4 Page 10- The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, September 14, 1988 AZT 7111- JU7N Doug in Deep- BY DOUG VOLAN Everyone has heard the hoopla about the brawl August 23 in Harlem, N.Y., between heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson and Mitch Green. Not everyone, however, has heard about my encounter with the gentleman Green. Ten days ago, I stumbled across Green in lower Manhattan. He was just returning from a meeting with his lawyer when I inquired about an interview. "You want an interview?" Green shouted. In the blink of an eye, Green leaped out of his sports car. He had all the answers before I even asked the questions. Here's what he said: "TYSON'S A SISSY," Green said, going on in about what names he had called Tyson and his wife, sitcom star Robin Givens, to Tyson's face. "And he still won't fight me," Green said. "What do I have to do. to fight him? "He hit me and ran and now he won't fight me. (I'll) do anything to get this fight. If he's so bad, why won't he fight? "Wait a second." With that, Green turned around, reached into his car, and pulled out an ugly toy doll. "This is what I'm going to do to Tyson." Green ripped off the doll's shorts, flicked the doll's head back and forth with his finger tip, and blurted: "Then this is what I'm going to do to his dumb, ugly head." By this time, a horde of onlookers had accumulated, and before I knew it, it turned into a mob Tyson's nemesis looking for Green scene with hundreds of people shoving paper into his face for autographs. GREEN was only too happy to oblige, and the crowd crushed in on me. But I figured I had to get in one question before this interview was up. "Will you fight him for charity?" I shouted. "Charity!" Green responded. "I AM charity! I want the belt." I quickly departed, happy to still be in one piece. But walking away, there was no question in my mind that Green had set up this whole thing. He purposely provoked the altercation with Tyson in hopes of getting a rematch (Tyson previously defeated Green by a technical knockout). What else would Green be doing outside a clothing store at 4 a.m.? What easier way to make a few million bucks? Adding insult to injury, Green pressed charges against Tyson, who broke his hand during the squabble. Green then informed the public that he would drop the charges if Tyson agreed to a rematch. TYSON, being the good Samaritan he thinks he is, responded by offering to fight Green for charity, which Green has shrugged off. After all, he IS charity. Although Green recently dropped the charges, he continues to gallop around New York City taking advantage of the free publicity. If he's not on a television or radio talk show, then he's preaching his gospel on the street to whomever is willing to listen. The fight probably will take place. After all, this is what the public wants to see. The sad fact is that Green will benefit whether or not there is a fight with Tyson. As a result of his clever setup, Green has turned himself into a legend. He is much smarter than he acts, isn't he? W alK mis way Boycott of ceremonies off SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Olympic officials yesterday averted a U.S. boycott of the opening ceremonies, then took on the drug issue by unveiling a state-of-the-art testing center and a new, get-tough rule. A U.S. boycott of the opening ceremonies would have affected athletes from the state of Michigan such as Wolverine baseball player Jim Abbott, Wolverine swimmer Mike Barrowman, and Central Michigan basketball player Dan Majerle. U.S athletes were so upset over a plan by organizers to limit the size of teams marching in Saturday's opening ceremonies - effectively leaving out about half of the 611- member American team - that they threatened to stay away en masse. Within hours the International Olympic Committee and Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee retreated and said any athlete who wanted to take part could do so. VOLLEYBALL player Robert Partie said the ceremony is a big part of the Games. "We've been looking forward to doing it, and it would be a shame if it didn't work out," he said. Evie G. Dennis, chief of the U.S mission, said the restrictions, designed to reduce participation from 13,000 athletes to 8,000 and speed up the show, were not acceptable and were resented by the Americans. "Every American who has a right to compete here feels that the chance to march in the opening ceremonies is the culmination of the Olympic Abbott ... Olympic hurler dream itself," said Mike Moran, spokesperson for the U.S Olympic Committee. "Any athlete who represents his or her country and could not march would have a disappointment probably exceeding any failures they suffered on the playing field," he said. Disappointment looms for drug users and dealers under the Olympics' high-tech testing system and anti- drug program. DRUG DEALERS could be banned from the Games for life under the resolution adopted by the IOC. "We believe in two things in the fight against doping - sanctions and education," said PrinceAlexander de Merode of Belgium, chair of the IOC's medical commission. "Education is the first step, but we need strong sanctions as well." The IOC's executive board will have the power to impose penalties that "may extend to life exclusion from all forms of competition in whatever manner in the Olympic Games or in any other competitions organized under the auspices of the IOC or with its patronage." The IOC agreed unanimously at its 94th session that people who make, distribute or finance the purchase of any of the more than 90 items on its list of banned substances should be barred from all Olympic involvement. The only exception, the IOC said, would be doctors, pharmacists and other members of the medical profession treating patients. Officials also showed off a $3 million drug-testing center filled with computers, chromatographs and mass spectrometers set to begin the analysis of urine samples of all medalists and a random sampling of other athletes "Athletes who use drugs now are imprudent, ill-advised, or just plain stupid," said Dr. Robert Dugal, a member of the IOC's medical commission. Angel Myers, a U.S swimming star, already has been disqualified for the use of steroids, as have four members of the Canadian weightlifting team. All were caught by tests in their home countries. The lab here will receive up to about 200 samples a day. "It's mostly the athletes who use the steroids who get caught," said lab director Dr. Jong Sei Park, a University of Maryland professor who has spent the last three years preparing for the Games. 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