SPORTS WEEKEND : Former Boxer Tillman Faces Murder Charge

Former heavyweight boxer Henry Tillman will be charged with murder today in connection with the death of a man in January, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman said Thursday night.

Tillman, 36, who won an Olympic gold medal in Los Angeles in 1984, was identified as a suspect in the shooting of Kevin Anderson outside a nightclub in Westchester, officer Don Cox said.

“On Jan. 10, 1996, at 2 a.m., victims Kevin Anderson and Leon Milton were shot outside a nightclub,” Cox said. “Anderson died in a hospital several days later. The apparent motive was robbery.”

The charges are expected to carry a special circumstances allegation that could send Tillman to death row if he is found guilty.

Tillman is currently serving a 32-month sentence at California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo for credit card fraud.