Lennox Lewis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Lennox Lewis

British-Canadian boxer

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1965

Place of Birth: London Borough of Newham, England, United Kingdom

Profession: boxer

Nationality: Canada, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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About Lennox Lewis

  • Lennox Claudius Lewis , (born 2 September 1965) is a retired professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2003.
  • He is a three-time world heavyweight champion, a two-time lineal champion, and remains the last heavyweight to hold the undisputed title.
  • Holding dual British and Canadian citizenship, Lewis represented Canada as an amateur at the 1988 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in the super-heavyweight division after defeating Riddick Bowe in the final. In his first three years as a professional, Lewis won several regional heavyweight championships, including the European, British, and Commonwealth titles.
  • After winning his first 21 fights, he defeated Donovan Ruddock in 1992 to take over the number one position in the WBC rankings.
  • He was declared WBC heavyweight champion later that year after Riddick Bowe gave up the title to avoid defending it against Lewis.
  • He defended the title three times before an upset knockout loss to Oliver McCall in 1994.
  • Lewis avenged the loss in a 1997 rematch to win back the vacant WBC title. Two fights against Evander Holyfield in 1999 (the first ending in a controversial draw) saw Lewis become undisputed heavyweight champion by unifying his WBC title with Holyfield's WBA and IBF titles, as well as the vacant IBO title.
  • In 2000, the WBA stripped Lewis of their title when he chose to face Michael Grant instead of mandatory challenger John Ruiz. Lewis was knocked out by Hasim Rahman in a 2001 upset, but this defeat was avenged later in the year.
  • In 2002, Lewis defeated Mike Tyson in one of the most highly anticipated fights in boxing history.
  • Prior to the event, Lewis was awarded the Ring magazine heavyweight title, which had been discontinued in the late 1980s.
  • In what would be his final fight, in 2003, Lewis defeated Vitali Klitschko in a bloody encounter.
  • He vacated his remaining titles and retired from boxing in 2004. Lewis often refers to himself as "the pugilist specialist".
  • He is 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) tall, with an 84 in (213 cm) reach, and weighed about 245 lb (111 kg) during his boxing prime.
  • He is regarded by many as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time, and one of the greatest British fighters of all time.
  • He has the fourth longest combined title streak in post-war heavyweight history at 15 title bouts.
  • In 1999 he was named Fighter of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America, and BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
  • BoxRec currently ranks Lewis as the 16th best heavyweight boxer of all time.

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