Lewis closes door on Tyson rematch

World heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis says Mike Tyson is scared of him and there is no chance of a rematch between the pair…

World heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis says Mike Tyson is scared of him and there is no chance of a rematch between the pair.

"I won't ever fight Tyson again," Lewis told British newspapers today from his training camp in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania.

"That's over . . . his time has passed," added the Briton, who will fight for the first time in more than a year when he takes on Canadian Kirk Johnson in Los Angeles on June 21st.

"He [Tyson] must have had bad dreams about the beating I gave him in Memphis last June."

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Lewis (37) is widely accepted as the heavyweight champion after his eight-round demolition of former title-holder Tyson last year.

The World Boxing Council may not sanction the fight with Johnson due to objections from German-based Ukrainian Vitali Klitschko, who believes he should be Lewis's opponent.

Lewis said he had banished thoughts of quitting the ring and believed he had two or three more meaningful fights left in him.