Lewis-Tyson (IS ON! - 1996)

Lewis TKO later, 96 Tyson was solid but not enough

 

Don King got paid because of it.

 

Don King paid and it was a business move... There was better money for Seldon and Holyfield and there was no need to share it with HBO, with which Lewis had a contract.

On exactly the same principle, Tyson Fury wanted to pay Wilder not to fight him for the third time. Wilder refused to accept the money and went to Fury, Lewis took the money and the Tyson-Lewis fight took place 6 years later.

 

A motivated Lennox always beats a motivated Mike.

 

6 years later for a record breaking purse.

 

Agreed.
It's also worth noting that Lewis was offered the fight (for 10 or 13,5 million depending on the source) but refused and choose the step-aside money instead.

 

Shock! Thanks for explaining - makes sense now.

 

Mike Tyson said that he trained harder for Holyfield than he did for any fight post prison

He took it extremely seriously he just wasnt as Holyfield thats life

 

He was 222 pounds give me a break with the highest weight nonsense

 

It is so unfair to the boxers who beat him that their wins don't count for one reason or another. Tyson doesn't own the losses to McBride and Willams and to a lesser extent Lewis because he was cooked, but he owns all the other ones because he was whole or close to it. It reminds me of the thread where posters were arguing Tyson's big losses weren't really losses and Ali's big wins weren't really wins.

 

Ya Tysons career is really 1986- February 1990 to his fans

 

Where did I say that his losses didn't count ?

 

I think Tyson has minimal or no chance of beating Lewis after prison.

 

You can check Holyfield's autobiography where he acknowledged that Tyson was fitter the second time.
And it was clear from his prefight comments that Tyson thought he would destroy Holyfield.
But I'm not saying that reduces the quality of Holyfield's victory.