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ATLANTA, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Mike Tyson has been granted a license to box in Georgia, fueling speculation that the fight between Tyson and heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis might be held this June in Atlanta, it was reported Wednesday.
Tom Mishou, administrator of the Georgia Boxing Commission, said Tyson was granted a license on Feb. 7, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Mishou also said he had been advised by the Georgia Dome that "a site fee of $13 million has been put up and a date on June 8 has been penciled in."
However, Gary Shaw, Lewis' promoter, said he had heard only "a lot of talk."
"That doesn't mean it couldn't happen," he said. "The bottom line is I haven't seen a concrete offer from Atlanta. There's been a lot of talk but I haven't seen anything in writing."
He added that if the report is true, "I would say that Atlanta would be one of the leading candidates."
The fight was to have been staged in Las Vegas in April, but Tyson was denied a license in Nevada.
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