Star Spangled Glory: Lennox Lewis vs. Tony Tucker

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Rather than face mandatory challenger Lennox Lewis, Heavyweight Champion Riddick Bowe publicly dumps the WBC title in a garbage can, thereby forfeiting the title to Lewis. For his first defense, Lewis crosses the pond to take on former titlist Tony Tucker. Lewis puts Tucker down for the first time in his career on a huge right hand in the third round. Tucker hangs in to stun Lewis in the eighth but ends the round out on his own feet. Lewis follows up with another knockdown in the ninth but fails to close the show and settles for a decisive points victory.