THE SIDELINES : 2 Texans Victors in Moscow Bouts

Left-hander Eric Griffin of Houston today stopped Narciso Gonzales of Mexico in a second-round bout in the 106-pound class at the World Amateur Boxing Championships.

The 5-foot-3 Griffin made Gonzales take two standing eight counts in the first round with a volley of four or five head blows and with a left and two right hooks. With 54 seconds left in the second round, the referee decided Gonzales had taken enough and stopped the bout.

Raul Marquez, 18, also of Houston, fought for the second time tonight and stopped Greg Johnson of Canada at 1:26 of the second round at 147 pounds.

In other developments today, Cuba suffered its first defeat when Siegfried Mehnert of East Germany outpointed Juan Lemus of Cuba 28-19, and the South Korean team was shut out. All eight South Koreans were beaten in their first bouts. None was a member of the strong South Korean Olympic team, most of whom turned professional.