Why not Bowe vs Tyson?

[THE PHILOSOPHER]

I remember watching Mills Lane interwiew saying he felt Bowe was a notch better than Tyson....but i would have loved to see them fight then.

Bowe's best came and went while Mike was locked up. I dont think bowe was on the radar when Tyson went to prison. By the time he got out Bowe was taking a pounding from Andrew Golota.

The original plan was that Bowe would fight Lewis in early '96, then Tyson in late '96 or early '97.

However, Main Events were very keen on pushing Andrew Golota and successfully lobbied HBO to 'jump the gun' on that fight to arrange Bowe vs Golota instead.

The rest is history...