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Tyson, sports world ask 'why?'
The Associated Press
McNeeley's manager enters ring, disqualifies challenger
LAS VEGAS — In 30 seconds nine years ago, Mike Tyson proved he was a fighting force to be reckoned with by knocking out Marvis Frazier on national television.
Seven years ago, it took Tyson 91 seconds to underscore that he was the king of the boxing hill with a knockout of Michael Spinks.
Those two fights not only were quick but tidy.
No questions.
There were lots of questions, however, after
green began his quest to resume his lofty position in world of boxing with an 89-second victory against Peter McNeeley on Saturday night in the MGM Grand Garden...
One of the first questions was asked by Tvson.
"Why," the frustrated former heavyweight champion asked a few seconds after McNeely's manager
McNeeley answered that question, although not to satisfaction of listeners. Neither did manager-trainer Vinny Vecchione, and the Nevada State Athletic Commission held up Vecchione's share of the purse ($179,820) until he further explains his action. McNeeley's purse was $540,000. Tyson got $25 million.
One question McNeeley left unanswered was
climbed into the ring, leading to his boxer's disqualification. McNeely had been knocked down twice but was on his feet at the time.
Mike Tyson
One question McNeeley left unanswered was
how much did a layoff of a little less than 50 months affect Tyson's fighting skills. This, of course, led to the question of when will Tyson meet an opponent who will serve as a gauge of those skills.
"Mike, who will your first opponent be," was one sarcastic question Tyson and his people left unanswered at the post-fight news conference.
Tyson is scheduled to fight Nov. 4 at the MGM Grand against an opponent to be named.
"We'll go to the drawing board," promoter Don King said. "There are several names we are considering."
Two of them are Buster Mathis and Lou Savarese. Neither is expected to provide a stern test.
"He did exactly what he was supposed to do." said John Horne, Tyson's co-manager. "He slipped punches, countered and did everything he had to do to get him off of him."
Tyson's self-assessment of his two-knockdown victory against the swarming McNeeley was less kind.
"I have a lot to learn," the 29-year-old Tyson said. "I have to put together my skills. I have a long way to go. I'm confident I'll do well."
While his next opponent might not be much of a test, the Nov. 4 fight could be a test of his drawing power because on that date a third match between Riddick Bowe and Evander Holyfield is scheduled at Caesars Palace, an easy walk from the MGM Grand.
"Let them do what they're going to do," said Rock Newman, Bowe's manager. "We carry the big stick on this one. I think people will chose us because we've got the quality fight."
"Bowe and Holyfield is old news," said Horne, confident of Tyson's magnetism. But, he added, "Mike Tyson will fight on Nov. 4 even if nobody shows up."
Many people obviously were happy to see Tyson back in the ring after serving three years for a rape conviction. He got a rousing welcome from a sellout crowd of 16,736.
But the fans were not happy when the fight was finished. Some of their disgruntlement could have stemmed from the fact that they wanted to see Tyson win by a knockout, and Vecchione's action denied them that.
Tyson was so disgusted that he left the ring five minutes before the disqualification was announced.
Or at least mutter about.
"The fact of the matter is, it was a great fight," promoter Don King said. "It was something everybody can talk about."
McNeeley shot across the ring at the opening bell and bullied Tyson to the ropes. But with the fight only about 15 seconds old, Tyson knocked McNeeley down with a short right to the head. McNeeley jumped and ran around the ring while Tyson watched from a neutral corner and referee Mills Lane counted the mandatory eight.
McNeeley went on the attack again and the two went toe-to-toe, with Tyson's back to the ropes. They missed more than they connected. Off the ropes, Tyson then wobbled McNeeley with a right to the head and knocked him down with left and right uppercuts. McNeeley got up, fell against the ropes and Vecchione got into the ring.
"He got knocked down twice and was wobbly, and I thought he was hurt bad," Vecchione said. "He thought he was stopped on the three-knockdown rule. The second time he got knocked down, he got and went against the ropes. I could see Mike coming in with his speed and balance, and I thought of Jimmy Garcia and Gerald McClellan.
Garcia was killed and McClellan badly injured in fights within the past year.
Relations between Oilers, dome worsen
The Associated Press
HOUSTON — The bump in the carpet may be a loophole.
Saturday night's exhibition game between the Houston Oilers and San Diego Chargers was canceled by NFL officials because of problems with the Astrodome's artificial surface. And that could give the Oilers a loophole to accelerate their flight from Houston.
"I believe the Astrodome has a responsibility under the lease to have the field prepared to league rules and regulations, which it wasn't," Ollers general counsel Steve Underwood said after the NFL scrapped the game. "So, yes, I suppose there could be a breach. But we're not making any decisions tonight whether the contract was breached."
The apparently unprecedented decision to cancel the game added another twist in the growing animosity between the Oilers and Astrodome USA, the parent company of the Houston Astros baseball team and manager of the Harris County-owned stadium.
The Oilers, who lease the dome for about $3 million a year, are negotiating with officials from Nashville about moving the NFL team to Tennessee because Oilers owner Bud Adams is dissatisfied with the stadium. Adams wants a new, larger, football-only stadium, but city and county officials say they don't have the estimated $200-million-plus to build it.
Astrodome USA owner Drayton McLane wouldn't speculate yesterday whether the Oilers' refusal to play had anything to do with Nashville, but he insisted the field was playable.
"I am somewhat surprised, bewildered, disappointed, frustrated at the events that occurred last night," said McLane, who summoned reporters to an afternoon news conference on the field and invited fans to the Astrodome to check the surface for themselves.
"We feel that there were certainly some judgments made last night that were not fair," he said. "We feel the Astrodome is a first-class facility."
McLane said there had been 239 high school, college and professional football games played on the football-only surface since it was installed in 1988. That includes 70 Oilers games.
"We have never had a major complaint, ever, from the Houston Oilers or from any of the other colleges or high school that have played here," he said.
Harris County officials have threatened the Oilers with a lawsuit if they attempt to break a lease that
runs through the 1997 season. Yesterday, county commissioner Steve Radack hinted at suing the team for any lost revenue because of the canceled game.
While an estimated 25,000 fans less than half the 60,000 capacity of the Astrodrome — stirred uneasily as the 7:30 p.m. scheduled kickoff time passed, team and league officials huddled at midfield and then in one end zone to inspect the turf. After 70 minutes, and with boos cascading from the crowd, the announcement was made that the game was off, would not be rescheduled and that a ticket refund plan would be announced later.
"After looking at the field, the league felt it was not safe," said Nick Skorich, a former NFL coach and the league's officiating observer for Saturday night's game.
"I looked at several spots at midfield and the spots in the corner of the end zone," he said. "The corner had a very irregular surface. I felt it was not as good as it used to be and was dangerous."
As defined by the Astrodome officials, the dispute centered on plywood boards covering areas where railroad style wheels are used to move permanent field level box seats from a baseball to a football configuration. The artificial turf is laid over the boards.
At midfield, officials inspected an area near the 50-yard line where the Astrodome carpet includes an insert with the Oilers helmet and logo. Seams at one edge were not smooth
Astrodome USA vice president Gary Cavey said yesterday that although both the Oilers and Chargers practiced on the field Friday, officials weren't notified about any problems until about four hours before the scheduled kickoff.
Cavey said the Oilers complained about the end-zone boards and workers shored up the area "to their acknowledged satisfaction."
About an hour later, Oilers coach Jeff Fisher complained about soft spots at midfield. Again workers shored up the area. Cayev said.
Cavey said the Oilers complained again about the end zone about two hours before game time. Astrodome officials determined that the field was playable and to make further changes would take up to six hours, he said.
Underwood said the Astrodome didn't do its part to get the field ready.
"It's going to be incumbent on Astrodome officials to do whatever is necessary," Oilers attorney Underwood warned. "We've got games to play here. We agreed it should have been playable. It wasn't."
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