Tyson and Lewis fight, not final yet
Associated Press

LONDON — Lennox Lewis says he still has Mike Tyson’s teeth marks in his thigh after a news conference brawl. The Nevada boxing commission won’t let Tyson fight in Las Vegas, and the former undisputed world champion reportedly faces two possible rape charges.

Yet Lewis is confident the two will still get together in the ring.

Lewis says he required a tetanus shot after Tyson bit a chunk of flesh out of his left thigh in New York last week. But the champion described the fracas and the Nevada ruling as “minor setbacks” and hopes a venue for the fight can be found.

“He took a bit of me and I want to take a bit of him,” the WBC and IBF champion said at a news conference in London on Wednesday, the day after the Nevada commissioners’ ruling.

“All the young cats want to do is get a chance at Lennox Lewis,” the British heavyweight said. “But I would rather go after a guy in my era (and someone) the public wants to see me fight.

“My main aim for staying around is Mike Tyson. It’s the last notch on my belt, the icing on my cake,” Lewis added. “I would love it to happen before I retire.”

The question is, where will they meet?

If the fight doesn’t happen in the United States, Danish promoters Mogens and Bettina Palle said they would be happy to stage it in Copenhagen — where Tyson defeated Brian Nielsen in October.

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