Did Butterbean knock down Lennox Lewis in exhibition fight?

[Axl Rose]

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?

[Toe Injury]

interesting. anyone?

[S H A R K B O Y]

Well it is Wikipedia. Someone could've slipped it in there.

[Axl Rose]

thats true...personal i dont belive it, but it would be nice if someone knew...

[*2TOUGH*]

Butter bean knocked Larry Holmes down...

[-Antonio-]

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...

[Toe Injury]

wonder what a non-morbidly obese butterbean would have been like

[La Zorrita]

post the video link i wanna see it!

[etlux]

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...

[Axl Rose]

im a big lewis fan. never heard of the story, never seen it on youtube....does anyone have picture og video`?