who won the fight between lennox lewis and mike tyson

Meanwhile, Tyson was beating lesser-name opponents but called out Lennox Lewis for the better part of two years, the most notable offense coming after he knocked out Lou Savarese in 2000. There's no one can stop me. Don King offered Lewis four million dollars to step aside so that Tyson could go after the WBA heavyweight champion, Bruce Seldon, with the promise that he’d fight Lewis after. Back in May 1993, Lennox Lewis won the WBC strap against Tony Tucker. The bout might have taken too much time to be arranged, and perhaps, at least, one of the fighters was no longer in his prime. If Lennox was in his prime in 1994 when he lost to McCall it is when Mike was in jail wasting his best boxing years. Tyson went down for the second time in the round and didn’t make any real attempt to get up. The only scandal related to him that I can remember is when he was robbed in his first fight against Holyfield. Iron Mike had a vicious inside game. While Iron Mike Tyson served 3 years in prison. In March 1996, Mike Tyson knocked out Frank Bruno in the third round to win the WBC crown. Mike gave huge height and reach advantage, and still was able to get inside to demolish the opposition. Lewis suffered yet another upset loss in April 2001 to 15-1 underdog Hasim Rahman but beat him in the rematch in November. If you think he trained properly for that bout then you better think again. The defending unified WBC, IBF, IBO, and The Ring champion Lennox Lewis defeated former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson by knockout in the eighth round. Copyright © 2007-2020 Boxing News 24. Klitschko was the aggressor through the first two rounds and landed many hard shots to the head of Lewis, winning both rounds on all three judge's scorecards. Evander Holyfield took part in one of the best trilogies in boxing history with Riddick Bowe and also had two bouts each with Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis. Tyson was suspended 1 year for biting off a piece of Evander Holyfield´s ear. I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (http://www.youtube.com/editor) In May 1995, Lewis knocked out Lionel Butler and then knocked out Justin Fortune less than two months later to become the number one contender for the WBC title. Others have said that King didn’t want Tyson to have any part of Lewis at that time. Holyfield also had an epic bout with George Foreman, who would later go on to recapture the heavyweight crown by knocking out Michael Moorer. The list goes on and on. Lennox always fought the same way; Lewis fought tall, disciplined, taking advantage from his height and reach, an effective jab, high ring IQ, good power but no inside game. It is like they don’t know the story behind that fight. Being Tyson only 5´11” (maybe shorter) and 71” reach, he must have been skilled enough to compete against bigger – taller foes. But what about the readers, prime versus prime who would have won? After defeating Seldon in September 1996, Tyson relinquished the WBC title so he could have his long-awaited fight with Evander Holyfield. In a huge upset the year before, Lennox Lewis had been knocked out in the second round by Oliver McCall and lost the WBC title. Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson, billed as Lewis–Tyson: Is On, was a heavyweight professional boxing match that took place on June 8, 2002 at the Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee. Mike Tyson lost both of his fights with Evander Holyfield, whom Lennox Lewis would defeat in 1999 for the undisputed title after a draw in their first fight.

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