A year later, Lewis had a rematch with Biggs. This time around was a much different result as Lewis manhandled the American winning in a third-round knockout. It was redemption and preparation for the bigger fights that loomed just around the corner. In that fight, McCall stunned Lewis in a second-round knockout.
Lewis remained undeterred and over the next four years won nine consecutive fights including a rematch victory over McCall, plus defeats of Henry Akinwande and Shannon Briggs. In March , Lewis and Evander Holyfield battled for 12 hard-fought round. ES Mag. Follow us:. Password Please enter a valid password. Submit Submit. Lennox Lewis. By Richard Parry. By Matt Majendie. By John Dillon.
London Frank Maloney hints at return to boxing after undergoing sex change. By Standard Reporter. Lennox Lewis has accomplished more in one boxing career than most people can imagine. He is known for his calculated fighting style and grace in the ring. He turned professional in and went on to gain the European title in and the British Commonwealth Heavyweight title in In November Lewis and Evander Holyfield met once again in the ring after their earlier fight ended in a controversial draw.
The crowning moment in his career came in June when Lewis ceremoniously defeated Mike Tyson. Along with Muhammad Ali and Evander Holyfield before him, Lewis is one of three boxers in history to have won the heavyweight championship three times.
I want to eat his children. Lewis laughs. Did Lewis ever feel apprehensive of Tyson? Yes, because TV made him look like King Kong. Lewis was much bigger than Tyson. He also could rely on his technical excellence and steady temperament to bludgeon Tyson to an eighth-round stoppage that shattered the myth of Iron Mike once and for all. Was it as easy as Manny promised? There was a misconception that Lewis, because he played chess rather than spewed out trash-talk, was not as hard as his American counterparts Tyson, Bowe and Evander Holyfield.
His complicated British and Canadian past was also misleading because it implied he had not withstood the adversity endured by US heavyweights. But Lewis lost his mother for five years at a crucial stage of his young life and he knew his father only fleetingly. He slipped towards a troubled existence until his mum finally managed to bring him to Canada — where he soon discovered boxing.
He was nurtured by his first trainer, Arnie Boehm, about whom Lewis still speaks warmly. He cared about kids. Boehm also took Lewis to the Catskills so he could spar Tyson who, being a year younger, was They met the first time then and got along great.
They had the same type of love for boxing and care for us as kids. It was an important visit because I wanted to learn my craft and be a pugilist specialist.
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