Bowe won but refused to fight Lewis and literally threw the WBC title in the trash. Lewis was named the champion in December. Fast forward to Mike Tyson was released from prison and returned to the ring that August, promptly knocking out Peter McNeeley in the first round. Bruno bout, a rematch from in which Lewis knocked Bruno out in the seventh round. This is where things get tricky.
In turn, Lennox Lewis sued to make Tyson fight him and won. But the fight never happened. Lewis accepted but never got his shot at Iron Mike. Mike Tyson lost both of his fights with Evander Holyfield, whom Lennox Lewis would defeat in for the undisputed title after a draw in their first fight.
Lewis suffered yet another upset loss in April to underdog Hasim Rahman but beat him in the rematch in November. 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 Well, he finally got his chance in June After years of hoping and waiting, Mike Tyson vs.
Lennox Lewis was finally on. And it was not the fight that it should have been. Lewis destroyed Tyson that night in Memphis. Tyson went down for the first time in the fourth and was just spent by the end of the fifth. Many often wonder what would have happened had Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis fought in their respective primes.
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