Lennox Lewis out American contender Lionel Butler. However, at the behest of promoter Don King, the WBC bypassed him and gave Mike Tyson the first chance at the title recently won by Briton Frank Bruno from Oliver McCall. Bruno had previously lost to both Lewis and Tyson. Lewis had the number 1 contender's slot in the WBC rankings when he knocked out Australian Justin Fortune, then defeated former WBO Champion Tommy Morrison in October 1995, followed by Olympic gold medalist and former WBO champion Ray Mercer in a close majority decision in May 1996. Lewis successfully sued to force Tyson to make
Krzysztof Włodarczyk also beat undefeated Puerto Rican Palacios by UD and by SD in 2011/2012. In 2013 he upset undefeated Russian Olympic champion Rakhim Chakhkiev after coming off the deck to win by KO in Moscow for his arguably biggest win. Krzysztof Włodarczyk Krzysztof Włodarczyk ( ; born 19 September 1981) is a Polish professional boxer. He is a two-time former cruiserweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 2006 to 2007, and the WBC title from 2010 to 2014. Włodarczyk held the IBF Inter-Continental cruiserweight title during 2001-2002, the Polish International cruiserweight title during 2002-2004, the WBC Youth cruiserweight title