Tyson vs Lewis: why it didn't happen(1996)
The result brings a scathing attack from Jay Larkin, senior vice-president of Showtime TV sport. He alleges Lennox has no genuine intention of facing Tyson.
"It's totally untrue to suggest Tyson is afraid of Lewis," stresses Larkin, whose company has exclusive rights to Mike.
"Lewis is welcome in a ring with Tyson on July 13 and we will pay him 10 million dollars - the biggest purse of his life.
"Lewis and his people have refused. In their greed they have tied themselves to HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO)
A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber.
"All their talk of shaming Tyson into fighting is bluff. Lewis is simply not available. Unless he gets three of the HBO contracts there is no possibility of him meeting Mike."
Larkin reveals they are courting Evander Holyfield for July instead. And he insists the legal ban on Tyson boxing anybody but Lewis will be overturned.
Says Larkin: "Sadly, Tyson is now trying to abandon the WBC belt to get on with his life. Lennox Lewis can pick it out of a trash can - again."
Eliades confirms: "We have turned down Showtime's offer because we'd prefer to put on the fight ourselves. We can pay Tyson 45 million dollars.
"It is not correct that we can't box for Showtime. If they up their bid to 15 million, they have got themselves a fight!"
"It's totally untrue to suggest Tyson is afraid of Lewis," stresses Larkin, whose company has exclusive rights to Mike.
"Lewis is welcome in a ring with Tyson on July 13 and we will pay him 10 million dollars - the biggest purse of his life.
"Lewis and his people have refused. In their greed they have tied themselves to HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO)
A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber.
"All their talk of shaming Tyson into fighting is bluff. Lewis is simply not available. Unless he gets three of the HBO contracts there is no possibility of him meeting Mike."
Larkin reveals they are courting Evander Holyfield for July instead. And he insists the legal ban on Tyson boxing anybody but Lewis will be overturned.
Says Larkin: "Sadly, Tyson is now trying to abandon the WBC belt to get on with his life. Lennox Lewis can pick it out of a trash can - again."
Eliades confirms: "We have turned down Showtime's offer because we'd prefer to put on the fight ourselves. We can pay Tyson 45 million dollars.
"It is not correct that we can't box for Showtime. If they up their bid to 15 million, they have got themselves a fight!"
On Monday, the New Jersey Supreme Court blocked Tyson's bid to fight Seldon, keeping in place a temporary restraining order temporary restraining order: see injunction. that required Tyson to fight Lewis or relinquish his WBC title.
Tyson and King had sought to overturn an appellate court's ruling that forbade them from appealing Superior Court Judge Amos Saunders' decision regarding Tyson and Lewis. The appellate court A court having jurisdiction to review decisions of a trial-level or other lower court.
An unsuccessful party in a lawsuit must file an appeal with an appellate court in order to have the decision reviewed.
..... Click the link for more information. also refused to lift Saunders' restraining order restraining order: see injunction. , pending the appeal.
King has been saying that Tyson would rather drop his title than agree to Lewis' demand for more than the $10 million purse being offered. Lewis was seeking $15 million.
Tyson and King had sought to overturn an appellate court's ruling that forbade them from appealing Superior Court Judge Amos Saunders' decision regarding Tyson and Lewis. The appellate court A court having jurisdiction to review decisions of a trial-level or other lower court.
An unsuccessful party in a lawsuit must file an appeal with an appellate court in order to have the decision reviewed.
..... Click the link for more information. also refused to lift Saunders' restraining order restraining order: see injunction. , pending the appeal.
King has been saying that Tyson would rather drop his title than agree to Lewis' demand for more than the $10 million purse being offered. Lewis was seeking $15 million.
"I don't know whether a Lennox Lewis fight will ever come off," said promoter Don King.
He claimed there was little chance Tyson would fight either Lewis or Rid**** Bowe in the near future, saying contracts the fighters have with the HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO)
A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber.
But the SUNDAY MIRROR can reveal that Lewis DOES have a contract which allows him to fight once on a rival channel - and the Lewis camp insist King is simply bluffing.
King claimed he offered Lewis pounds 9million to fight Tyson but that the Briton's team said no.
He claimed there was little chance Tyson would fight either Lewis or Rid**** Bowe in the near future, saying contracts the fighters have with the HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO)
A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber.
But the SUNDAY MIRROR can reveal that Lewis DOES have a contract which allows him to fight once on a rival channel - and the Lewis camp insist King is simply bluffing.
King claimed he offered Lewis pounds 9million to fight Tyson but that the Briton's team said no.
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