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Lennox Claudius Lewis, CM
Order of Canada

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, CBE
Order of the British Empire

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 (born September 2, 1965) is a retired boxer
Boxing

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 who won gold for Canada
Canada

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 at the 1988 Olympic Games
Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in the Chamshil Students' Gymnasium in Seoul. The boxing schedule began on September 17 and ended on October 2....
 as an amateur
Amateur boxing

Amateur boxing is practiced at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, and in many other venues sponsored by amateur boxing associations....
. As a professional boxer
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
 he became the undisputed World heavyweight champion
Undisputed Champion

In professional boxing, the undisputed champion of a Boxing weight classes is a boxer who is recognized as the world champion at that class by all the major sanctioning bodies....


Along with Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali

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 and Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield

Evander Holyfield is a professional boxing from the United States and a multiple world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal"....
, Lewis is one of three boxers in history to have won the heavyweight championship three times.

Lewis is 195cm
Metre

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 (6 ft 5 in) tall and has an 84-in reach
Reach (physical measurement)

Reach is the physical measurement of the length from one end of an individual's arms to the other when raised parallel to the ground at shoulder height....
, much longer than average for his height. During his boxing prime, he weighed 113kg (250lb
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Lennox Claudius Lewis, CM
Order of Canada

The Order of Canada is Canada's highest civilian order and is the centrepiece of the Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada. Membership in the order is accorded to those who exemplify the order's Latin motto, taken from Epistle to the Hebrews 11:16, desiderantes meliorem patriam, meaning "They desire a better country."...
, CBE
Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
 (born September 2, 1965) is a retired boxer
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
 who won gold for Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 at the 1988 Olympic Games
Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in the Chamshil Students' Gymnasium in Seoul. The boxing schedule began on September 17 and ended on October 2....
 as an amateur
Amateur boxing

Amateur boxing is practiced at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, and in many other venues sponsored by amateur boxing associations....
. As a professional boxer
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
 he became the undisputed World heavyweight champion
Undisputed Champion

In professional boxing, the undisputed champion of a Boxing weight classes is a boxer who is recognized as the world champion at that class by all the major sanctioning bodies....


Along with Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali is a retired United States boxing and former three-time List of heavyweight boxing champions.As an amateur, Ali won a gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in the light heavyweight division gold medal....
 and Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield

Evander Holyfield is a professional boxing from the United States and a multiple world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal"....
, Lewis is one of three boxers in history to have won the heavyweight championship three times.

Lewis is 195cm
Metre

The metre or meter is a Unit of measurement of length. It is the SI base unit of length in the metric system and in the International System of Units , used around the world for general and scientific purposes....
 (6 ft 5 in) tall and has an 84-in reach
Reach (physical measurement)

Reach is the physical measurement of the length from one end of an individual's arms to the other when raised parallel to the ground at shoulder height....
, much longer than average for his height. During his boxing prime, he weighed 113kg (250lb
Pound (mass)

The pound or pound-mass is a Units of measurement of massused in the Imperial unit, United States customary units and other systems of measurement....
). Lewis often referred to himself as "the pugilist specialist".

Biography


Early life

Lewis was born in West Ham
West Ham

West Ham is a district in the London Borough of Newham, in East London, England, England, located east of Charing Cross.From 1889 to 1965 it formed part of the County Borough of West Ham....
, London, England in 1965 to Jamaica
Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is about south of Cuba, and west of the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated....
n born parents, and moved to Kitchener, Ontario
Kitchener, Ontario

The City of Kitchener is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916....
, Canada in 1977 at the age of 12. He attended Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute
Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute

Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute is a public school secondary school in Kitchener, Ontario. It is part of the International Baccalaureate program....
 for high school, where he excelled in the sports of Canadian football
Canadian football

Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played chiefly in Canada in which two teams of twelve players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide , attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area ....
, soccer
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
 and basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
. He eventually decided that his favourite sport was boxing. He became a dominant amateur boxer and won the world amateur junior title in 1983.

The next year, Lewis represented Canada as a Super Heavyweight
Super heavyweight

In amateur boxing, the super heavyweight division is a weight class division for fighters weighing in excess of 91 kilograms . Introduced for the 1984 Summer Olympics, the division, despite its grandiose name, is merely the amateur equivalent of the professional heavyweight division....
 in the 1984 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984....
 held in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

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. He advanced to the quarter-finals, where he lost a controversial decision to American Tyrell Biggs
Tyrell Biggs

Tyrell Biggs is an United States heavyweight boxing. He won the Olympic medalists in boxing at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, CA in boxing at the Superheavyweight division, after gaining bronze the previous year at the Boxing at the 1983 Pan American Games....
 and settled for a fifth-place finish.

Lewis chose not to turn professional after the Olympics, and instead fought four more years as an amateur, hoping for a second chance to win a gold medal. After winning several more amateur titles during those years, he travelled to Seoul
Seoul

Seoul is the Capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, It is one of the world's List of cities proper by population.The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest List of me...
, South Korea for the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea....
 and achieved his goal. In the gold medal match, Lewis defeated future world champion Riddick Bowe
Riddick Bowe

Riddick Lamont Bowe is an United States Boxing and former undisputed heavyweight champion. He is best remembered for his trilogy of fights with Evander Holyfield and two brutal bouts with Andrew Golota....
 by a second round technical knockout.

Having achieved that goal, Lewis declared himself a professional boxer and moved back to his native England. He claimed he'd always considered himself British, but failed to win the hearts and minds of British fans who felt his "coming home" was more about the convenience of his career than homesickness.

Professional boxing career

The early part of his pro career was filled with knockouts of journeymen, and after he signed with American promoter Main Event he quickly rose in the world rankings.

Lewis captured the European heavyweight title late in 1990, added the British heavyweight title
List of British heavyweight boxing champions

List of British heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the Boxing who have won the United Kingdom heavyweight championship, which has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1891, and the British Boxing Board of Control since 1929....
 in March 1991 and the Commonwealth title in April 1992. By this time, Lewis was a consensus top-five heavyweight in the world.

On October 31, 1992, Lewis knocked out Canada's hard-punching Donovan "Razor" Ruddock
Donovan Ruddock

Donovan Ruddock , also known as Razor Ruddock, is a retired Canada heavyweight boxer. He was a promising Heavyweight of the late 1980s and early 1990s, who was known for a powerful left hook, which he called "The Smash." One of the best exhibitions of his left hook power, was his brutal 1990 knockout of former Heavyweight champion Mich...
 in two rounds for the No. 1 contender's position in the WBC world rankings. But ultimately, the victory won Lewis even more than that. Undisputed heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe
Riddick Bowe

Riddick Lamont Bowe is an United States Boxing and former undisputed heavyweight champion. He is best remembered for his trilogy of fights with Evander Holyfield and two brutal bouts with Andrew Golota....
 refused to fight Lewis and Bowe's WBC title was declared vacant. On January 14, 1993, the WBC declared Lewis its champion, making him the first world heavyweight titleholder from Britain in the 20th century.

Lewis successfully defended the belt three times, defeating Tony Tucker
Tony Tucker

Tony Craig Tucker was a professional heavyweight boxing during the 1980s and 1990s. Nicknamed "TNT" , he won a gold medal at the Boxing at the 1979 Pan American Games, and was briefly a world heavyweight champion as a professional....
, who was decked for the first time in his career, Phil Jackson
Phil Jackson (boxer)

Phil Jackson, born May 11, 1964 in Miami Beach, FL, was a professional heavyweight boxing, best known for challenging Lennox Lewis for the WBC Heavyweight Title in 1994....
 and Frank Bruno
Frank Bruno

Franklin Roy Bruno is an English former Boxing whose career highlight was winning the World Boxing Council Heavyweight championship in 1995. Altogether, he won 40 of his 45 contests....
 before he suffered a technical knock-out loss at the hands of Oliver McCall
Oliver McCall

Oliver "The Atomic Bull" McCall is an American professional Heavyweight boxer known for his outstanding ability to take a punch and winning the World Boxing Council Heavyweight Championship 1994 as a result of knocking out Lennox Lewis in the second round, in Lewis' home town of London, England....
 on September 24, 1994. In the second round, McCall connected with a powerful right hand to the chin, putting Lewis down on his back. Lewis was up at the count of six, signalling that he wanted to continue, but the referee felt he was dazed and ended the fight. Lewis and others argued that the stoppage was premature and that a champion should be given the benefit of the doubt.

He received a chance to fight for the mandatory challenger position within the WBC and won it by knocking out contender Lionel Butler in the U.S. However, at the behest of promoter Don King the WBC chose to bypass him and give Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson

Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson, also known as Malik Abdul, is a retired United States Boxing. He was the List of undisputed boxing champions#Heavyweight and remains the youngest man ever to win a world heavyweight title at just 20 years old....
 the first shot at the title that had recently been won by Frank Bruno. Bruno had previously lost to both Lewis and Tyson.

While Lewis had the No. 1 contender's slot in the WBC rankings, he defeated Olympic gold medallist Ray Mercer
Ray Mercer

"Merciless" Ray Mercer is an United States professional boxer and former World Boxing Organization World Heavyweight Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist who resides in Fayetteville, North Carolina....
 and contender Tommy Morrison
Tommy Morrison

Tommy David Morrison is a heavyweight boxing, and the former World Boxing Organization champion. Dubbed "The Duke," he is a grandnephew of Hollywood star John Wayne, and in 1990 was co-star of the boxing movie Rocky V....
 on the road. Lewis successfully sued to try and force Tyson to make a mandatory defense of the WBC title against him or force Tyson to give up the title, winning a a four million dollar settlement from promoter Don King. Rather than fight Lewis, Tyson relinquished the WBC belt, and the title was declared vacant. This set up a rematch between Lewis and McCall, who squared off on February 7, 1997 in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
 for the WBC title. In one of the strangest fights in boxing history, McCall refused to box in the fourth and fifth rounds and actually began to cry in the ring, forcing the referee to stop the fight and award Lewis the victory.

On March 28, 1998, Lewis retained the WBC world title when he knocked out lineal champion
Lineal championship

In professional boxing, the lineal championship of a boxing weight classes is a notional world championship title. It is initially held at some moment in time by a boxer universally acclaimed as the best in the class....
 Shannon Briggs
Shannon Briggs

Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs is an United States heavyweight boxing and actor....
 in five rounds (Briggs had recently outpointed George Foreman
George Foreman

George Edward Foreman is an United States two-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Olympic gold medalist, and entrepreneur.He is the oldest man ever to win a major heavyweight title when, at 45, he knocked out 26-year-old Michael Moorer in the 10th round....
 in a controversial fight, to win the lineal title). Lewis also successfully defended against former WBO world champion Henry Akinwande
Henry Akinwande

Henry Akinwande is a professional heavyweight boxer and former World Boxing Organization world heavyweight champion.Akinwande was born in London, England but went to live in his parents homeland of Nigeria as a 4yr old and came back to England as a 21yr old ....
, who was disqualified after five rounds for excessive clinching. Lewis then met Andrew Golota, whom he knocked out in the first round, and beat formerly-undefeated European champion Željko Mavrovic in a 12-round unanimous decision. Lewis stated in 2006 that his fight with Mavrovic was the toughest of his career.

On March 13, 1999, Lewis faced WBA
World Boxing Association

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 and IBF
International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and WBO....
 title holder Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield

Evander Holyfield is a professional boxing from the United States and a multiple world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal"....
 in New York City in what was supposed to be a heavyweight unification bout. Although most observers believed Lewis had won the fight, the bout was declared a draw, to much controversy. Eight months later in Las Vegas (November 13, 1999), the two men fought again and Lewis won a close, but unanimous decision.

Lewis later dropped the WBA and IBF titles (Lewis refused to fight the WBA's number 1 challenger, John Ruiz
John Ruiz

John ?The Quiet Man" Ruiz , currently residing in Las Vegas metropolitan area is a professional Puerto Rico-United States Boxing and former two-time WBA World Heavyweight champion.....
). Instead he successfully defended his title three times: knocking out Michael Grant
Michael Grant

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 in two rounds, knocking out Francois Botha
Francois Botha

Francois Botha, also known as Frans Botha is a South African boxer, nicknamed the "White Buffalo". He is a former International Boxing Federation World Heavyweight Champion and the current World Boxing Foundation World Heavyweight Champion....
 in two, and winning a 12-round decision against David Tua
David Tua

David Tua is a heavyweight boxer and former title challenger currently rising again in the heavyweight rankings....
. However, on April 21, 2001, Lewis was knocked out by 15-to-1 underdog Hasim Rahman
Hasim Rahman

Hasim "The Rock" Sharif Rahman , is an United States Boxing who became the heavyweight champion of the world by knocking out Lennox Lewis in 2001....
 in a bout in South Africa. The loss, coupled with Lewis' earlier TKO loss to McCall, led many ringside observers to question Lewis' heart and chin
Chin (boxing)

In boxing, kickboxing and mixed martial arts, a chin refers to a boxer's ability to tolerate physical trauma to the face without being knocked out....
. Prior to the bout, Lewis had a role in the film Ocean's Eleven
Ocean's Eleven (2001 film)

Ocean's Eleven is a 2001 in film remake of the 1960 Rat Pack heist film Ocean's Eleven . The 2001 film was directed by Steven Soderbergh and features an ensemble cast....
 in which he "boxed" against Wladimir Klitschko
Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir Vladimirovich Klitschko is a Ukraine heavyweight Boxing. Klitschko currently holds the International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization world heavyweight titles and is ranked number one by the International_Boxing_Organization in the top 100 computerized rankings....
, and many feel that the distraction and disrupted training schedule contributed significantly to his loss.

While promoting the rematch with Rahman on ESPN's
ESPN

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 Up Close
Up Close

Up Close is a sports interview show that aired on ESPN for some 20 years....
, the fighters got into a brawl similar to the one between Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali is a retired United States boxing and former three-time List of heavyweight boxing champions.As an amateur, Ali won a gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in the light heavyweight division gold medal....
 and Joe Frazier
Joe Frazier

Joseph William Frazier, known as Smokin' Joe, is a former Olympic and World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, active mostly from the later 1960s to the mid 1970s....
 in front of Howard Cosell
Howard Cosell

Howard William Cosell was an American sports journalist....
 on Wide World of Sports
Wide World of Sports (US TV series)

ABC's Wide World of Sports was a sports anthology show on United States of America television that ran as a series from 1961 to 1998, hosted by Jim McKay; the title continued to be used for general sports programs regularly until 2006 and still is occasionally used today....
. Many felt the brawl was staged to promote the fight, so the reality of the episode is still a matter of debate. Lewis regained the title on November 17 by knocking out Hasim Rahman in the fourth round of their rematch.

Lewis vs. Tyson

Lewis Tyson
On June 8, 2002, Lewis defended his title against Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson

Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson, also known as Malik Abdul, is a retired United States Boxing. He was the List of undisputed boxing champions#Heavyweight and remains the youngest man ever to win a world heavyweight title at just 20 years old....
. A fight many had hoped would be a classic turned out to be one-sided as Lennox used his jab and superior reach to score a dominant knockout victory over "Iron Mike." By the end of the seventh round Tyson was tired and sluggish, his face swollen and his eyes cut. Tyson was knocked out in the eighth by a Lewis right hand that sent him to the canvas for the ten count.

This fight was the highest-grossing event in pay-per-view history, generating $106.9 million from 1.95 million buys in the USA, until it was surpassed by De La Hoya-Mayweather in 2007.

Ticket sales were slow because they were priced as high as $2,400, but a crowd of 15,327 turned up to see the biggest sporting event ever in the city of Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County, Tennessee. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff just south of the mouth of the Wolf River ....
. Tyson also had to pay Lewis $335,000 out of his purse for biting him at the news conference to announce the fight, which was originally scheduled for April 6 2002 in Las Vegas. Las Vegas, however, rejected the fight because of Tyson's licensing problems and several other states refused Tyson a license before Memphis finally bid $12 million to land it.

Lewis vs. Klitschko

In May 2003, Lewis sued boxing promoter Don King for $385 million, claiming that King used threats to have Tyson pull out of a rematch scheduled with Lewis for a month later. Lewis then scheduled a fight with Kirk Johnson for the championship belt of the less-recognized IBO
International Boxing Organization

The International Boxing Organization is a for-profit organization that sanctions professional boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championships....
, but dropped it when Johnson suffered an injury in training. Instead, Lewis fought Vitali Klitschko
Vitali Klitschko

Dr. Vitali Vladimirovich Klitschko born 19 July 1971 in Belovodsk, Kyrgyzstan). Klitschko is a Ukrainian professional heavyweight boxing and the current World Boxing Council heavyweight champion....
, the WBC's No. 1 contender and former WBO titlist. Lewis had planned to fight him in December, but since Klitschko had been on the undercard of the Johnson fight anyway, they agreed to square off on June 21. Lewis entered the ring at a career high 256 1/2 pounds. Lewis was dominated in the early rounds, being wobbled in round two. However, Lewis gave a better showing in the fifth and sixth rounds. Before the start of round seven, with Klitschko ahead on all three ringside scorecards, the doctor advised that the fight should be stopped due to a severe cut above Klitschko's left eye.

Interviewed about the fight by HBO doctor explained his decision: "When he raised his head up, his upper eyelid covered his field of vision," doctor Paul Wallace said. "At that point I had no other option but to stop the fight. If he had to move his head to see me, there was no way he could defend his way against a punch."

Hanging up the gloves

Because Klitschko had fought so well against Lewis, boxing fans soon began calling for a rematch. The WBC agreed, and kept the Ukrainian
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
 as its No. 1 contender. Lewis decided to pursue other interests, including sports management and music promotion. Lewis said he would not return to the ring. At his retirement, Lewis' record was 41 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, with 32 wins by knockout. Though it was rumoured in an article published by the Daily Mail
Daily Mail

The Daily Mail is a United Kingdom newspaper, currently published in a tabloid format. First published in 1896 by Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun ....
 on the February 24 that he would return to fight Klitschko
Vitali Klitschko

Dr. Vitali Vladimirovich Klitschko born 19 July 1971 in Belovodsk, Kyrgyzstan). Klitschko is a Ukrainian professional heavyweight boxing and the current World Boxing Council heavyweight champion....
 once again, Lewis quickly shot down those rumours on his personal website. He announced once again, on March 4, 2007 (after the Edison Miranda vs. Allen Green fight), that he was not coming out of retirement.

Along with Gene Tunney
Gene Tunney

James Joseph "Gene" Tunney was the List of Heavyweight Champions from 1926-1928 who defeated Jack Dempsey twice, first in 1926 and then in 1927....
 and Rocky Marciano
Rocky Marciano

Rocky Marciano , born Rocco Francis Marchegiano, was the heavyweight champion of the world from 1952 to 1956. Marciano, with forty-three knockouts to his credit , remains the only heavyweight champion in boxing history to retire having won every fight in his professional career....
 he is one of three world heavyweight champions to have retired with no unavenged defeats.

Lewis is now a boxing commentator on HBO. He also appeared in the film Johnny Was
Johnny Was

Johnny Was is a Irish/British gangster movie directed by Mark Hammond and written by Brendan Foley and made by Ben Katz Productions, Borderline Productions and Nordisk Film in 2005 and was released in the UK in 2006 in film by Sony Pictures and in the US by First Look Studios....
 as the DJ of a pirate radio station, alongside actors such as Vinnie Jones
Vinnie Jones

Vincent Peter "Vinnie" Jones is an England-born film actor and ex-Association football, having represented Wales national football team. He has capitalised on his tough man image as a footballer and is now known as an actor for his aggressive style and intimidating demeanour....
 and Eriq La Salle
Eriq La Salle

Eriq Ki La Salle is an United States actor and American film directors, known for his portrayals of Darryl in the 1988 comedy film Coming to America and Peter Benton during the first eight seasons of the NBC drama Serial ER ....
.

In 2002, Lewis was reportedly offered Ł5m by WWE chairman Vince McMahon
Vince McMahon

Vincent Kennedy "Vince" McMahon Jr. is an American Professional wrestling, promoter, in-ring announcer, play-by-play sportscaster and film producer, known by the ring name Mr....
 to take up wrestling with WWE. His camp held discussions over a possible match with former WWE superstar Brock Lesnar
Brock Lesnar

Brock Dickclown Lesnar is an American mixed martial arts as well as a former Professional wrestling and amateur wrestling. He is the current List of UFC champions#Heavyweight Championship....
 in February 2003, at the No Mercy pay-per-view event.

Lennox played at the World Series of Poker
World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker is the "the oldest, largest, most prestigious, and most media-hyped gaming competition in the world". It is held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada....
 in both 2006
2006 World Series of Poker

The 2006 World Series of Poker began on June 25, 2006 with "satellite" events, with regular play commencing on June 26 with the annual Casino Employee event, and the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions held on June 28 and June 29....
 and 2007
2007 World Series of Poker

The 2007 World Series of Poker began on June 1, 2007. The $10,000 no-limit Texas hold 'em Main Event began on July 6 and was completed on the morning of July 18....
, and was knocked out without winning any money.

Lewis appeared on NBC's Celebrity Apprentice
The Apprentice (U.S. Season 7)

The Celebrity Apprentice is the seventh installment of the United States The Apprentice of the reality television series, The Apprentice ....
 in 2008. He came in fourth place (out of 14).

In 2008, Lewis was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

Canada's Sports Hall of Fame is a hall of fame located in Toronto and established in 1955 to "preserve the record of Canada sports achievements and to promote a greater awareness of Canada's heritage of sport." ...
. Lewis will also be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame
International Boxing Hall of Fame

The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame is located in Canastota, New York, New York, United States, within driving distance from the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown and the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta, New York....
 in 2009, on his first year of eligibility.

Personal life

Upon retiring from boxing, Lewis moved to Miami Beach with his wife, Violet Chang, a former Miss Jamaica runner-up. The couple have a daughter named Ling, and a son, Landon. Lewis told AventuraUSA.com in 2007 that he is contemplating opening an "international boxing academy" and perhaps one day starting a record label, but contrary to rumours, he has yet to embark on either endeavour.

Lewis is an avid chess
Chess

Chess is a recreational and competitive game played between two Player . Sometimes called Western chess or international chess to distinguish it from History of chess and other chess variants, the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older...
 player, seeing chess as a good preparation method for a boxing match.

Amateur highlights


  • Record: 75-7(58 KO's)
  • 1983 Junior World Super Heavyweight Champion
  • Represented Canada as a Super Heavyweight at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Results were:
    • Defeated Mohammad Youssuf (Pakistan) TKO 3
    • Lost to Tyrell Biggs
      Tyrell Biggs

      Tyrell Biggs is an United States heavyweight boxing. He won the Olympic medalists in boxing at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, CA in boxing at the Superheavyweight division, after gaining bronze the previous year at the Boxing at the 1983 Pan American Games....
       (United States) points
  • 1985 Silver Medalist at World Cup competition.
  • 1986 Super Heavyweight Gold Medalist at the Commonwealth Games
    Boxing at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

    Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, from July 24 to August 2....
     in Edinburgh
    Edinburgh

    Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
    , Scotland
  • 1987 Super Heavyweight Silver Medalist at Pan American Games in Indianapolis. Lost to Jorge Luis Gonzalez
    Jorge Luis Gonzalez

    Jorge Luis Gonzalez is a former heavyweight boxer born in Havana, Cuba, who won the gold medal at the Boxing at the 1983 Pan American Games and the Boxing at the 1987 Pan American Games....
     of Cuba in the final.
  • 1987 Won the North American Super Heavyweight championship competition, defeating Jorge Luis Gonzalez
  • Won the Super Heavyweight Gold medal for Canada at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul
    Seoul

    Seoul is the Capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, It is one of the world's List of cities proper by population.The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest List of me...
    , South Korea.
    • Defeated Chris Odera
      Chris Odera

      Crispine Odera is a retired boxing from Kenya, who is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's super heavyweight division at the 1987 All-Africa Games in Nairobi, Kenya....
       (Kenya) TKO 2
    • Defeated Ulli Kaden
      Ulli Kaden

      Ulli Kaden is a former East German amateur boxer best known to win the European title 1987 and 1989 at super heavyweight....
       (East Germany) TKO 1
    • Defeated Jasz Zarenkiewicz (Poland) forfeit
    • Defeated Riddick Bowe
      Riddick Bowe

      Riddick Lamont Bowe is an United States Boxing and former undisputed heavyweight champion. He is best remembered for his trilogy of fights with Evander Holyfield and two brutal bouts with Andrew Golota....
       (United States) TKO 2.


Professional record

|- |align="center" colspan=8|41 Wins (32 knockouts, 7 decisions, 2 disqualifications), 2 Losses (2 knockouts), 1 Draw |- |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Res. |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd., Time |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes |-align=center |Win || 41-2-1 || align=left| Vitali Klitschko
Vitali Klitschko

Dr. Vitali Vladimirovich Klitschko born 19 July 1971 in Belovodsk, Kyrgyzstan). Klitschko is a Ukrainian professional heavyweight boxing and the current World Boxing Council heavyweight champion....
 |TKO || 6 , 3:00 || June 21, 2003 || align=left| Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, California

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 |align=left| |-align=center |Win
Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson

'Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson' is a boxing match that took place on June 8, 2002, at the Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee, between World Boxing Council, International Boxing Organization and International Boxing Federation heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis and former World Boxing Council, World Boxing Association and International Boxin...
 || 40-2-1 || align=left| Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson

Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson, also known as Malik Abdul, is a retired United States Boxing. He was the List of undisputed boxing champions#Heavyweight and remains the youngest man ever to win a world heavyweight title at just 20 years old....
 |KO || 8 , 2:25 || June 8, 2002 || align=left| Memphis, TN
Memphis, Tennessee

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 |align=left| |-align=center |Win || 39-2-1 || align=left| Hasim Rahman
Hasim Rahman

Hasim "The Rock" Sharif Rahman , is an United States Boxing who became the heavyweight champion of the world by knocking out Lennox Lewis in 2001....
 |KO || 4 , 1:29 || November 17, 2001 || align=left| Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
 |align=left| |-align=center |Loss || 38-2-1 || align=left| Hasim Rahman |KO || 5 || April 22, 2001 || align=left| Brakpan
Brakpan, Gauteng

Brakpan is a gold and uranium mining town in Gauteng, South Africa. The name Brakpan was first used by the United Kingdom in the 1880s because of a non-perennial lake that would annually dry to become a "brackish pan"....
, South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
 |align=left| |-align=center |Win || 38-1-1 || align=left| David Tua
David Tua

David Tua is a heavyweight boxer and former title challenger currently rising again in the heavyweight rankings....
 |Unan. decision || 12 || November 11, 2000 || align=left| Las Vegas, NV |align=left| |-align=center |Win || 37-1-1 || align=left| Francois Botha
Francois Botha

Francois Botha, also known as Frans Botha is a South African boxer, nicknamed the "White Buffalo". He is a former International Boxing Federation World Heavyweight Champion and the current World Boxing Foundation World Heavyweight Champion....
 |TKO || 2 , 2:39 || July 15, 2000 || align=left| London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 |align=left| |-align=center |Win || 36-1-1 || align=left| Michael Grant
Michael Grant (boxer)

Michael Grant is a professional heavyweight boxer. He is 6' 7" tall....
 |KO || 2 , 2:53 || April 29, 2000 || align=left| New York City, NY
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 |align=left| |-align=center |Win || 35-1-1 || align=left| Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield

Evander Holyfield is a professional boxing from the United States and a multiple world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal"....
 |Unan. decision || 12 || November 13, 1999 || align=left| Las Vegas, NV |align=left| |-align=center |style="background: #dae2f1"|Draw || 34-1-1 || align=left| Evander Holyfield |Decision || 12 || March 13, 1999 || align=left| New York City, NY |align=left| |-align=center |Win || 34-1 || align=left| Željko Mavrovic
Željko Mavrovic

?eljko Mavrovic is a retired male boxing from Croatia turned enterpreneur....
 |Unan. decision || 12 || September 26, 1998 || align=left| Uncasville, CT
Montville, Connecticut

Montville is a New England town in New London County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. The population was 18,546 at the 2000 United States Census....
 |align=left| |-align=center |Win || 33-1 || align=left| Shannon Briggs
Shannon Briggs

Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs is an United States heavyweight boxing and actor....
 |TKO || 5 , 1:45 || March 28, 1998 || align=left| Atlantic City, NJ
Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City is a City in Atlantic County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. Famous for its boardwalk, casino, sandy beaches, shopping centers, spectacular view of the Atlantic Ocean, and as the inspiration for the board game Monopoly , Atlantic City is a resort community located on Absecon Island on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean....
 |align=left| |-align=center |Win || 32-1 || align=left| Andrew Golota |TKO || 1 , 1:35 || October 4, 1997 || align=left| Atlantic City, NJ |align=left| |-align=center |Win || 31-1 || align=left| Henry Akinwande
Henry Akinwande

Henry Akinwande is a professional heavyweight boxer and former World Boxing Organization world heavyweight champion.Akinwande was born in London, England but went to live in his parents homeland of Nigeria as a 4yr old and came back to England as a 21yr old ....
 |Disqualification || 5 , 2:34 || July 12, 1997 || align=left| Stateline, NV
Stateline, Nevada

Stateline is a census-designated place on the east shore of Lake Tahoe in Douglas County, Nevada, Nevada, United States. The population was 1,215 at the United States Census, 2000....
 |align=left| |-align=center |Win || 30-1 || align=left| Oliver McCall
Oliver McCall

Oliver "The Atomic Bull" McCall is an American professional Heavyweight boxer known for his outstanding ability to take a punch and winning the World Boxing Council Heavyweight Championship 1994 as a result of knocking out Lennox Lewis in the second round, in Lewis' home town of London, England....
 |TKO || 5 , 0:55 || February 7, 1997 || align=left| Las Vegas, NV |align=left| |-align=center |Win || 29-1 || align=left| Ray Mercer
Ray Mercer

"Merciless" Ray Mercer is an United States professional boxer and former World Boxing Organization World Heavyweight Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist who resides in Fayetteville, North Carolina....
 |Maj. decision || 10 || May 10, 1996 || align=left| New York City, NY || |-align=center |Win || 28-1 || align=left| Tommy Morrison
Tommy Morrison

Tommy David Morrison is a heavyweight boxing, and the former World Boxing Organization champion. Dubbed "The Duke," he is a grandnephew of Hollywood star John Wayne, and in 1990 was co-star of the boxing movie Rocky V....
 |TKO || 6 , 1:22 || October 7, 1995 || align=left| Atlantic City, NJ |align=left| |-align=center |Win || 27-1 || align=left| Justin Fortune |TKO || 4 || July 2, 1995 || align=left| Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
, Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 || |-align=center |Win || 26-1 || align=left| Lionel Butler |TKO || 5 , 2:55 || May 13, 1995 || align=left| Sacramento, CA
Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the Capital of the United States U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County, California. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive California Central Valley, it is the seventh-largest city in California.....
 || |-align=center |Loss || 25-1 || align=left| Oliver McCall |TKO || 2 , 0:31 || September 24, 1994 || align=left| London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win || 25-0 || align=left| Phil Jackson
Phil Jackson (boxer)

Phil Jackson, born May 11, 1964 in Miami Beach, FL, was a professional heavyweight boxing, best known for challenging Lennox Lewis for the WBC Heavyweight Title in 1994....
 |TKO || 8 , 1:35 || May 6, 1994 || align=left| Atlantic City, NJ
Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City is a City in Atlantic County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. Famous for its boardwalk, casino, sandy beaches, shopping centers, spectacular view of the Atlantic Ocean, and as the inspiration for the board game Monopoly , Atlantic City is a resort community located on Absecon Island on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean....
 |align=left| |-align=center |Win || 24-0 || align=left| Frank Bruno
Frank Bruno

Franklin Roy Bruno is an English former Boxing whose career highlight was winning the World Boxing Council Heavyweight championship in 1995. Altogether, he won 40 of his 45 contests....
 |TKO || 7 , 1:12 || October 1, 1993 || align=left| Cardiff
Cardiff

Cardiff is the Capital , largest city and most populous Unitary authority#Wales in Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sport institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of Welsh Assembly Government ....
, Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
 |align=left| |-align=center |Win || 23-0 || align=left| Tony Tucker
Tony Tucker

Tony Craig Tucker was a professional heavyweight boxing during the 1980s and 1990s. Nicknamed "TNT" , he won a gold medal at the Boxing at the 1979 Pan American Games, and was briefly a world heavyweight champion as a professional....
 |Unan. decision || 12 || May 8, 1993 || align=left| Las Vegas, NV |align=left| |-align=center |colspan=8|Lewis was declared the WBC Heavyweight Champion
List of WBC world champions

List of WBC world champions is a table showing the world champions certificated by World Boxing Council ....
 on January 14, 1993, after then-champion Riddick Bowe
Riddick Bowe

Riddick Lamont Bowe is an United States Boxing and former undisputed heavyweight champion. He is best remembered for his trilogy of fights with Evander Holyfield and two brutal bouts with Andrew Golota....
 refused to defend against him. |-align=center |Win || 22-0 || align=left| Donovan Ruddock
Donovan Ruddock

Donovan Ruddock , also known as Razor Ruddock, is a retired Canada heavyweight boxer. He was a promising Heavyweight of the late 1980s and early 1990s, who was known for a powerful left hook, which he called "The Smash." One of the best exhibitions of his left hook power, was his brutal 1990 knockout of former Heavyweight champion Mich...
 |TKO || 2 , 0:46 || October 31, 1992 || align=left| London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win || 21-0 || align=left| Mike Dixon |TKO || 4 , 1:03 || August 11, 1992 || align=left| Atlantic City, NJ || |-align=center |Win || 20-0 || align=left| Derek Williams |TKO || 3 || April 30, 1992 || align=left| London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win || 19-0 || align=left| Levi Billups |Unan. decision || 10 || February 1, 1992 || align=left| Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, Nevada

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 || |-align=center |Win || 18-0 || align=left| Tyrell Biggs
Tyrell Biggs

Tyrell Biggs is an United States heavyweight boxing. He won the Olympic medalists in boxing at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, CA in boxing at the Superheavyweight division, after gaining bronze the previous year at the Boxing at the 1983 Pan American Games....
 |TKO || 3 , 2:47 || November 23, 1991 || align=left| Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
 || |-align=center |Win || 17-0 || align=left| Glenn McCrory
Glenn McCrory

Glenn McCrory was a United Kingdom professional boxer who held the IBF version of the cruiserweight world championship....
 |TKO || 2 || September 30, 1991 || align=left| London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win || 16-0 || align=left| Mike Weaver
Mike Weaver

Michael Dwayne Weaver is a former Boxing who is better known in the boxing world simply as Mike Weaver....
 |TKO || 6 || July 12, 1991 || align=left| Stateline, NV || |-align=center |Win || 15-0 || align=left| Gary Mason
Gary Mason

Gary Mason , is a retired United Kingdom boxing who fought out of Chatham, Kent. He fought at heavyweight and became British heavyweight champion in 1989....
 |TKO || 7 , 0:44 || March 6, 1991 || align=left| London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win || 14-0 || align=left| Jean Chanet |TKO || 6 , 0:16 || October 31, 1990 || align=left| London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win || 13-0 || align=left| Mike Acey |TKO || 2 , 1:34 || July 11, 1990 || align=left| Kitchener, Ontario
Kitchener, Ontario

The City of Kitchener is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916....
 || |-align=center |Win || 12-0 || align=left| Ossie Ocasio
Ossie Ocasio

Osvaldo Ocasio, , better known as Ossie Ocasio and nicknamed Jaws, is a Puerto Rico who was a boxing and world Cruiserweight champion. He got his peculiar nickname after accidentally biting another boxer during a sparring session....
 |Decision || 8 || June 27, 1990 || align=left| London, England || |-align=center |Win || 11-0 || align=left| Dan Murphy |TKO || 6 || May 20, 1990 || align=left| Sheffield
Sheffield

Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. It is so named because of its origins in a field on the River Sheaf that runs through the city....
, England || |-align=center |Win || 10-0 || align=left| Jorgé Dascola |KO || 1 || May 9, 1990 || align=left| London, England || |-align=center |Win || 9-0 || align=left| Michael Simuwelu |TKO || 1 , 0:58 || April 14, 1990 || align=left| London, England || |-align=center |Win || 8-0 || align=left| Calvin Jones |KO || 1, 2:34 || March 22, 1990 || align=left| Gateshead
Gateshead

Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England. It lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne, England, opposite Newcastle upon Tyne. Gateshead town centre and Newcastle city centre are very close to one another, and together they form the urban core of Tyneside....
, England || |-align=center |Win || 7-0 || align=left| Noel Quarless |TKO || 2 || January 31, 1990 || align=left| London, England || |-align=center |Win || 6-0 || align=left| Greg Gorrell |TKO || 5 , 0:51 || December 18, 1989 || align=left| Kitchener, Ontario || |-align=center |Win || 5-0 || align=left| Melvin Epps |Disqualification || 2 || November 5, 1989 || align=left| London, England || |-align=center |Win || 4-0 || align=left| Steve Garber |KO || 1 || October 10, 1989 || align=left| Hull
Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull , almost invariably referred to as Hull, is a City status in the United Kingdom and unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England....
, England || |-align=center |Win || 3-0 || align=left| Andrew Gerrard |TKO || 4 || September 25, 1989 || align=left| London, England || |-align=center |Win || 2-0 || align=left| Bruce Johnson |TKO || 2 || July 21, 1989 || align=left| Atlantic City, NJ || |-align=center |Win || 1-0 || align=left| Al Malcolm |TKO || 2 || June 27, 1989 || align=left| London, England ||

See also

  • List of heavyweight boxing champions
    List of heavyweight boxing champions

    This is a chronological list of world heavyweight boxing champions since the introduction of the Marquess of Queensberry rules:...


  • List of WBC world champions
    List of WBC world champions

    List of WBC world champions is a table showing the world champions certificated by World Boxing Council ....
  • List of Canadian sports personalities
    List of Canadian sports personalities

    See also: Canada's Athletes of the 20th Century...
  • List of British heavyweight boxing champions
    List of British heavyweight boxing champions

    List of British heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the Boxing who have won the United Kingdom heavyweight championship, which has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1891, and the British Boxing Board of Control since 1929....


Styles from birth

  • Lennox Lewis (1965 - 1988)
  • Lennox Lewis CM (1988 - 1999)
  • Lennox Lewis CM, MBE (1999 - 2002)
  • Lennox Lewis CM, CBE (2002 - Present)


External links