The conflicting opinions put the boxing commission under pressure.
The Nevada boxing commission even summoned Garcia to show his process to 20 of its inspectors.
Tyson was granted a license by the three-member boxing commission in Washington on Tuesday night.
The District of Columbia's boxing commission gave him a license this week to fight the heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis.
Butler's purse of $10,000 will almost certainly be held by the boxing commission, said Cedric Kushner, the fight's promoter.
Despite Johnson's suspension in Canada, the boxing commission in South Carolina approved a fight in August between Johnson and Otilio Villarreal.
The Boxing Commission was brought into being by the Walker Act, drafted by the Mayor and signed by Governor Smith It authorized "boxing and sparring" only.
The only other piece of legislation that bears his name is the Hartley Law, passed in '34, which created a boxing commission for theDist. of Columbia.
For all of his five-fight amateur career, Newell competed in Massachusetts, where the boxing commission had not yet been assigned authority over M.M.A.
Before the bout, the Michigan boxing commission was upset that Tyson made a mockery of some of its rules, including refusing to give a urine sample, Campbell said.
In Florida, where the boxing commission does not regulate bouts with prizes of less than $50, Toughman limits prizes to a trophy and a jacket.
