 Bush won his second USBA Boxing title when he won a twelve-round split decision over Kevin Hall 15-2(11 KOs) for the USBA Southern Middleweight Championship on October 2, 1997, in Virginia Beach, Virginia.In his first attempt at the NBA World Middleweight (-72.64 kg/160 lb) boxing title, Bush was TKO'd in round nine by Elvis Alexander in Virginia Beach on April 16, 1998.He also lost a unanimous decision to Tom Kimber at the "Mass Destruction" pay-per-view in Lowell, Massachusetts in May 1999 in a IKF World Middleweight (-75 kg/165.3 lb) Full Contact title challenge.