keithmoonhangover wrote:
My memory is a bit vague, but hadn't Tyson left King before then? Wasn't Shelly Finkel guiding Tyson by then? And wasn't Tyson suing King before the first Lewis fight? Am I wrong on this? Buzz? Alp? Saad? Anyone know?
Saad is pretty much correct and Finkel was Tyson's manager at the time. As best I can remember, Rahman dropped Cedric Kushner and went with King because Rahman really wanted Tyson and King was promising that. Whether King could've actually delivered is another story because Tyson did not settle with King until 2004. In the US, that was likely the more profitable fight, as opposed to a Lewis rematch, because Tyson was still such a big draw. Having two Americans, one of whom was Tyson and the other the guy who beat Lewis, could put asses in seats, stateside. Lewis immediately crushed that dream by suing to get a rematch.
You asked why King pulled Tyson away from a rematch. What I'm saying is, I don't think Tyson was still promoted by King at that point.
Yeah, I had forgotten. Tyson had dropped King after Holyfield II and filed suit against King in 1998. I just didn't think Tyson would want to do anymore business with King, considering that he was suing King.
jbizzle20 wrote:
Saad is pretty much correct and Finkel was Tyson's manager at the time. As best I can remember, Rahman dropped Cedric Kushner and went with King because Rahman really wanted Tyson and King was promising that. Whether King could've actually delivered is another story because Tyson did not settle with King until 2004. In the US, that was likely the more profitable fight, as opposed to a Lewis rematch, because Tyson was still such a big draw. Having two Americans, one of whom was Tyson and the other the guy who beat Lewis, could put asses in seats, stateside. Lewis immediately crushed that dream by suing to get a rematch.
You asked why King pulled Tyson away from a rematch. What I'm saying is, I don't think Tyson was still promoted by King at that point.
Yeah, I had forgotten. Tyson had dropped King after Holyfield II and filed suit against King in 1998. I just didn't think Tyson would want to do anymore business with King, considering that he was suing King.