Boxing -- New Chavez Dispute: Who Said `No Mas'?

LAS VEGAS - It was No Mas II.

But unlike Roberto Duran, who quit in the center of the ring in his second fight with Sugar Ray Leonard and lost, Julio Cesar Chavez quit in his corner Saturday night but still was awarded a split decision over WBC super-lightweight champion Frankie Randall.

The controversial ending to a close, action-filled fight came in the eighth round, when Randall ducked under a Chavez punch and tried throwing a right uppercut. As he threw the punch, his head clashed with Chavez's, causing a bad cut over the Mexican's right eye.

Referee Mills Lane stopped the action, ruled the butt was accidental and took a point away from Randall. Lane then called Dr. Flip Homansky to examine the cut and ask Chavez if he wanted to continue.

Homansky said it was his "recommendation" that the fight be stopped but that Chavez never protested his decision.

"I went into the ring to evaluate, and it was a nasty gash," Homansky said. "It was my impression that Chavez didn't want to continue. He shook his head twice. That was enough."

The fight was stopped, but because the butt was accidental, the outcome was decided by the judges.

Promoter Don King pinned the decision to go to the score cards on Homansky. He claimed the doctor made the decision for Chavez.

"It's Homansky's responsibility to say the fight should go on or not go on," King said. "The doctor must have been having illusions. He stopped the fight; now he's trying to change his story."

Tyson TV time sparks suit

An inmate has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the Indiana Department of Corrections, claiming preferential treatment for former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.

James Bell Yager, head of the 37,000-member Prisoners Rights Union, says he's miffed because Tyson gets to do all the TV interviews he wants - and Yager doesn't.

"He's doing interviews . . . and I'm sitting hostage on mine, trying to get a word in edgewise," said Yager, who did time with Tyson at the Indiana Youth Center before being transferred to another facility. Yager, 59, is in prison for embezzlement and forgery.

Tyson has been on everything from "60 Minutes" to "Montel Williams" to "Larry King Live."

But the Department of Corrections last week rejected Yager's plans to be a guest on "Donahue" to talk about celebrities in prison - namely, Mike Tyson.

Indiana DOC spokesman Bill Carr said that the "Donahue" crew was welcome to come to the prison for a taped interview with Yager but that the prison could not accommodate a satellite hookup.

"Mr. (Larry) King requested a satellite feed for his interview with Mr. Tyson," said Carr. "That, too, was rejected. Mr. Tyson and Mr. Yager are being treated equally."

Two years ago, when Tyson arrived at prison to serve at least three years for raping beauty contestant Desiree Washington, Yager filed another suit over Tyson's school privileges. "They gave him a tutor, and he still flunked," he said.