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Lennox Claudius Lewis CM CBE (born 2 September 1965) is a boxing commentator and former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2003. He is a three-time world heavyweight champion, a two-time lineal champion, and held the undisputed championship.
Commonwealth Boxing Council Heavy. Eliminator for WBC Heavyweight Title. Ruddock down once in 1st, twice in 2nd. Shortly after this fight, Lewis was proclaimed the WBC Heavyweight Champion as Riddick Bowe refused to face him. 1992-08-11.
Jun 2, 2022 · The Most Devastating Lennox Lewis KnockoutsWe've talked about some of the greatest fighters in heavyweight division in the history of boxing, David Tua, the ...
Jul 22, 2024 · Lennox Lewis (born September 2, 1965, London, England) is the first British boxer to hold the undisputed heavyweight world championship since Bob Fitzsimmons held the title in 1899. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.) Lewis was born to Jamaican parents, spent his early childhood in England, and then moved with his mother to ...
Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson, billed as Lewis–Tyson: Is On, was a heavyweight professional boxing match that took place on June 8, 2002, at the Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee. The defending unified WBC, IBF, IBO, and The Ring champion Lennox Lewis defeated former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson by knockout in the ...
Aug 8, 2018 · Lennox Lewis was the finest heavyweight of his generation, a veteran of a decade at the top. He held the world title on three separate occasions before officially walking away in 2004 and now he ...
On December 14, 1992, Riddick Bowe held a news conference and dumped his WBC title into a garbage can. "If Lewis wants the belt, he has to get it out of the garbage," Bowe said. The WBC then declared Lennox Lewis the new WBC heavyweight champion. Lewis was the first British-born boxer to win a world heavyweight title since Bob Fitzsimmons in 1897.
May 16, 2024 · 16 May 2024. Boxing great Lennox Lewis is tipping “bigger guy” Tyson Fury to become undisputed world heavyweight champion by beating Oleksandr Usyk. The winner of Saturday's super-fight in ...
Mar 13, 2019 · Lennox Lewis' celebrations were cut short when his fight against Evander Holyfield was scored a draw. By Mike Costello. BBC boxing correspondent. On 13 March 1999, Britain's Lennox Lewis fought ...
Born Lennox Claudius Lewis in West Ham, England on September 2, 1965. The 6' 5” Lewis registered an 85-9 amateur record and capped his amateur career by defeating Riddick Bowe for the 1988 Olympic super heavyweight gold medal. After turning pro in 1989, he won the EBU heavyweight title in 1990 and scored wins over Gary Mason, Mike Weaver ...
