He tossed the belt in the bin because Lewis sued him and he was just about to get stripped of the WBC Title for not agreeing to enter a purse bid by a certain date. He decided to toss the belt resume negotiations and cut out the WBC from the title fight. Shortly after Bowe lost the rematch to Holyfield and Lewis was knocked out by McCall which pushed things back.
It was Newman and Bowes team that decided to avoid Lewis ... I don't think Bowe was the one who initiated it
HW: Frazier vs Holyfield CW: Thompson vs Jirov LHW: Pops vs Durrele SMW: Froch vs Brewer MW: Tiger vs Lausse JMW: Graziano vs Basilio WW: Ortega vs Green JWW: Pryor vs Pacquiao LW: Williams vs Armstrong SFW: Chacon vs Gatti FW: Fenech vs Lopez SBW: Zaragoza vs Palma BW: Tatsuyoshi vs Seabrooks SFly: Sung-Kil Moon vs Estrada Fly: Gabriel Bernal vs Charlie Magri* LFly: Myung-Woo Yuh vs Matlala Min: Rodriguez Jr. vs Yaegashi *Tae Shik Kim vs either of these fighters would be incredible as well. These are the most entertaining fights possible per weight IMO, with who I think would win, named first.
