Legendary Boxing Promoter Butch Lewis Passed Away Saturday Morning

Discussion in 'Boxing/MMA Talk' started by themush, Jul 24, 2011.

  1. themush

    themush iDIOT sAVANT

    Butch Lewis, the colorful boxing promoter who worked with Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and Michael and Leon Spinks, has died. He was 65. Funeral home owner Sammy Congo of Congo Funeral Home in Wilmington, Del., says he received notification of Lewis' death on Saturday morning and was expected to meet family members on Sunday. He did not have information about how Lewis died. Lewis was best known in the ring for sporting tuxedos with no shirt and being involved in some of the sport's biggest fights.

    Source ESPN.com
     
  2. Tarkus

    Tarkus The Thread Stalker

    Another door into the past is closed.

    RIP, Butch
     
  3. 86WARD

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