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
Roberto Bolonti Roberto Bolonti Roberto Feliciano Bolonti (born March 2, 1984) is an Argentine professional boxer who fights at Light Heavyweight. He is the current WBC Latino light heavyweight champion. On 17 November 2012, Bolonti was beat by Tony Bellew for the WBC silver title. Bellew was cut badly but went the full 12 rounds to a win unanimous decision. June 7, 2014 on a fight for the WBA World light heavyweight title, Bolonti lost in a Unanimous Decision against Juergen Braehmer. December 6, 2014 his fight against Jean Pascal ended in no contest after Canadian's unintentional foul. On 19 August 2015,