According to Wikipeda:
Known as the "King of the 4 rounders", Butterbean developed a cult following after he burst onto the Toughman Contest scene in Texarkana, AR before entering the world of professional boxing in 1994. He was a five time World Toughman Heavyweight Champion with a record of 56-5 with 36 knockouts (not counted towards pro career). It was at this time he knocked out future champion Lennox Lewis in a exhibition match.
Anyone heard of this before?
wait a second there thread title says "knocked down" even tyson was knocked down in sparring supposedly. but the entry you quoted in wiki says he knocked lewis OUT. i.e. out cold...
It was ruled a slip. It was obvious though that Lewis' legs were shaky. The clips on youtube somewhere. Butterbean was a serious threat under 4 rounds. For anybody...