The Bangor Daily News from Bangor, Maine • 5

AROOSTOOK Bangor Daily News Friday April 24 1992 5 Gamache to seek WBA lightweight title in June REPRESENTATIVES from Presque Isle High School display the Eastern Maine Class A Sportsmanship Award won by the boys varsity basketball team this past season Also pictured are members of the cheerleading squad and the school band In front left to right are: Angie Somerville Niki Beaulieu Jolene Walton and Derek Boyd Back: Craig MacFarline Coach Tim Prescott and Ryan Gartley (NEWS Photo by Debra Sund) (18-1 11 KOs) always knew I could become a world class said Gamache who vacated his 130-pound title last November to move up in weight class just needed the opportunity To become a two-time champion will be a dream come true fight promises to be the richest of career The Civic Center will hold 9100 fans Tickets run $100 $60 $40 $30 and $20 and go on sale Friday at the Civic Center box office and Ticketmaster outlets needed a fight like this to get me up" said Gamache whose last outing was an unspectacular 10-round unanimous decision over journeyman Tommy Hanks at the Portland Expo March 27 definitely motivates me to perform at my Should Gamache 17 KOs) beat the 30-year-old Chun who suffered a knockout loss in Los Angeles to Ricardo Velasquez in 1987 in his only bout outside South Korea the native Mainer will become only the third unbeaten lightweight title holder in the past 15 years according to Duva The other two are Roberto Duran and Whitaker he can Duva summed up the Duva who along with his father Lou promotes undisputed heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield former undisputed lightweight champ Pernell Whitaker (who vacated the WBA li-tlethis past Monday clearini the way for Gamache-Chun) am WBA welterweight champ Mel-drick Taylor thinks Gamache is ready to step up to big time known Joey ever since he was an amateur watched his career All needed is seasoning He has the personality to transcend the game Of course you can be the nicest guy in the world and if you do it in the ring or on the field it mean said Duva That Team Duva has thrown in with Team Gamache is one sign the former WBA 130-pound champion has at last gotten a shot at the fast track The deal is if Gamache wins the Duvas get a percentage of his first three title defenses Another sign of potential stardom according to Duva is the agreement he has made to sell the fight tape-delayed 30 nations around the (It be available in Maine) Gamache 25 said he is ready to meet his destiny against Chun By Mike Dowd Of the NEWS Staff PORTLAND For practically the entire five years been a professional including 28 wins in 28 fights and one world title Lewiston boxer Joey Gamache has been plagued by doubters he fought? he beaten? he avoided? The litany of has been sung by cynical fight fans and media alike On June 13 at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland all questions about legitimacy will be answered according to no less a fistic authority than Dan Duva of Main Event Promotions the date and place Gamache the No 2 contender will meet No 1 contender Chilsung Chun of South Korea for the World Boxing vacant lightweight title heard the questions around wondering if Gamache is a world class said Duva during press conference at the Civic Center officially announcing the scheduled 12-round bout not going to get knocked on his butt know on June 13th If he can stand up against Chilsung Chun any doubts will be Stars Stripes pulls out narrow victory over America3 Stars Stripes fired back on Thursday with a wire-to-wire victory cutting lead to 3-1 in the best-of-13 series Stars Stripes beat America3 by 39 seconds over the eight-leg 2003-mile Pacific Ocean course Stars elapsed time in westerly winds ranging from 6-10 knots was 2 hours 50 minutes 51 seconds The swell of one foot favored Stars Stripes more than the swell of 2-3 feet the previous three days open the Cup defender finals it looked like Stars Stripes might be swept out of the regatta taking with it chance of reaching his fifth straight Cup match But Conner and the navy-blue New Zealand also led wire to wire to beat II Moro di Venezia by 2:26 and take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-9 challenger finals Kiwi skipper Rod Davis built his lead on every leg for an elapsed time of 2:44:37 SAN DIEGO (AP) Dennis Stars Stripes has some life left in its year-old hull after all After getting blown away by Bill America3 (America Cubed) in three straight races to II Moro skipper Paul Cayard hoisted a red technical protest flag shortly after the start when New Zealand missed hitting the starting-line buoy by about two feet Had the Kiwis hit the marker they would have been forced to restart New Zealand won the start by three seconds and led by 59 seconds at the first mark Friday is a lay day for the challengers II Moro must win four of the next five races to reach the Cup match and provide a return on syndicate head Raul estimated $60 million investment The series winners will meet in the 28th Cup match beginning May 9 UM grad Hodges gets UMass post AMHERST Mass (AP) -New head football coach Mike Hodges said Thursday that University of Massachusetts officials have promised the beleaguered Division I-AA team at least a two-year lease on life been an easy three Hodges said at a news conference we have two years and we will do everything we can to make this thing Chancellor Richard overruled a university search committee and offered Hodges appointment a two-year contract late Wednesday afternoon The search committee voted 6-2 last week to reopen interviews But said he could not wait until after spring practice to name a new coach He said the cash-strapped state university which has considered dropping out of the Yankee Conference would be better able to evaluate the future of its football program after the 1993 season is what always wanted to said Hodges who had been an assistant at Massachusetts since 1978 and defensive coordinator for the past six years I was a sophomore in high school the only thing I wanted to do was be a head football Hodges who will make $60000 as head coach said administrators promised him he could keep five full-time and two part-time assistants with no reductions in recruiting travel and equipment budgets for two years He said they vowed substantial reductions in during that time Hodges a 1967 University of Maine graduate replaces Jim Reid who quit in protest Jan 23 after being told that the administration had eliminated all 15 football scholarships available for incoming freshmen The university later agreed to honor five scholarships Reid had promised to prospective students but the coach quit anyway The school now offers 52 football scholarships compared to an average 65 in tne Yankee Conference said Hodges going to be tough but it's Reid now an assistant at Richmond was at Massachusetts for 18 years including six as head coach His teams posted a 37-28-2 record won three Yankee Conference titles and landed two NCAA Division I-AA playoff berths His departure raised a storm of protest that reached the office Alumni including former football players have launched an investigation into the athletic department's handling of its finances KEV-LAN CORNER CITGO presents The CITGO CAR 21 FORD THUNDERBIRD TODAY 10am 6 NASCAR FANS See a proven performer RACING'S BEST! 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