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Article: Lewis-Tyson Round-By-Round
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- June 9, 2002
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) _ Round-By-Round for the WBC and IBF heavyweight
title fight between champion Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson:
Before the fighters entered the ring, a dozen yellow-shirted security
guards formed a barrier from corner to corner to keep them apart.
The fighters received instructions in the dressing room from the referee
and didn't meet at the center of the ring to touch gloves, for fear
one would hit the other.
Tyson came into the ring first, wearing his customary cut-out towel
around his neck. The crowd stood cheering for the former champion.
There were some empty sections in the Pyramid Arena. Lewis walked
slowly to the ring to reggae music.
Lewis ...