Lennox Lewis Urges Deontay Wilder to Retire After Zhang Loss
Retired boxing great Lennox Lewis said today that he would like to see Deontay Wilder retire after his loss last Saturday night against Zhilei Zhang in Riyadh.
Retired boxing great Lennox Lewis said today that he would like to see Deontay Wilder retire after his loss last Saturday night against Zhilei Zhang in Riyadh.
Heavyweight great and the last man to hold undisputed status, Lennox Lewis has given his take on the fast approaching four-belt unification showdown between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk.
There is no doubting the greatness of Lennox Lewis, the last undisputed heavyweight king. And for sure there is no doubt in Lewis’ own mind when it comes to whether or not he ranks right up there with the likes of Muhammad Ali, Rocky Marciano, Joe Louis and others.
Today marks the 25th anniversary of what could so easily be referred to as the single most disgraceful decision in world heavyweight championship boxing history.
When glancing at the headline of the article in which heavyweight legend, former four-time heavyweight ruler Evander Holyfield, says he was “robbed” of a deserved win in a fight, I instantly thought of the December 2008 fight an aging “Real Deal” had with Russian giant Nikolay Valuev.
The great Lennox Lewis is on record as saying Ray Mercer, who Lewis won a close decision over in a great action fight in May of 1996, is the man who have him THE hardest fight of his career.
June 21, 2003 – The Staples Center, Los Angeles. It was on this day when heavyweight king Lennox Lewis took on WBC number-one ranked contender Vitali Klitschko, this in a fight that came on short notice for both men, Kirk Johnson, Lewis’ original foe, pulling out injured.
It’s odd sometimes, how a certain date can produce some big boxing upsets. Case in point, April 22. It was on this day, in different years, indeed one of these fights taking place in a different decade, when three shockers took place in fights that contested the world heavyweight title.
Like the rest of the planet’s population, heavyweight great Lennox Lewis wants to see Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk get it on in a historic four-belt heavyweight unification showdown.
March 28, 1998 – Atlantic City Convention Center.
Lennox Lewis, 32-1 and the reigning WBC heavyweight champion, met Shannon Briggs, 30-1 and the reigning lineal heavyweight champion.