Why did Tyson refuse to fight Lewis in 1996?

[Torino]

Lewis was pretty good in the Mid 90's. Tyson would have walked all over Lewis, Bowe, and Holyfield during his climb to undisputed HW championship in the 80's.

[Zn1]

Lewis was pretty good in the Mid 90's. Tyson would have walked all over Lewis, Bowe, and Holyfield during his climb to undisputed HW championship in the 80's.

like he walked all over buster douglas hehe

[Torino]

like he walked all over buster douglas hehe

Very funny, but that wasn't during his climb to the undisputed HW championship, it was after.

[Kimmy]

Holyfield, Bowe and lewis were better than any of the fighters Tyson fought in the 80`s. Lets be honest here, the standard of Tyson competition made him look much better than he was. Trevor Berbick was a rediculous champion, as was Bonecrusher Smith. Plinklon Thmas and Tony Tucker had drug dependances and Larry Holmes was 38 yrs old and had been inactive for two years.
Tyson at his prime would have made Holyfield and Lewis fights much closer and much more competitive. I won`t pick a winner because there is no way of knowing but lets put Tyson in context, he probably dominated one of the worst era`s in heavyweight boxing!

[Pugnacious_Z]

hey

hey thanx, i never knew