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====Tyson vs. Bruno II, Seldon==== Tyson regained one belt by easily winning the WBC title against [[Frank Bruno]] in March 1996. It was the second fight between the two, and Tyson knocked out Bruno in the third round.<ref>Bellfield, Lee., [http://www.saddoboxing.com/967-boxing-history-1996-bruno-tyson-ii.html March 1996 β Frank Bruno vs. Mike Tyson II] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212035834/http://www.saddoboxing.com/967-boxing-history-1996-bruno-tyson-ii.html |date=February 12, 2008 }}, ''Saddoboxing.com'', March 18, 2005. Retrieved March 26, 2007.</ref> In 1996, [[Lennox Lewis]] turned down a $13.5 million guarantee to fight Tyson. This would've been Lewis's highest fight purse to date. Lewis then accepted $4 million from Don King to step aside and allow Tyson to fight [[Bruce Seldon]] for an expected $30 million instead with the intention that if Tyson defeated Seldon, he would fight Lewis next.<ref>{{cite news|title=BOXING;Bronchitis Stops Tyson: Seldon Fight Is Off|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/04/sports/boxing-bronchitis-stops-tyson-seldon-fight-is-off.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 4, 1996|access-date=May 3, 2017|archive-date=August 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828061955/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/04/sports/boxing-bronchitis-stops-tyson-seldon-fight-is-off.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Tyson added the WBA belt by defeating champion Seldon in the first round in September that year. Seldon was severely criticized and mocked in the popular press for seemingly collapsing to innocuous punches from Tyson.<ref>Gordon, Randy., [http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/randy.htm Tyson-Seldon 1β1β1β1β1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100112202309/http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/randy.htm |date=January 12, 2010 }}, ''Cyberboxingzone.com'', September 4, 1996. Retrieved March 26, 2007.</ref>
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