World Boxing Council featherweight champion Jeff Fenech was involved in a wild brawl in the ring after a title fight in Darwin, Australia. More than two dozen people were involved in a melee in the ring after Fenech`s training partner, John Siriotis, was stopped in the 10th round by Australian light middleweight champion Steve Peel. Fenech charged from ringside after Siriotis became involved in a pushing match with his former trainer, Ken Couzens.
Shortly after the fight was stopped, Couzens appeared to say something to Siriotis in the center of the ring and a brawl broke out. During the brawl, Australian super-flyweight champion Peter Mitrevski was hurled from the ring onto a concrete floor, where he briefly lay unconscious. Bouncers, police and ring officials attempted to quell tempers.
”It was something silly to be involved in, but I just did what anyone else would have done,” Fenech said. ”I was trapped in the middle of the ring with people going crazy all around me. I jumped in to stop the incident before it got bad, but in all the confusion some bloke had grabbed Peter and was choking the life out of him from behind. I was trying to help him and some bloke threw him out of the ring onto his head. What was I supposed to do?”
– James Crocicchia threw three of his eight touchdown passes in the final quarter, leading the New York Knights to a 60-52 victory over the Los Angeles Cobras in the first game for both Arena Football League expansion teams. The game was played before an announced crowd of 10,157 at the Sports Arena in L.A. Former NFL star Cliff Branch, 39, made a successful return to football, making a game-high 7 catches for 55 yards and a touchdown for the Cobras. Ed Lovelady, Stan Hunter and Alphonso Washington each caught two touchdown passes for New York.
– Mark Williams beat Tony Westlake 237-214 in the championship game of the Professional Bowlers Association Tournament of Champions in Fairlawn, Ohio. It was Williams` second T of C title and his sixth overall.
– Vivien Jacklin, 44, the wife of golfer Tony Jacklin, was found dead in her car in southern Spain Friday, according to Britain`s domestic news agency Press Association. Mrs. Jacklin was thought to have died from a brain hemorrhage or a heart attack.
– Indiana wide receiver Ernie Jones, who was drafted by the Phoenix Cardinals, said ”there`s no problem now and there never was a problem” in response to reports he tested positive for marijuana use. Jones wouldn`t contradict the validity of the tests. ”I`m not saying there was a mistake,” Jones said. ”I`m just saying there`s not a problem.”
– Two members of the NCAA`s enforcement staff were sent to the Kentucky campus, but school President David Roselle said he didn`t know the nature of their visit. Roselle said he didn`t meet with the NCAA officials. The NCAA is conducting a preliminary inquiry into allegations that the father of basketball recruit Chris Mills received an air-freight package containing $1,000. The package was allegedly sent by Kentucky assistant coach Dwane Casey.
– Yuri Zakharevich broke three world records at the European Weightlifting Championships in Cardiff, Wales. The 243-pound Soviet smashed his own record for the snatch with a lift of 449 pounds and set the mark for the snatch-jerk total of 997 pounds. He also regained the record for the jerk (552 pounds) from Bulgarian Stefan Botev. For the purposes of the combined event, the two lifts that made up the Soviet`s record were his earlier marks of 446 pounds for the snatch and 551 pounds for the jerk.
– Doyoun, the favorite ridden by Walter Swinburn, won the 2,000 Guineas in Newmarket, England, the second of the five English flat-racing classics. Charmer was second, a half-length behind.
