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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.
Lennox Lewis is a retired British heavyweight boxer who won multiple world titles and defeated Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Vitali Klitschko. See his full boxing record, stats, bouts, awards and biography on BoxRec.
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May 19, 2024 · Lennox Lewis, first British boxer to hold the undisputed world heavyweight championship since Bob Fitzsimmons did so in 1899. Lewis also won a gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Learn more about Lennox’s life and career, including his notable matches.
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Sep 19, 2023 · Exploring the legacy of Lennox Lewis, one of Britain's greatest-ever heavyweight champions. Over 15 years since his final fight, Lennox Lewis remains one of the most accomplished heavyweight boxers Britain has ever produced. With an outstanding professional record of 41 wins (32 KO), 2 losses and 1 draw, Lewis captured the WBC, IBF, IBO and ...
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- Lennox Lewis vs Frank Bruno - (Oct 1 1993, Cardiff Arms Park) TKO in round 7 - Retained WBC heavyweight title. While Lennox Lewis is now regarded as Britain's greatest heavyweight of the modern era, he certainly wasn't the most popular during the early 1990s.
- Lennox Lewis vs Andrew Golota (Oct 4, 1997 - Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City) KO 1 - Retained WBC heavyweight title. Four years down the line from the win over Bruno, Lewis, now once-beaten following a shock second-round stoppage from the unheralded Oliver McCall in 1994, had still yet to fully earn the respect of a boxing public.
- Lennox Lewis vs Evander Holyfield (Mar 13, 1999 - Madison Square Garden) Retained WBC heavyweight title - For WBA and IBF heavyweight titles. Following an exciting win against a game Shannon Briggs and a hard-fought decision victory against the previously unbeaten Z eljko Mavrovic, Lewis now stood on the brink of heavyweight greatness with a unified title bout against WBA and IBF ruler Evander Holyfield set for Madison Square Garden in March of 1999.
- Lennox Lewis vs Hasim Rahman (Nov 17, 2001 Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas) KO in round 4 - Won WBC, IBF, and IBO heavyweight titles. Having made three further successful defences of his heavyweight titles against Michael Grant, Francois Botha and David Tua, Lewis would suffer a shocking and brutal fifth-round KO loss at the hands of American Hasim Rahman in South Africa in early 2001.
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Aug 8, 2018 · Former heavyweight champ Lennox Lewis fought the best opposition put in front of him for over 10 years. Now he'll take boxing fans on a glorious trip down boxing's memory lane, back to that...
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. The Boxing Writers Association of America named Lewis Fighter of the Year for 1999.
