Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, November 19, 1993 TAG: 9311190279
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-12 EDITION: METRO
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Mercer gets a chance to avenge a loss that knocked him out of a heavyweight title bid when he fights Jesse Ferguson. Mercer is charged with offering $100,000 to Ferguson to lose the fight Feb. 6 at Madison Square Garden.
The 10-round match tonight at the Convention Center in Atlantic City, N.J., will be Mercer's third since he lost to Ferguson, and it was made before his trial date was set.
The operator of the World Wrestling Federation was accused Thursday of conspiring to beef up his wrestlers with anabolic steroids, an allegation he quickly denied.
A federal indictment in Brooklyn, N.Y., alleged that Vincent K. McMahon Jr. and his company, Titan Sports Inc., doing business as the WWF, conspired from 1985 to 1991 to distribute steroids to "wrestling performers to enhance their size and muscle development," U.S. Attorney Zachary Carter announced.
In addition to conspiracy, carrying a five-year maximum penalty on conviction, McMahon was charged with illegal possession of steroids with intent to distribute, punishable by up to three years in prison. He could be subject to fines of up to $500,000, Carter said.
by CNB