
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, March 2, 1990                   TAG: 9003023549
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.                                LENGTH: Short

WBA OUT OF NBC'S PICTURE

The World Boxing Association is out of the picture as far as NBC Sports television is concerned.

"We are ceasing to recognize the WBA," Kevin Monaghan, the network's boxing coordinator, said during a conference-call news conference on Thursday. "We will never televise a WBA fight. We will not pay any WBA sanctioning fees."

NBC's action came two days after the WBA short-circuited NBC's telecast of a featherweight title fight between champion Antonio Esparragoza of Venezuela and Stevie Cruz of Fort Worth, Texas, scheduled for April 1 at San Antonio.

by CNB