Comments Thread For: Butch Lewis, He Was a One of a Kind Human Being

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He was one hell of a story-teller, in a sport where the better raconteurs are held in nearly as high esteem by the public as the guys who actually take and absorb the punches. But few promoters delivered as many memorable punch lines as did Ronald “Butch” Lewis, dead of a massive heart attack Saturday morning at his Wilmington, Del., home. He was 65. The man who made the tuxedo-sans-shirt look a fashion statement joins the lengthening list of fight people gone too soon in recent weeks, a roll call that includes noted trainer Bouie Fisher, boxing writer George Kimball, former WBC super featherweight champion Genaro “Chicanito” Hernandez and longtime ShoBox broadcaster Nick Charles.

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