by Michael Marley
He’s been in the foxhole fighting alongside Manny Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum.
Butch Lewis, the Svengali who got light heavyweight champion Michael Spinks $13.5 million for a 1987 one round KO loss to then dominating Mike Tyson, was a Top Rank VP many years ago.
Later, he fought against Arum on various fronts.
Lewis also had a brief but explosive promotional partnership with the legendary Arum archrival Don King. Their short-lived company was known as Dynamic Duo.
He also adroitly handled the talented but not dedicated Neon Leon Spinks.
So Lewis, now mainly a music business honcho who pals around with BET founder Bob Johnson and actor Denzel Washington, knows the ins and outs of the boxing boardroom.
Or, as Lewis would put it, he’s been “down in the trenches.”
Lewis said Monday that he thinks the embattled Arum is fighting on two sides in the twisting saga of making or not making the Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather mega bout.
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