Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 27, 1991 TAG: 9103270156
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-8 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
One thing the world also demands, co-promoter Murad Muhammad said, is a different referee.
"Even the world will not take Richard Steele again," Muhammad said after he and King announced the June 28 rematch Tuesday at the convention of the National Cable Television association in New Orleans. The site again will be The Mirage at Las Vegas.
Steele's decision to stop the scheduled 12-round fight in the seventh round on March 18 touched off a brawl in the ring.
Both promoters said the rematch will be bigger financially than the first fight. It will be shown on King Vision pay-per-view television.
In other boxing news:
The Nevada State Athletic Commission says it has about had it with three-time world champion Greg Haugen.
The commission fined Haugen $25,000 when the junior welterweight champion tested positive for marijuana after beating Hector Camacho on Feb. 23. Now, commission executive director Chuck Minker says, Haugen is one step away from suspension.
Haugen was to have met with Minker, commissioner Bruce Layne and a United Way representative last Wednesday, but he never showed, later telling a newspaper he overslept.
"We've just about run out of patience with Mr. Haugen," Minker said.
by CNB