THE World Boxing Council (WBC) said last night that Mike Tyson relinquished its heavyweight championship.
The WBC declared the heavyweight title vacant and said it would hold a public purse bid for a title fight between Lennox Lewis of Britain and Oliver McCall of the United States.
The WBC move followed an order by a New Jersey court earlier this year that Tyson had to fight Lewis before facing World Boxing Association (WBA) champion Bruce Seldon. But Tyson's promoter, Don King, paid Lewis $4 million to step aside and agree that Tyson's WBC belt would not be on the line against Seldon in their September 7th bout. Tyson stopped Seldon in the first round to win the WBA title.
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