Sports
Butch Lewis, Michael Spinks’ promoter, called. On a good day, Butch is merely excitable.
March 21, 1987
In the late rounds, when it appeared more and more evident that the fight in the ring was going to be a wall-to-wall stinker, the smile on the face of a man in Row 3 grew broader and broader.
March 10, 1987
Sports Now
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May 5, 2010
Show Tracker
Oct. 29, 2010
Boxing promoter Butch Lewis was cleared of a disorderly person charge stemming from a brawl at a firehouse party last month in Deptford, N.J.
April 21, 1990
Promoter Butch Lewis is going to try to withdraw Michael Spinks from the $30-million HBO heavyweight championship unification series, according to Don King, Lewis’ partner in the series.
Oct. 1, 1986
Sept. 30, 1986
Olympics
Displaying skill beyond his 19 years, Steve Lewis, a UCLA sophomore, outleaned the more experienced world record-holder, Butch Reynolds, at the finish line Wednesday in the Olympic Stadium to become the 400-meter champion and the second-most famous Lewis of the Games.
Sept. 28, 1988
Sept. 29, 1988
Fight promoter Butch Lewis said he would not serve as co-promoter of two title fights for the World Boxing Assn. heavyweight championship, but he did not withdraw Michael Spinks from the HBO heavyweight unification series, as had been expected.
Oct. 2, 1986