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[GonzoStyle]

Lennox Lewis got paid 1 million dollars by Don King to do international annoucning for the holyfield vs. byrd fight and the roy jones vs. john ruiz fight in march of 2003. basically it's "step aside money" lewis dropped the ibf belt so he wouldn't have to fight byrd and the wba so he wouldn't have to fight ruiz, so the two fights he is announcing for were people he refused to fight and king rewarded him for that.

Merchant basically put lewis on the spot and made it clear that cause he beat a shell of a boxer in mike tyson doesn't make him king of the world. He acknowleged that lewis is the best heavyweight in the past 15 years or so since prime mike tyson but he also made it clear that either earn the keep of your crown or let the new blood finally get their shots instead of holding them back. He put Don King on the spot because the one man who does deserve the shot at lewis is Wladimir Klitshcko whom King has no control over, King controls Lewis and John Ruiz, I am not sure if he has anything to do with Byrd but he does control Holyfield.

It's like DMX said "y'all been eating long enough now, stop being greedy".