Lennox Lewis and Vitali Klitschko to box again …. in an exhibition in Kiev!

07/06/2018 James Slater

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6VQd95NRMM Fifteen years ago last month they met in Los Angeles in one of the most exciting, … continue

Fifteen Years On: Recalling the bloody, brilliant and controversial Lewis-Klitschko war

06/18/2018 James Slater

https://youtu.be/NNArA_9GhBc?t=4s It was 15 long years ago this month (June 21) when heavyweight greats Lennox Lewis (established … continue

Who does Lennox Lewis rate as the best puncher he ever faced?

05/05/2018 James Slater

Retired heavyweight great Lennox Lewis met and defeated a long list of fine fighters during his pro … continue

Twenty Years On: The Lewis-Briggs rumble

03/27/2018 James Slater

Twenty long years ago ago (March 28 1998), WBC heavyweight king Lennox Lewis met lineal ruler Shannon … continue

Lennox Lewis responds to Wilder’s Tyson claim: I like Wilder’s confidence, but…

01/28/201801/28/2018 James Slater

Plenty of fight fans have read about Deontay Wilder’s recent claim that he would have beaten – destroyed even – the peak, or near-peak, 1986 version of Mike Tyson. Most, by a large margin, not only disagree with the reigning WBC champ’s claim, but are also offended by it. Such is the ongoing adulation “Iron Mike” is held in, practically no-one is willing to hear such talk.

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Video: Who is the greatest heavyweight since Muhammad Ali?

12/03/201712/02/2017 Rummys Corner

Muhammad Ali (56-5, 37 KOs) is widely viewed as the greatest heavyweight of all time. During his long and illustrious career, Ali has the unique distinction of being the only three time lineal heavyweight champion in the rich history of professional boxing.

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25 years ago today this Halloween: Lennox Lewis ices Razor Ruddock in terrifying performance

10/31/201710/30/2017 James Slater

Sometimes in heavyweight boxing a fighter, with just one win, arrives on the world stage and captures the attention of anyone and everyone interested in boxing in a massive way. This was exactly what happened on this day, Halloween, in 1992. Lennox Lewis may already have been known to a good share of fight fans, due to his winning the Olympic gold medal in 1988, but his performance on this night really catapulted the Brit to superstardom.

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Lennox Lewis-Frank Bruno: the last great heavyweight title fight staged in Cardiff

10/27/2017 James Slater

As we are today, fans, most of them British, were getting ready for a heavyweight showdown in Cardiff, Wales back in October of 1993. Back then, Lennox Lewis was defending his WBC title (the one he had picked out of the garbage after Riddick Bowe unceremoniously placed it there rather than face Lewis in a return meeting of their 1988 Olympic clash) against British folk hero Frank Bruno.

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Happy Birthday, Lennox Lewis – The greatest heavyweight champ after Ali?

09/03/201709/02/2017 James Slater

“Not in this lifetime,” heavyweight legend George Foreman on the subject of him fighting Lennox Lewis.

Retired heavyweight legend Lennox Lewis turns 52 today. The last undisputed world heavyweight king holds another fine distinction: that of being a fighter who defeated every opponent he ever faced. Yes, Lewis suffered defeat – by stoppage, at the hands of Oliver McCall in 1994 and to Hasim Rahman in 2001 – but he did what the greats fighters do: come back and get revenge.

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Lennox Lewis on Mayweather vs McGregor: Is he going to throw a kick?

08/21/2017 James Slater

Heavyweight great Lennox Lewis, who occasionally works as a guest commentator now that his own boxing career has ended, is not looking forward to this Saturday’s big, heavily hyped Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor crossover fight. In fact, in speaking with BBC Sport, Lewis referred to the fight as “a farce.”

Lewis said he will not be travelling to Las Vegas to watch the fight “unless they pay me to commentate on it.” Lewis, however, did say there is some mystery to the fight – “everybody wants to know what’s going to happen,” he said.

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