LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Well, this fight proposed between Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson may be moving from theory to fact here fairly soon. We are getting word now that there is a late report here on the wires that Washington, D.C. has issued Mike Tyson a boxing license. Now, as you may know, if you have been following the story, Lennox Lewis has saying he would not fight Mike Tyson if he was not granted a license, and in fairly short order because they want to have this fight by June 8 so as not to compete with the World Cup that is coming up a couple weeks after that. Well, now the word is that the Washington, D.C. area is going to issue Mike Tyson -- or has issued him a boxing license, and now we have to wait and see if Lennox Lewis has agreed now to setting a fight date.</s>DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Not just a license. Remember, he got it here in Georgia, too, and then the governor came out and said, not in my state.</s>HARRIS: Exactly.</s>KAGAN: Apparently the mayor of Washington, D.C. is saying, bring it on.</s>HARRIS: And why?</s>KAGAN: Money.</s>HARRIS: Because of the money it is going to generate in the economy in Washington, D.C. So, there you go. Money talks.</s>KAGAN: Money, Money. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Washington, D.C. Grants Tyson Boxing License