THE SIDELINES : 9 Champs to Join Olympics Festival

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Nine 1989 U.S. boxing champions headline the 48-man field that will compete in the Olympic Festival at Oklahoma City.

This year’s festival, in which the boxing will be conducted July 22-25 at the Myriad Complex, is part of the selection process for the U.S. team that will compete in the World Boxing Championships Sept. 17-30 in Moscow.

The U.S. titlists are Brian Lonon of the Army at Ft. Hood, Tex., 112 pounds; Tony Gonzales of National City, Calif., 119; Frank Pena of Aurora, Colo., 125; Ray Lovato of Sacramento, 139; Raul Marquez of Houston, 147; Chris Byrd of Flint, Mich., 156; Ray Lathon of St. Louis, 165; Javier Alvarez of San Antonio, 201, and Eddie Donerlson of the Marines at Camp Lejeune, N.C., over 201.