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Lewis: Tyson a 'train wreck ready to happen'

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LONDON -- Lennox Lewis wants to fight Mike Tyson, and calls him a "train wreck ready to happen."

After Tyson stopped Lou Savarese in 38 seconds in Glasgow, Scotland, the former heavyweight champion said of Lewis: "I want your heart. I want to eat your children."

Tyson added that when he does fight Lewis, "I will rip out his heart and feed it to him."

Lewis dismissed Tyson's taunts and said he's ready to give up his IBF belt to fight him.

"He's a train wreck ready to happen," Lewis said in British newspapers Tuesday. "It's no big thing for me to fight him. Tyson's style cannot beat me."

Lewis said he would fight Tyson ahead of his ordered IBF title defense against David Tua, scheduled for November.

"The Tua fight doesn't really matter to me," Lewis said. "I'd give up the IBF belt. Right now the belts don't matter to me because I'm still undisputed. If he's (Tyson) mentally and physically right I'd fight him tomorrow. I would get a lot of money but the main reason for getting in the ring would be to knock him out."

Lewis is training in the United States for his July 15 fight in London against Francois Botha.

Meanwhile, Frank Warren confirmed Tuesday he will never promote Mike Tyson again after his fighter's performance in Glasgow.

Warren said Saturday's fight was a "nightmare." Warren reportedly had a physical confrontation with Tyson last week over an unpaid jewelry bill of more than $600,000.

The British Boxing Board of Control said Monday it will meet this week to decide on possible action against Tyson for his post-bout outburst and for hitting Savarese after the fight was stopped, knocking down referee John Coyle in the process.




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