Bowe didn't "duck" Lewis. You don't know the facts and the urban legend has grown from something completely different.
What happened was,that Bowe had a very dedicated manager named Rock Newman, who did everything, far better than a father, to make Bowe's career a great success. They were both very hot tempered, like John Ruiz' manager Norman Stone.. But Jose Suleman who was Don King's servant, tried to persuade Bowe to use King as his promoter. Newman, told him to go to hell-and worse, so there was very bad blood between them.. Bowe, as WBC champ, was fighting Holyfield, with the winner to fight Lewis. .Suleiman then did a scam by placing Razor Ruddock, already a double victim of Mike Tyson, who was lower. up to the #1 spot and he fought Lewis, which potentially would have lost Bowe (and Newman who got a third) millions. .
Ruddock was KO'd in the beginning of the 2nd rd. . So Newman and Bowe had a HUGE row with Suleiman, which went on and on, and as a protest they stamped off and Bowe threw the WBC belt in the garbage can to show his disregard for Suleiman's belt.
This happened in London.
It had nothing to do with Bowe ducking Lewis at all. Lewis at all. Bowe, in his prime at that stage, would have slaughtered Lewis who was still slowing maturing into a great boxer..
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