Leon Spinks pleads not guilty to concealed weapon charge
former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks arraigned in Detroit after police found a .357 Magnum in his car during a stop for an expired license plate. He pleaded innocent, faces up to five years and $2500 fine if convicted, bond set at 1000 dollars.
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Larry Holmes
Leon Spinks
Spinks
Arthur Williams
Donald Hobson
David Patterson
Holmes
World Boxing Council
Muhammad Ali
Williams
Ali
St. Louis
South Carolina
Elyria
Ohio
Portage, Mich
Hi-waymen split to fall 4-3 as Plotsky hits in seventh
Pyramid Pipeline edges Brooks Hotel Hi-waymen 4-3 after Lorne Plotsky’s RBI single in the bottom of the seventh. Doug Miller earned the win. Brian Burkitt took the loss.
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Pyramid Pipeline
Brooks Hotel
Hi-waymen
Medicine Hat
Lions Park
Pyramid
Larry Biko
Wayne Hertz
Plotsky
Doug Miller
Brian Burkitt
Richardson
Mike Tebo
Jack Reddekopp
Hiwaymen
Andy Weisbeck
Barry Lutz
Labatt Wins Canada Cup TV Sponsorship Rights
Cup sponsor Labatt Brewing Co Ltd has secured the right to sponsor television coverage of the six country Canada Cup hockey tournament this September. English rights are with CTV and French with TVA. Coverage spans eight games starting September 1 and ending with the September 13 championship. Sponsorship terms were not disclosed.
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Montreal
Labatt Brewing Co. Ltd
CTV
TVA
Quebec
Leonard wary of voodoo in Kalule title bout in Houston
Sugar Ray Leonard avoids any pre fight contact with Ayub Kalule amid Kalule’s witch doctor lore in Uganda. Leonard, Olympic gold medalist and former welterweight champion, faces Kalule for the WBA junior middleweight title June 25 at the Astrodome, while Hearns defends the welterweight crown and Cuevas meets Hansen in separate bouts.
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Sugar Ray Leonard
Ayub Kalule
Kalule
Leonard
Houston Astrodome
World Boxing Council
WBA
Uganda
Denmark
U.S
Roberto Duran
Duran
Thomas Hearns
Detroit
Pablo Baez
Los Angeles
Jorgen Hansen
Jose (Pipino) Cuevas
Mexico
Berbick to defend titles in Halifax July 21
Trevor Berbick of Halifax will defend the Canadian heavyweight title and British Commonwealth title against Conroy Nelson of Ottawa at Metro Centre on July 21. Nelson tops the Canadian field and is ranked third in the Commonwealth, eight pounds heavier than the 212-pound champion with a 6 foot 5 inch frame. The bout follows Berbick’s June Las Vegas match with Larry Holmes.
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Trevor Berbick
Conroy Nelson
Ottawa
Metro Centre
Berbick
John L.gardner
Boxing Council
Larry Holmes
Las Vegas
Nelson
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