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Don't get me wrong. I'm not excusing Tyson. I don't like him. And he probably belongs in jail. But he's not auditioning to be a babysitter. He's just interested in getting in a ring and seeing if (as is more than likely) Lewis can knock his block off.

Oddly, it's not up to the people who would be involved -- Lewis, Tyson, and the general public. The tolltakers in the various state capitals have legislated for themselves the right to a say. And that's exactly what they are exercising. As a consequence, Tyson and Lewis are searching far and wide for a venue. Nigeria and the Philippines are the most recently named international candidates, while Washington, D.C. (still high on its love affair with crack-smoking former mayor Marion Barry), is mentioned as a domestic possibility.

All of this has reduced Mike Tyson to the pathetic status of the Shah or Baby Doc Duvalier or any other despot who is no longer welcome in familiar haunts and must search the world for a place to go. Which is why my money on where the fight will take place is on the one haven that usually welcomes these types, no questions asked: France. Bon jour, Michel et Lennox!

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