would have liked.
Despite the tremendous effort shown
by Douglas, Tyson did show why he has
been the undefeated champion since
1986.
The two fighters were leaning on each
other as the 8th-round dwindled down.
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No. 15 A&M going for 4-0
Photo by Mike C. Mulvey
Travis Williams dives back to first base after an unsuccessful pickoff try in Saturday’s 6-0 win over UTA.
By ALAN LEHMANN
Of The Battalion Staff
Three games into the 1990 baseball sea
son, No. 15 Texas A&M is just 55 win's
away from duplicating last year’s effort.
A&M will take a short road trip to Hunt
sville Tuesday to play Sam Houston State.
The Aggies, now 3-0 on the season, will
face the 2-2 Bearkats at 1 p.m. at Holleman
Field.
A&M swept its opening series, beating
the University of Texas-Arlington 3-2, 5-3
and 6-0 last weekend. Sam Houston split a
doubleheader with Lamar, losing 7-5 and
winning 3-1.
But A&M Coach Mark Johnson isn’t
overlooking Sam Houston.
"We have a very competitive relationship
with Sam Houston State,” Johnson said.
“They have an excellent ballclub and they
are extremely well coached.”
The Aggies, who lost all of their starting
position players and three pitchers from
last year’s 58-7 squad, relied heavily on ju
nior college transfers in this season’s open
ing series.
In the first game, junior left fielder Chad
Broussard, a transfer from San Jacinto Ju
nior College, collected the game-winning
hit in the 10th inning.
Saturday, transfers David Rollen and
Rich Robertson supplied all the necessary
of fense and defense.
In the first game, Rollen, a Panola Junior
j College produect, provided two runs batted
in with a sacrifice fly and a double.
In the nightcap, Robertson, another San
Jacinto transfer, pitched seven shutout in
nings for the Aggies, striking out 12 and al
lowing only one hit.
Rollen provided all the run support Rob
ertson needed with a solo home run.
Travis Williams, Jason Marshall and Jeff
Bernet each collected three hits in the se
ries. Pat Sweet, Bo Siberz and Ronnie Allen
all pitched well for A&M.
The Aggies beat the Bearkats all five
times the teams met last season, and hold a
42-24-1 lead in the series, which dates back
to 1950.
Senior righthander Kerry Freudenberg
will pitch for A&M. Sam Houston will coun
ter with Tom Jones, a senior righthander.
Ware to decide on NFL draft next week
FORT WORTH (AP) — Heisman Tro
phy winner Andre Ware said Monday night
he may announce as early as next week if he
will forego his final year at the University of
Houston to enter the National Football
League draft.
“I really haven’t come to a decision,” said
Ware, in town to accept the 1989 Davey
O’Brien award presented annually by the
Fort Worth Club to the nation’s top quar
terback.
“After this week, when things settle down
... I may have a decision next week,” Ware
said.
He said he would discuss his future with
his mother and others and maybe even with
some of the NFL clubs themselves.
“I’d like to find out exactly what teams
are interested in Andre Ware,” he said.
In response to a question about his pro
fessional value, Ware said: “I’m hearing
some really good things, but I want to make
sure they’re the right things for me.'/’
He said he realized a lucrative NFL deal
offers “a chance for me to take care of my
relatives, my family, my mother.”
He added that word of a possible salary
cap for rookies in 1991 would definitely
play a part in his decision.
Still, he said there’s more to be done at
Houston, where he could become only the
second player to win the Heisman twice.
“There are still some things I’d like to ac
complish,” said Ware, who holds 26 NCAA
passing and total offense records and 15
Southwest Conference marks.
“There’s still some records out there, but
basically I’d like to see Houston become the
best team in the country.”
The Cougars lost only two games last
year but were precluded from a bowl ap
pearance by NCAA sanctions for recruiting
violations.
Concerning his latest award, Ware said
the O’Brien honor was “really special” for
several reasons.
“This is what I had my sights on for this
season. This was my goal, because this hon
ors my position. And there’s a lot of good
quarterbacks out there.”
One of them, Darian Hagan of Colorado,
was on hand as runner-up for the O’Brien
trophy, named for the former Texas Chris
tian University great.
Douglas
griping about
KO controversy
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Buster
Douglas returned to a boisterous home
town welcome Monday, then said it is “ludi
crous” that anyone would dispute his chlim
as heavyweight champion.
Douglas, 29, knocked out previously un
beaten champion Mike Tyson in the 10th
round Sunday in Tokyo. But the decision is
now under review.
The World Boxing Association and
World Boxing Council withheld awarding
their belts after Tyson and promoter Don
King said that referee Octavio Meyran took
too long to count out Douglas after an 8th-
round knockdown by Tyson.
The International Boxing Federation,
however, has given its belt to Douglas.
“I don’t exactly know what their beef is,”
Douglas said. “If they decide not to honor
me as the heavyweight champion, it’s ludi
crous. I don’t think it’s right at all. They
have no ground to stand on. You all saw the
fight and you saw the results. It should
stand.”
Flanked by manager John Johnson and
trainer J.D. McCauley, Douglas said if a
mistake &as made he shouldn’t be penal
ized for it.
“I got a little relaxed. I was in control of
the fight. I got a little lackadaisical and I
leaned over and got caught by one of his
shots,” he said. “It wasn’t a shot that hurt
me; it was more of a push. He throws his
whole body through his punches. When I
fell I was very coherent. I immediately
picked up the count. Then, the count was
six, so I just got up at eight and w as ready to
continue.”
After standing, he took one step toward
Tyson before the bell sounded to end the
eighth round.
“Before the seventh or eighth round, we
had talked about the only thing (Buster)
was doing in the fight that we could criticize
was he was relaxing a little bit up close,”
Johnson said. “He had Mike Tyson on the
ropes and had him beat and he relaxed and
got knocked down.
“James Douglas did get knocked down,
but Mike Tyson did get knocked out.”
Douglas’s mother — whom he has called
his “best friend” — died shortly before he
left Columbus for Tokyo.
Johnson said Douglas won the fight deci
sively and the WBA and WBC would “de
stroy themselves” if they took their titles
away from “the champion of I he world and
of the common people.”
Douglas said his first title defense would
be against Evander Holyfiel,d,
“The main thing is, I’m going lo have to
fight the No. 1 contender, which is Evander
Holyfield,” Douglas said. “And I will honor
a rematc h with T yson only after the fight
with Holyfield.”
Johnson said that he had already talked
with Holyfield’s manager, Dan Duva, and
said “providing we can get Ohio Stadium,
we will try to fight Evander Holyfield (in
Columbus).”
Columbus Mayor Dana Rinehart said the
city would do everything possible to hold a
title defense.
Police estimated the crowd at Port Co
lumbus International Airport at between
5,000 and 6,000. A parade honoring Doug
las is planned for 11 a.in. Wednesday.
“This is one of the greatest days in the
history of the city,” said Rinehart before in
troducing Douglas. “It was a couple of
weeks ago that Buster Douglas stood on the
south steps of city hall in front of a single
camera from HBO and said T in going to
Japan and I’m bringing back the belt.’ ”
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