Lennox Lewis vs. Lionel Butler
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Lennox Lewis 248 lbs beat Lionel Butler 261 lbs by TKO at 2:55 in round 5 of 12
- Date: 1995-05-13
- Location: Arco Arena, Sacramento, California, USA
- Referee: Marty Denkin
- Judge: Chuck Hassett
- Judge: Larry O'Connell
- Judge: Angel Luis Guzman
- WBC Heavyweight Title Eliminator
Notes
- There was a crowd of 8,103.
- Lewis was ranked second by the WBC and Butler was ranked third.
- This was Lewis' first fight since losing to Oliver McCall and his first fight with trainer Emanuel Steward.
- Butler was knocked down twice in the fifth round.
- After Butler had begun his career with a record of 6-10-1, coming into this bout he had put together a 16-0-0-1 (15 KO) winning streak. Lewis ended that streak and Butler's career at world level.