w ande ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁defend ▁the ▁bel t ▁twice , ▁with ▁vict ories ▁over ▁Russian ▁Alexander ▁Z ol kin ▁by ▁T K O ▁and ▁a ▁decision ▁over ▁fellow ▁Brit on ▁Scott ▁Wel ch , ▁who ▁had ▁won ▁the ▁W BO ▁Inter cont inental ▁Title ▁with ▁a ▁sto pp age ▁over ▁the ▁ 4 6 - year - old ▁Joe ▁Bug ner . ▁ ▁A kin w ande ▁vs . ▁Lewis ▁ ▁The ▁W BO ▁bel t ▁was ▁then ▁vac ated ▁so ▁that ▁A kin w ande ▁could ▁purs ue ▁a ▁challenge ▁to ▁W BC ▁champion ▁Len no x ▁Lewis ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 . ▁The ▁fight ▁took ▁place ▁at ▁Ca es ars ▁T ah oe ▁in ▁Nev ada . ▁A kin w ande ▁was ▁str ang ely ▁sub du ed ▁and ▁spent ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁fight ▁attempting ▁to ▁cl inch ▁Lewis . ▁After ▁repeated ▁warnings , ▁ref eree ▁M ills ▁Lane ▁finally ▁ran ▁out ▁of ▁p atience ▁and ▁dis qual ified ▁A kin w ande ▁for ▁repeated ▁holding ▁in ▁the ▁ 5 th ▁round . ▁ ▁A ▁proposed ▁challenge ▁to ▁Ev ander ▁Holy field ▁for ▁the ▁W BA ▁bel t ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁was ▁later ▁abandoned ▁after ▁A kin w ande ▁tested ▁positive ▁for ▁he pat itis ▁B . ▁This ▁meant ▁a ▁length y ▁spell ▁of ▁recovery ▁for ▁A kin w ande , ▁but ▁he ▁was ▁finally ▁cleared ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁the ▁ring ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁ ▁A kin w ande ▁won ▁his