Posted on: Friday, June 3, 2005

SPORTSWIRE
State to review Viloria's match

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The California State Athletic Commission will investigate the boxing match in which Mexican flyweight Ruben Contreras quit fighting in the sixth round, suffered a seizure and needed brain surgery.

The commission has requested a tape of last Saturday's fight between Contreras and Waipahu's Brian Viloria from promoter Top Rank Boxing and will review the event round by round.

Contreras, of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, stopped fighting in the sixth round and complained of a headache. He had the seizure less than 10 minutes after the bout ended.

The 32-year-old Contreras had surgery to relieve pressure from bleeding on his brain.

"We're just going to watch the tape and determine if all procedures were followed, try to determine if there was anything we could have done differently," Dean Lohuis, chief inspector for the commission, said yesterday. "We're not saying anything was improper. It's just our procedure when this kind of incident occurs."

HOCKEY

NHL continues talks

The NHL and players' association will meet for a third straight day of negotiations today in Toronto following two days of small-group talks that focused on revenue calculation and financial reporting.

Each side declined to comment about the details of the 10-hour meeting yesterday, which followed Wednesday's 10-hour session.

"As we will be resuming negotiations Friday, we will defer comment on the status of negotiations until that session is complete," Bill Daly, the NHL's chief legal officer, said in a statement.

The sides have focused on a review of revenue measurement and financial reporting issues, trying to reach common ground on team-by-team revenues and how to associate them to a salary cap.

HORSE RACING

Belmont is secure

Horses being shipped in to New York for the Belmont Stakes are at "low risk" of catching any equine disease, even after one horse at Belmont Park displayed symptoms of strangles, a contagious respiratory illness, the chief examining veterinarian for the New York Racing Association said.

"I think everyone should be very comfortable that there is low risk for any type of disease, let alone strangles," Dr. Celeste Kunz said yesterday. "If you go into our security barns, it's like going into a hospital isolation ward."

Less than a week after a barn was quarantined when one horse displayed symptoms of strangles, NYRA officials have beefed up safety and security measures to ensure the well-being of horses at Belmont and those scheduled to arrive before next Saturday's Belmont Stakes.