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TYSON-HOLYFIELD REPLAY TO BE SHOWN ON ABC IN AUGUST

          The Mike Tyson-Evander Holyfield fight will be replayed
     on ABC, as it is paying $1M "for an early-August show
     expected to be in prime time," according to Rudy Martzke in
     USA TODAY.  Showtime and CBS had canceled CBS' August 9
     replay, after Showtime "claimed the publicity resulting from
     CBS' $750,000 deal affected Showtime's three replays." 
     ABC's deal will be announced after Showtime's third airing
     July 19.  Martzke: "In its deal, CBS had the right to match
     any network offer Showtime received, but it passed when
     presented with the $1 million figure" (USA TODAY, 7/11).
          MORE TYSON:  The OK Boxing Commission said it would
     allow Tyson to fight in its state as long as all the profits
     from the bout went to charities benefiting amateur boxing
     and underprivileged children (AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 7/11).
     ....Don King issued a statement on the revocation of Tyson's
     boxing license: "[I] am not going to second guess the
     decision.  Instead I am going to do everything I can for
     Mike Tyson" (Don King Productions).

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