ANTI LENNOX? REPORTS HAVE HBO DROPPING $20M OFFER

          HBO has "withdrawn its offer" to extend its contract
     with Lennox Lewis, according to Richard Sandomir of the N.Y.
     TIMES.  HBO had been negotiating a five-year deal worth
     "about" $20M with Lewis.  Boxing industry sources said that
     the withdrawal "did not preclude future talks," but that the
     postponement of the Evander Holyfield-Henry Akinwande bout
     last Saturday at MSG "led HBO to want to review its offer"
     (N.Y. TIMES, 6/9).  The WASHINGTON POST quotes a source as
     saying that HBO was "furious" to find that Lewis's handlers
     were negotiating with Don King and Showtime while Lewis was
     under contact with HBO.  The source adds that Lewis wanted
     two "outs" of his HBO deal, one to fight Holyfield, the
     other to fight Mike Tyson (WASHINGTON POST, 6/9).