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First amy, now Butch Lewis

Rip

Ronald “Butch” Lewis is a boxing promoter behind the success of many boxing legends, including Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, and the owner of Butch Lewis Productions.
Lewis has been a boxing promoter since the 1970s. He negotiated the largest guaranteed payday in boxing history for Michael Spinks in 1988 for the “Superfight”, Spinks vs. Mike Tyson. In 1991, Lewis added an entertainment arm to his company Butch Lewis Productions and produced the blockbuster Pay-Per-View event “James Brown: Living in America” and co-produced feature films in conjunction with the west coast production company of UIE co-owned by Lewis, BET and Tim Reid. They produced several feature films, including “Out of Sync” and “Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored.”
In February 2005 Butch Lewis Productions extended its entertainment arm into the music business and signed with the Def Jam Music Group to create Lewis’ own independent record label “Voicez.” Lewis is chairman of the label and is also a consultant in the entertainment world.

Yes he got Michael Spinks one hell of a payday for the Tyson fight.

RIP Butch

heart attack

RIP.

A great character and boxing could do with more like him.

the dickie bow with no shirt look was tragic.

spinks should be eternally grateful for opting out of that tournament.

cashed out big time.

RIP.

r i p butch lewis amy nd all the people in norway

King Geedorah wrote:RIP. Remember his interview about Tyson-Spinks.

"I go to the dressing room to speak to Mike Tyson and the man is punching the dressing room wall, punching holes in the wall, and he is going out to fight my guy, my little guy."

.............mmmmaaaaaaa liiiiiiil guuuuuy!....it was the way butch said it.
i winder if he had a tuxedo with no shirt on during his heart attack