Tyson to return Georgia license

ATLANTA (AP) -- Mike Tyson adviser Shelly Finkel said today that the boxer will return the Georgia boxing license he received when Atlanta was being considered as a site for a Tyson-Lennox Lewis championship bout.

Finkel said there is no reason to have the license when it will not be used. Finkel said the license obtained Feb. 7 from the Georgia Boxing Commission will be returned Tuesday.

The Georgia Dome was one of the locations mentioned as a possible venue for the Tyson-Lewis fight originally scheduled for Las Vegas after the Nevada Athletic Commission denied Tyson a license on January 29th.

Governor Roy Barnes said last week that he had asked the boxing commission to rescind the license. Barnes called Tyson a "sexual predator."

Commission administrator Tom Mishou said the panel would meet Wednesday and the Tyson-Lewis matter would not be discussed. Mishou said he had talked with representatives of both fighters, and they said Georgia is out of the picture for the fight.

 

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