Did bowe and Tyson really duck Lewis

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  1. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Or was there another reason besides fear
     
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  2. First Round KO

    First Round KO Well-Known Member Full Member

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    lol
     
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  3. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Haaaaaa
     
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  4. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Louis? he was dead before Tyson turned pro.
     
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  5. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Lewis
     
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  6. rex11y

    rex11y Active Member Full Member

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    Yup they sure did!
     
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  7. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Bowe yes.
    Tyson no.
     
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  8. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    but didnt tyson have to pay lewis for dukcing? like a few million
     
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  9. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yes he did, but that was to fight Holyfield for more money.

    Money that he would not have made for Lewis fight in 96.
     
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  10. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    ah. I thought so. Was watching a lewis doc and it seemed they construed the tyson incident to make it seem like he was ducking him.
     
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  11. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Of course you would say that when in reality he thought Holyfield was the easier fight, trouble is he wasn't...
     
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  12. Azzer85

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    Its a Lewis documentary, what do you expect.
     
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  13. rski

    rski Well-Known Member Full Member

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    if Bowe really wanted to set the record straight after his Olympics loss, he would have fought Lewis. He didn't so its as simple as that to me, he had the power to make that match up. I admire what Bowe did against Holyfield and his bravery against Golota but I'll always believe he ducked Lewis.

    Tyson wanted no part of Lewis in the 90s, his promoter certainly didn't. I am not a Lewis fanboy but he was a danger man in the division at that time and his name wasn't exactly dynamite, high risk.
     
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  14. latineg

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    bowe ducked LL :bbb

    I don't care what anyone says, I am calling that a first rate duck by Bowe.

    As far as Tyson goes well he didn't end up ducking LL in the end so I don't think Bowe and Tyson should be lumped together.

    Anyone that tries to claim that Bowe didn't duck LL should automatically be horse whipped :deal
     
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  15. latineg

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    which is why imo it isn't as "blatant" a "duck" as Bowes.

    Add that to the fact that Tyson ended up fighting LL.
     
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