Boxing: Lewis undecided over fate of Tyson bout

Britain’s world heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis today refused to rule out a fight with Mike Tyson despite revealing that his rival had bitten a chunk out of his leg at a press conference last week.

The bout, which was to have been held in Las Vegas in April, was thrown into doubt after commissioners in Nevada voted against Tyson being given a permit for the match after his brawl with Lewis and verbal obscenities at the press conference in New York.

Today Lewis said he was ‘‘considering his options’’ and said: ‘‘Now that the licensing proceedings are over and the licence has been denied, I am no longer bound to remain silent.

‘‘The fact that Mike Tyson bit through my trousers and took a significant piece of flesh out of my thigh.’’

He added that he required a tetanus jab from doctors after being bitten.

‘‘I did have to take one afterwards in my hotel room. In fact they wanted me to go to hospital but I didn’t want the drama.’’