Lennox Lewis
Lennox Lewis
Lennox Claudius Lewis, CM, CBE,is a former professional boxer who reigned as the last undisputed world heavyweight champion. He holds dual British and Canadian citizenship. As an amateur he represented Canada at the 1988 Olympics, winning a gold medal in the super-heavyweight division after defeating future world champion Riddick Bowe in the final. As a professional Lewis became undisputed champion by defeating Evander Holyfield, successfully unifiying his WBC title with Holyfield's WBA and IBF titles. Prior to the rematch he...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionBoxer
Date of Birth2 September 1965
There is not too much left for me to do, but I am sure there are a couple of great fights out there for me. I have basically achieved my goals. There are a few fights the public wants to see, and that is really what is left for me.
People are still crying out for Lennox Lewis. They still want to see Lennox Lewis. That motivated me. I am still young. I have a couple fights left in me.
Rage takes energy, and I want to keep my energy focused. If a man hits me, I'll think, good for you, that's a good shot.
Here I will help build up other athletes around the world and help them avoid the mistakes I made,
When you go into the other guy's backyard you cannot hope to win on points.
So, I gave my belts out to others to give them a chance.
My main goal was to win all the belts, and I have done that.
If the money's right, I'm happy to bust up the other side of his face... No problem.
I have been in there with all of them and there is nothing left for me to prove.
After you win all these belts, you cannot fight all these mandatory guys.
When you look back in history and see other fighters coming back, it's never really been good for them.
The fight will last as long as I allow it to last, and then I will knock him out.
greatest boxer in his era who retired at the right time.
I wanted to prove I was the best fighter in the world.