03-29-2003, 08:30 PM
If anyone is interested.
Here's the deal with lewis now.
Lewis was supposed to fight mandatory challanger Vitali Klitchsko earlier this year. Vitali is the older brother of Wladimir Kiltschko who was viewed by many to be the heir to the throne, until he was knocked out in 2 rounds, 3 weeks ago by journey man Corrie Sanders.
Vladimir sued Lewis who had a contractual agreement already signed to fight him a few months ago. Today the WBC which is the only sanctioning title that lewis has NOT been stripped of (due to not fighting the mandatories set by the IBF and WBA). Lewis beat Holyfield in a unification of all 3 belts but was stripped of two titles for not fighting John Ruiz and Chris Byrd, both of whom later won the titles lewis was stripped of. Coincidently they both beat Holyfield in their title matches, Ruiz lost the belt to Jones Junior as we all know now.
Lewis is only sticking around for a Tyson rematch cause in his assessment of "Byrd" is no challange and that he only wants to fight challanging opponents, he still feels that a tyson fight is "challanging". Nice ruse but we all know he wants in for the money.
The WBC has no problem with Lewis fighting tyson, under the stipulation that the winner of the fight has to defend the WBC title against Vitali within 120 days. So the deadline is set for lewis, he has to fight Tyson by June 30th of this year or forfeit the fight and either fight Vitali or be stripped of the title and possess no titles whatsoever.
Tyson has stated he is not interested in being a punching bag for lewis again and wants 2 or 3 more fights before he faces Lewis. So that leaves only 3 months for the fight to take place, which is basically impossible.
Lewis's only hope is to fight Klitschko first, give tyson another 8 months. 5 - 6 months to have 2-3 more tune up fights and then 2 months to train for a championship bout.
I guess we'll wait and see what Lewis's decision is. Ofcourse the other decision is to just retire but I doubt that if he hasn't retired by now. He no longer has to fight Wladimir Klitschko cause he was exposed as another pretender to the crown. Vladimir is a much safer bet for lewis cause his heart and determination is in much question.
Here's the deal with lewis now.
Lewis was supposed to fight mandatory challanger Vitali Klitchsko earlier this year. Vitali is the older brother of Wladimir Kiltschko who was viewed by many to be the heir to the throne, until he was knocked out in 2 rounds, 3 weeks ago by journey man Corrie Sanders.
Vladimir sued Lewis who had a contractual agreement already signed to fight him a few months ago. Today the WBC which is the only sanctioning title that lewis has NOT been stripped of (due to not fighting the mandatories set by the IBF and WBA). Lewis beat Holyfield in a unification of all 3 belts but was stripped of two titles for not fighting John Ruiz and Chris Byrd, both of whom later won the titles lewis was stripped of. Coincidently they both beat Holyfield in their title matches, Ruiz lost the belt to Jones Junior as we all know now.
Lewis is only sticking around for a Tyson rematch cause in his assessment of "Byrd" is no challange and that he only wants to fight challanging opponents, he still feels that a tyson fight is "challanging". Nice ruse but we all know he wants in for the money.
The WBC has no problem with Lewis fighting tyson, under the stipulation that the winner of the fight has to defend the WBC title against Vitali within 120 days. So the deadline is set for lewis, he has to fight Tyson by June 30th of this year or forfeit the fight and either fight Vitali or be stripped of the title and possess no titles whatsoever.
Tyson has stated he is not interested in being a punching bag for lewis again and wants 2 or 3 more fights before he faces Lewis. So that leaves only 3 months for the fight to take place, which is basically impossible.
Lewis's only hope is to fight Klitschko first, give tyson another 8 months. 5 - 6 months to have 2-3 more tune up fights and then 2 months to train for a championship bout.
I guess we'll wait and see what Lewis's decision is. Ofcourse the other decision is to just retire but I doubt that if he hasn't retired by now. He no longer has to fight Wladimir Klitschko cause he was exposed as another pretender to the crown. Vladimir is a much safer bet for lewis cause his heart and determination is in much question.
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