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Monday, September 26, 1994
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Underdog wins WBC heavyweight belt
Lennox Lewis falls in second round
The Associated Press
WEMBLEY, England — Oliver McCall, the sparring partner who would be king, is just that.
McCall, a 5 1/2-to-1 underdog, won the World Boxing Council heavyweight championship in a shocking upet early yesterday morning by knocking down and stopping previously undefeated Lennox Lewis with 31 seconds left in the second round.
"What can I say?" a tearful McCall said in his dressing room after the fight. "I am happy, I am thrilled. We knocked him out."
We did it!"
Lewis admitted to being dazed by a left hook and right hand that knocked him down before about 7,000 shocked spectators in the Wembley Arena.
Then he became bitter.
"I just got caught with a lucky shot and the referee seemed to help him, he really did," said Lewis, the only British boxer to hold even a piece of the heavyweight title in this century. "I wasn't badly hurt," he said.
Dan Duva, co-promoter of the fight, called the action of referee Luge Garcia of Mexico "an outrageous stoppage."
Frank Maloney, Lewis' manager, said he would file a protest at the WBC convention in Seville, Spain, at the end of next month. The WBC board of governors can order an immediate rematch or a rematch after the
new champion makes one voluntary defense.
Jose Sullaman, president of the WBC, said he would be happy to consider a protest.
But, he added "an immediate rematch is seldom ordered."
"If the money is right, I'll give him a rematch and I'll knock him down again," McCall said.
Don King, McCall's promoter, warned that if the Lewis camp was going to protest, he would not get a rematch.
The 29-year-old McCall said he had talked on the phone to former champion Mike Tyson, who is in an Indiana prison, and Tyson told him to keep throwing left hooks.
So, as Lewis started to throw a long right in the second round. McCall threw a left
hook and then crashed hone a right to the chin that dropped Lewis in a heap. He struggled up at the count of "six" and was weaving about when Garcia stopped it.
"The referee couldn't speak English. When you nod your head, it means, yes, you're OK."
"He landed a great right punch," Lewis said. "I tried to get up too fast. I was a little wobbly. But I was really surprised at the referee's decision to stop the fight so earl
Lewis, however, did look badly dazed.
"I am absolutely sure of what I did.
Lennox Lewis was knocked out. To allow more punches to Lennox Lewis would have fatal consequences. My duty is to protect the health of the fighter." Garcia said
"If he had gotten up, he would have gotten knocked out again," McCall said.
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With 6 seconds remaining, Stewart dropped back and heaved a long pass toward the Michigan goal line, where a group of players from both teams leaped for the ball. It was tipped into the air and caught in the end zone by Westbrook, who grabbed it over the shoulder of Michigan's Ty Law.
"They all jumped up, and I just waited because I knew it was going to come back," said Westbrook, a Detroit native whose parents and high school coach were among the crowd of 106,427 at Michigan Stadium. "It was tipped, and there was no one else around. It was just me and the ball. All I had to do was catch it. I have never had a feeling like this in my life."
Charles Grantham, head of the NBA Players Association, said he has heard talk of a lockout by the league.
CU Buffaloes grab the win
Michigan safety Chuck Winters got his hand on the ball first, but it was knocked away by Colorado receiver Blake Anderson.
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There have been no negotiating sessions while the players' lawyers continue to pursue relief through the court system. The NBA's position is that the courts should not intervene so the league and players can come to an agreement on their own.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — In a miraculous play reminiscent of Doug Flutie's famous Hail Mary pass in 1984, Michael Westbrook made a diving, 64-yard touchdown catch of a tipped toss from Kordell Stewart on the final play Saturday to give seventh-ranked Colorado a 27-28 victory over No. 4 Michigan.
After Westbrook made the catch, Colorado players and fans stormed the field as the Michigan crowd sat in stunned silence. The pass brought back memories of Flutie's last-play, 48-yard pass to Gerald Phelan that gave Boston College a 47-45 victory over Miami in 1984.
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Labor unrest in the NBA may lead to more lost games
The players' union filed suit in federal court seeking to overturn the NBA draft of college players, restrictions on free agency and the salary cap system, but the court refused to declare them invalid.
"I saw the ball the whole way," Winters said. "I was coming down with it in my hands, but their guy tipped it up."
"We have told players, 'At some point, ownership will test your resolve,'" Grantham told the Tribune.
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Colorado tried its version of the Hail Mary, known as "Rocket," on the last play of the first half, but it was intercepted by Winters in the end zone. The second time worked like magic.
Deputy Commissioner of the NBA, Russ Granik, told the Tribune, "Our plan is to open training camps, but if ultimately the union won't talk to you, it's tough to rule out any possibilities you might have to consider down the road. It is much too early to making any decisions about anything like that. We still have six weeks before the season starts. Our goal is to reach a new collective bargaining agreement."
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The Chicago Tribune, quoting sources, reported Friday that the NBA is considering a lockout of players, "Probably around Thanksgiving, if no agreement is reached by then."
CHICAGO — The 1994 baseball season is gone, the coming NHL season is in jeopardy, and now basketball's labor unrest could result in more lost games.
The last agreement between the league and its
"It has to be one of the great wins of my career," said Stewart, who broke Colorado's career marks for touchdown passes and total offense. "The coach (Bill McCartney) called the play. I just heaved it up, and it worked."
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