Tyson will fight again for me — Lewis

After Tyson beat Lou Savarese in his previous fight, Tyson said he wanted to rip out Lewis’ heart and feed it to him. He also wanted to eat Lewis’ children.

A couple of days before the Golota fight, Tyson said he knew Lewis doesn’t have children.

Golota wanted to quit after the first round, and he did quit after the second — on his feet as Tyson cursed him while being restrained from dashing across the ring. A crowd of 16,228 jeered lustily and later showered Golota with popcorn, soda and beer.

Golota was roundly criticised, both in the United States and his native Poland. But upon returning to Chicago, where he lives, he was admitted to the hospital.

“He is in intensive care under observation for a concussion,” said Donald Tremblay, a spokesman for Main Events, Golota’s promoter.

A nursing supervisor at Resurrection Medical Center told Associated Press she did not have any information on Golota.

Golota showed no signs of distress after he left the ring. But Tremblay said Kathy Duva, Chief executive officer of Main Events, said she was told Golota was complaining of nausea during the night and that after returning to Chicago he complained of a headache and being nauseous.

“I thought the whole thing was a circus,” Lewis said. “I thought the animals came to the circus. Tyson was a shadow of his past self. It looked like Golota could handle him, but he didn’t have the heart.”

The fight would be a sour way for Tyson to leave boxing. And a lot of people who follow Tyson or are involved in his career believe, as Lewis does, that the former undisputed heavyweight champion will continue to fight.

Shelly Finkel, Tyson’s adviser, said the fighter said this would be his last fight, and “at this moment that holds true.”

Immediately after the match in the Palace of Auburn Hills outside Detroit, however, Finkel said, “This leaves him unfulfilled. He will probably take a couple weeks off and reassess.”

It is difficult to believe that at 34, not old for a heavyweight, Tyson would walk away from boxing.

Because of tax and other out-of-ring problems, Tyson is not financially comfortable. Multimillion-dollar purses remain to be had, especially in a challenge to Lewis, who will defend the WBC-IBF titles against David Tua on November 11 or a third fight against Evander Holyfield, recognised by the WBA as champion.