Lennox Lewis

1993 – 2013 Who was the best Heavyweight Champion?

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lewis57By Tony Crooks: Firstly, let me point out that this is not an article; this is for all of you that make comments on this website. The rules are as follows, you can not name any fighter that has not been a champion and they have to have been a champion between 1993- 2013. I hear about the likes of Ali, Foreman, and Frazier all the time. They were the greats of their time, let’s talk about our time.

Here’s the twist, you can’t just spurt out names, and you will have to write why you believe your choice is the best. Let us see what you come up with. The best write up gets published on the website. Now is your chance to shine. Lennox Lewis, Riddick Bowe. Evander Holyfield. Michael Bent and Michael Moorer- all held a version of the heavyweight championship during 1993.

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Fringe contenders to Wladimir Klitschko’s titles: The Ignored Contenders

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Image: Fringe contenders to Wladimir Klitschko's titles: The Ignored Contenders2012 was quite a busy year for Wladimir Klitschko. The quality of the opposition he faced was  poor as  Jean Marc Mormeck, Tony Thompson and Mariusz Wach are hardly considered exciting match ups. Amongst the supposed mismatches the Polish warrior Mariusz Wach was the sole surprise, in a lopsided 12 round beating he showed a granite chin and seemingly unbreakable resolve.  He could be the fighter to watch for 2013.

Klitschko also lost a great friend and mentor in Emmanuel Steward. Nothing I can say could begin to capture the magic behind this man, and his effect on Wladimir,Lewis and Hearns in the past. The loss of a mentor is painful, although this was shown to be a motivator for Wladimir and also Jonathan Banks who won a surprise 2nd round KO against American prospect Seth Mitchell.

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The UK fans will mourn for Emanuel Steward too; he gave us Lennox our greatest boxing Champion ever!

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Image: The UK fans will mourn for Emanuel Steward too; he gave us Lennox our greatest boxing Champion ever!By Rob Blakeman: Emmanuel Steward’s name will forever be associated with the Kronk gym in Detroit where he had trained legendary fighters such as Thomas (Hitman) Hearns, Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis and most recently Vlad Klitschko. He even trained Prince Naseem Hamed at the end of his career, attempting to teach the Prince to dance and use his feet in the way the greats did. No weakling himself, Steward had won 94 of 97 fights boxing as an amateur and was the bantamweight champion of America in 1963. Moving into the seventies he opened the Kronk sweat gym where he soon discovered his first world champion Hilmer Kenty, the first world champion the motor city of Detroit had seen since the great Joe Louis. The first real glimpse of Stewards talent came shining through in 1980 with the then vicious welterweight Hearns.

Steward was instrumental in constructing what is still regarded as the one of the greatest fights of all time, the super-fight between Hearns and Sugar Ray Leonard. Typically modest Steward said the whole thing was done in an hour. Hearns then went on to fight in THE greatest fight ever against Marvelous Marvin Hagler getting knocked out in the third round.

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Maloney: Price’s right hand KO punch better than Lennox Lewis

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Image: Maloney: Price's right hand KO punch better than Lennox LewisBy Scott Gilfoid: British heavyweight champion David Price’s promoter Frank Maloney was really working hard trying to blow out of proportion Price’s win over 40-year-old journeyman Audley Harrison last Saturday night, saying that Price’s right hand was better than the one that Lewis threw to KO Razor Ruddock many years ago.

Maloney said this to the BBC Sport “It was 20 years ago that Lennox knocked Razor Ruddock out and that punch was better than the one Lennox threw.”

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Lennox Lewis calls on the scoring to be improved in Olympics

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By Mark Havey: Many people have been infuriated with the results of the scoring for Olympic boxing. You can’t help but feel bad for the boxers as they have trained so hard, for so long. Sometimes it can be difficult to score, especially with the lighter competitors. Amateur boxing is performed with speed, not power. This lack of power means the boxer who has just been punched maintains a relatively still head.

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Lewis: Haye might have lasted two rounds with me

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Image: Lewis: Haye might have lasted two rounds with meBy Scott Gilfoid: former world champion Lennox Lewis believes that the heavyweight division is one ruled by the giant heavyweights such as the Klitschko brothers. He feels it’s tough for the smaller or mid-sized heavyweights to compete with the giants that are around today. Being perfectly honest, Lewis said that he doesn’t see David Haye as someone that would have lasted long against him in his prime.

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Who is the best of British?

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Image: Who is the best of British?By Mark Havey: There is always talk of who is the best pound for pound. Most fans and experts concede that it is either Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather Jr. When looking at the past most say Muhammad Ali or Sugar Ray Robinson. But I would like to know who everyone thinks is the best P4P out of the British boxers from the past?

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Was Lennox Lewis’ April Fools joke a trial balloon?

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Image: Was Lennox Lewis’ April Fools joke a trial balloon?By John F. McKenna (Mcjack): Former undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis (41-2-1, 32 KO’s) created a buzz when he went to his Twitter account to announce that he was coming out of a nine year retirement to face World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (44-2, 40 KO’s). The rematch between Lewis and “Dr. Ironfist” was to take place in Hamburg, Germany on September 29. The announcement quickly went viral with fans all over the world long anticipating such a rematch.

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Lennox Lewis still haunted by Vitali Klitschko

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Image: Lennox Lewis still haunted by Vitali KlitschkoBy John F. McKenna (McJack): Back in 2003 undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis (41-2-1, 32 KO’s) received a huge scare when he took on current World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (44-2, 40 KO’s). At the time “Dr. Ironfist” was a little known heavyweight contender who took the fight with Lewis on short notice. It was Vitali’s first fight on the world stage and it was thought that Lennox would handle him with relative ease.

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