Thursday, 10 November 2022

Lennox Lewis

 Lennox Claudius Lewis CBE CM CBE was born on 2 September, 1965. He was an ex-professional boxer and boxing announcer. Lewis is the undisputed champion in the heavyweight division and has been named three times world champion, and twice a lineal champion. Lewis who is a double Canadian as well as British citizen was a representative of Canada in the 1988 Olympics. He was awarded an Olympic gold medal in the super-heavyweight division after defeating Riddick Bowe. In his initial three years of professional fights, Lewis won numerous regional heavyweight titles, including those from the British, Commonwealth, and European. He won his first 21 fights, and managed to beat Donovan Ruddock in 1992, becoming the first position on the WBC rankings. In the following year, the champion was declared the WBC heavyweight champion following Riddick had to quit the title to not defend the title against Lewis. He defended the title three times before losing to Oliver McCall in a knockout in 1994. Lewis took home the vacant WBC title in 1997 following two rematches.

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