Greg Haugen

Ever since the mid-1980s, when Mexican idol Julio Cesar Chavez first came to be recognized as boxing's greatest pound-for-pound performer, Mexicans have wondered how many people he could draw to Azteca Stadium. Tonight, they will find out. The spotlighted performer on a four-fight, pay-per-view show, Chavez's match with Greg Haugen could draw 130,000 to Azteca, one of the world's largest stadiums.

Junior welterweight Greg Haugen didn't look ready to step into the ring against Julio Cesar Chavez again, but he didn't look ready for the scrap heap either. Haugen, a former three-time world champion, pounded a stubborn Ray Garcia of Caldwell, Ida., for almost six rounds before referee Larry Rozadilla stopped the contest with 49 seconds left in the sixth Thursday night in front of 1,208 at the Irvine Marriott.

World super lightweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez said that he has signed for an $8-million defense against Greg Haugen in March.

Three-time world champion Greg Haugen headlines the 100th boxing show at the Irvine Marriott ballroom tonight. Haugen (35-5, 18 knockouts) will fight Ray Garcia (8-6, four knockouts) of Caldwell, Idaho, in a 10-round junior lightweight bout. Haugen, ranked ninth by the International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Council, has fought only once since being knocked out in the fifth round by Julio Caesar Chavez in February 1992.

Former two-time world champion Greg Haugen won a one-sided junior-welterweight bout against Alfonso Perez when the referee stopped the fight after the eighth round at the Country Club in Reseda.

Greg Haugen of Auburn, Wash., stopped Charlie (White Lightning) Brown of Sherman Oaks at one minute of the first round in their scheduled 10-round lightweight bout Friday night. Haugen (14-0-1) needed just one punch to stop Brown (27-3). Haugen landed a left hook to the head as Brown stepped into the punch. Brown was up at the count of five, but referee Carlos Padilla stopped the bout.

The World Boxing Organization has ordered a rematch of the junior welterweight title fight between Greg Haugen and Hector Camacho because a post-fight drug test revealed traces of marijuana in Haugen's system. Ed Levine, the president of the WBO's championship committee, said Monday his organization has declared vacant the title that Haugen won from Camacho last month. The Feb.

When Greg Haugen steps into the ring Thursday night at the Irvine Marriott ballroom, he need not worry about getting hit by a Julio Cesar Chavez right hand or a beer bottle thrown by a rabid Chavez fan. Haugen will find journeyman Ray Garcia's chin and the cozy Marriott ballroom, filled with yuppies, more to his liking. However Haugen will find that his paycheck, of about $5,000, a little less to his liking. Some $1.2 million less.

Before a roaring 130,000 in Azteca Stadium, Julio Cesar Chavez gave his countrymen what they came for Saturday night--a ferocious, five-round victory over Greg Haugen. Also, Ghana's Azumah Nelson staved off a challenge by Sylmar's Gabe Ruelas to retain his World Boxing Council junior-lightweight championship. Of the four title fights on the card, Nelson-Ruelas was easily the most competitive. Terry Norris of Alpine, Calif.

Ever since the mid-1980s, when Mexican idol Julio Cesar Chavez first came to be recognized as boxing's greatest pound-for-pound performer, Mexicans have wondered how many people he could draw to Azteca Stadium. Tonight, they will find out. The spotlighted performer on a four-fight, pay-per-view show, Chavez's match with Greg Haugen could draw 130,000 to Azteca, one of the world's largest stadiums.

Mexico City, Feb. 20: The crowd at Estadio Azteca will be upward of 120,000, making the Super Bowl look like a company picnic. The card will include Julio Cesar Chavez, champion boxer, Mexico's hero. It also includes "Terrible" Terry Norris, himself a champion, the man who put Sugar Ray Leonard out to pasture, a Texan fighting out of California. They, uh, aren't friends.

Has Greg Haugen, a boxer who says what is on his mind, really thought this one through? Word came from Mexico City the other day that there is a chance that Azteca Stadium will be sold out for the showdown between Mexican national hero Julio Cesar Chavez and Haugen on Feb. 20. Now, Azteca Stadium isn't the Reseda Country Club, a venue more familiar to Haugen. Azteca, one of the world's biggest stadiums, seats 110,000 for soccer, 120,000 for boxing.

World super lightweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez said that he has signed for an $8-million defense against Greg Haugen in March.

Greg Haugen knocked Ray Mancini into retirement with a right to the jaw in the seventh round Friday night of a junior-welterweight bout before 5,967 at the Reno/Sparks Convention Center. Haugen, well ahead on points, caught Mancini flush on the left side of his jaw after Mancini had missed Haugen completely with a right. Mancini fell forward, his left arm wrapped around Haugen's head, before landing on the second rope. As he lay there, it appeared that referee Mills Lane would count him out.