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Big George should steer clear of Holyfield
It’s easy to imagine the frustra
tion heavyweightchampion Evander
Holyfield must feel at this point in
his life. After months of rigorous
weight training, logging hundreds
of miles of road work and sparring
with younger, bigger and sometimes
evenstrongerring foes, the 34-year
old Atlanta nativeisclearly getting
bored with the fight game. Blame
hisgreat wealth, blame Mike Tyson’s
camp for postponing their rematch
until late June, or blame the lack of
quality opponents in the heavy
weight ranks for Holyfield’s han
dlers to line up bouts with. What
ever reason you decide fits the bill,
one fact is certain: if Evander inks
another deal tofight former heavy
weightGrandpa(whoops, excuseme,
Imeanchampion) George Foreman,
somebody’s governing body needs to
stripthe belt from Holyfieldand ban
him forever from the fight game.
Fight pay-per-view promoters,
disguised as boxing experts and
analysts, believe that a card fea
turing another Foreman-Holyfield
tiltinthe squared circleis an event
the public wants to see. Better yet,
it’safight that they will pay to see.
Ibegtodiffer. Sure, the 48-year-old
Houston producthad adecent show
ing against Lou(who!) Savaresein
Aulantic City, but against a sea
soned dynamo with the ring prow
ess Holyfield possesses, “Big
George” would be in big trouble!
Augusta State signs two more soccer prospects
ASUhead soccer coach Ron Keller
has announced the signing of Mike
Lamond and Eddie Centurion, both
of Snellville, Ga. to grant-in-aids
for the 1997 soccer season.
Mike Lamond is a five-foot-nine
forward who prepped at South
Gwinnett High School in Snellville.
This past season, he served asteam
captain, netting two goals and 12
assists. He scored six goalsin 1996
as he was named to the Georgia
State All-Starteam. He alsoled his
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The sad fact of the matter is
Holyfield has recently put the pro
verbial carrot in front of promoters
who might have designs of lining
up a showdown between the two
former Olympians. For a pricetag
of $35 million. Evander reports he
might consider facing Foremanin
atitle tilt,althoughlcan’t believe
any sanctioning body would go
along with the deal. On the other
hand, with the glare of all those
American greenbacks glistening
in the greedy palms of sleazy pro
moters, anything could happen,
and usually does (just examine the
career of Don “Only in America”
King).
club team, the Stone Mountain
Storm, to the 1996 Atlanta Cup
with 19 goals and six assists. Heis
a Hope Scholarship recipient.
Coach Keller, wholed histeam to
a 7-8-1 record in his first season,
stated, “Mike is a strong stocky
player with good scoring ability
and brings a lot of energy to the
forward position. He willbe hard to
defend because he is able to use
both feet very well.”
Eddie Centurion is a five-foot
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The impact of Mrs. Holyfield
Theruleofthumbinthe Holyfield
camp is that Evander’s new wife,
Janet, must approve of anything
“The Real Deal” is now involved
with. Win Janet over, and Evander
won’t be far behind, but securing
Mrs.Holyfield’s approvalis noeasy
task, by any means. Obtaining an
other guaranteed 35 million dollar
purse (Holyfield is due to collect his
first June 28, when he fights Tyson
for the second time), just may sway
Dr. Janet into an agreement, but
money alone won’t seal the deal.
Rightfully so, Janet and most of the
insidersassociated with the Holyfield
camp are concerned with Evander’s
public image. After all, rumors
abound that Holyfield is actually
considering running for publicoffice
someday. The Holyfields were
prominent guests at the Presiden
tial Inauguration inJanuary. Per
haps the event had a profound
effect on the path Evander has
chosen for hislife after hisdays in
the ring are over. Holyfield’s im
age, at this point in his boxing
career, is very strongindeed. Sign
ing to fight Foreman (no matter
how many zeros are in the price
tag) may end up damaging
Evander’s public persona, espe
cially if he goes on to dismantle
Foreman in the ring, which is
quite probable. The first bout be
tween Foreman and Holyfield oc-
nine midfielder who was a high
school teammate of Lamond. He
was South Gwinnett’sleading scorer
last season with 10 goals and 15
assists. A native of Paraguay, he
led his Stone Mountain club team
tothe 1995 Georgia State champi
onship. Centurion, like Lamond is
also a Hope Scholarship recipient.
Kellersaid of Centurion, “Eddieis
the quickest and fastest player we
have added to our roster, and that
speed will help him at the center
curred six years ago. The battle
was competitive withEvander win
ning the fight. That was six years
ago. This time, Foreman could get
seriously hurt, especially if George
plans to put up alegitimate “toe-to
toe”fight for the heavyweight crown.
Mr. Foreman, alittle advice from
outside the ring. Stop this mad
ness before it begins. Simply put
all thoughts of signing a deal to
fight Evander on the shelf, forever.
The timing of staging another box
ingsham could not come at a worse
time for a sport just now resurfac
ing on the horizon of respectabil
ity. George, take careful note! Keep
fighting those young guns with
limited experience if you must, but
please, for the good of the fight
game, avoid an encounter with the
current champ. Holyfield is on a
mission tosecure a lofty positionin
the annals of boxing history. All
those whostand in his way will be
punished, both physically and men
tally (just ask the once invincible
“Iron Mike”). Meanwhile, let’s all
hope when one wily Las Vegas
promotershows the Holyfields “the
money” (to match wits with
America’s favorite boxing
Grandpa), they can just say no.
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sports columnist and host of
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weeknights at 10 p.m. on WBEK
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midfield position. He also brings
good passing abilities to the middle
of the field, which is critical.”
The new recruits join Ryan
Marshall of Augusta, Mike Raedy
of Clemson, S.C., Jeremy Field of
Athens, Juan Hoyos of Augusta,
Adam Hopkins of Snellville, Mario
John of Diego Martin, Trinidad,
Jason Horine of Bethlehem, Ga.
and Felipe Penaredonda of
Guayaquill, Ecuador as newcom
ers to the Jaguar soccer program.
ASU tennis teams qualify
for NCAA Regionals
Augusta State University’s na
tionally ranked tennis teams are
advancing tothe NCAA South Re
gional Tournaments where the
winner will advance to the na
tional tournament.
The men’s team, currently 12-3
on the year and ranked eighth in
the nation, will travel to the Uni
versity of West Florida where they
will take on North Alabama on
Friday, May 2, at 10 a.m. The
Lions are not nationally ranked,
but they are 18th in the latest
South Region poll. A win would
advance ASU to the title match on
Saturday against the winnerofthe
game between West Florida and
Lincoln Memorial of Harrogate,
Tenn. The winner of that match
willadvance to the NCAA Division
II National Championships to be
held in Springfield, Mo., May 8 -
Happy National Postcard Week,
May 4 - 10, 1997.
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AUGUSTA FOCUS MAY 11,1997
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The women'’s team, 13-6 on the
season and ranked tenth in the
nation, will travel to the Univer
sity of North Florida where they
will take on the Mississippi Uni
versity for Women at 10a.m., May
2. Earlier this year, the Lady Jag
uars defeated the Blues, ranked
twelfth in the NCAA 11, 6-3 in
Savannah, Georgia. The winner of
that match will take on the winner
ofthe Kennesaw State/Lynn match
at 10a.m. May 3. Kennesaw State
is ranked No. 27 in the NCAA 11
poll while Lynn is No. 2.
Last year, ASU’s women’s team
qualified for the first NCAA South
Region tournament, where they
lost to Francis Marion University
4-3 atthe Newman Tennis Center.
Thetrip tothe regionalsis the first
for the ASU men’s team.
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