By William Mackay: Former heavyweight world champion Lennox Lewis sees WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KO’s) as having a lot of things in his favor on Saturday night in Vitali’s title defense against unbeaten challenger Odlanier Solis (17-0, 12 KO’s) in Cologne, Germany.
Lennox Lewis
Has there been a real Heavyweight Boxing Champion since Lennox Lewis?
By Allen Hmiel: It seems the last real Heavyweight Boxing champ the world has had was Lennox Lewis and since Lennox smartly retired in his prime the heavyweight division has been filled with average substitutes with little boxing ability and no charisma.
Mayweather v Pacquiao: Tyson v Lewis
By Tom Graves: The super-fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr, the two ‘pound 4 pound’ best boxers in the world is yet to be scheduled.
Lennox Lewis tempted to make a comeback
By Eric Thomas: Former IBF/WBA/WBC heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis (41-2-1, 32 KO’s) says he’s tempted to make a comeback after seeing how poor the heavyweight division has become in recent years. Lewis, now 45 and fat, last fought seven years ago and fought a war with a younger Vitali Klitschko, stopping him on cuts in the 6th round. Lewis retired soon after rather than taking a chance with Vitali or his younger brother Wladimir Klitschko. Lewis had lost a step at that point in his career, and it’s hard to think he would be anywhere close to that now seven years later and him carrying around a lot of extra fat on his 6’5″ frame.
Lennox Lewis gives Harrison a good chance at beating Haye
By William Mackay: Former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis thinks Audley Harrison (27-4 20 KO’s) has a decent chance of pulling off a huge upset next Saturday night and beating World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) when they meet up at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England.
Haye says he still plans on fighting the Klitschko brothers, and retire at the top like Lennox Lewis
By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) says he still plans on fighting the Klitschko brothers before retiring a year from now when he turns 31. Haye, 29, has a fight coming up against Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 KO’s) on November 13th, but Haye is going to have to move in high gear if he wants to fight both Klitschko brothers before his 31st birthday in October 2011.
Vitali Klitschko says “I sent Lennox Lewis into retirement”
By Dave Lahr: In the latest boxing news, Ukrainian Vitali Klitschko is taking credit for sending former IBF/WBC heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis (41-2-1, 32 KO’s) into retirement following their fight in June 2003 seven years ago. Klitschko’s face was nearly ripped apart in that fight and he was taking vicious shots in the 5th and 6th rounds from huge uppercuts from Lewis. The referee Lou Moret stopped the bout after the 6th round, thankfully, to save Vitali from taking even more punishment to the face. Klitschko had this to say about Lewis in East Side Boxing’s On the Ropes Boxing Radio program yesterday: “If we talk about the retirement of Lennox Lewis, I am more than sure I sent Lennox Lewis into retirement. Lennox Lewis was smart enough to make the decision to announce his retirement before somebody beat him.”
Roach to replace Lennox Lewis on HBO broadcasting team
By Eric Thomas: Famous trainer Freddie Roach will reportedly be replacing Lennox Lewis on the HBO broadcasting team for boxing action, according to Secondsout. The 44-year-old Lewis failed to have his contract renewed by HBO and has already taken part in his last fight, the HBO telecast of Chris Arreola vs. Tomasz Adamek that took place on April 24th. Lewis had been with HBO since 2006. Roach, 50, is famous for training fighters like Manny Pacquiao, James Toney and Amir Khan. The HBO executives have liked what they’ve seen of Roach in the HBO 24/7 series and decided to sign him up.
Is Wladimir Klitschko a bigger puncher than Lennox Lewis?
By Dave Lahr: In watching last Saturday night’s fight between Wladimir Klitschko and Eddie Chambers, I came away from the fight being very impressed with the overall punching power of the 33-year-old Klitschko. I think his power rates near the top of the all time great punchers in the heavyweight division, better than fighters like George Foreman, Joe Louis, Sonny Liston and Rocky Marciano. Perhaps the heavyweight that closest compares to that of Klitschko in terms of power is the 6’5” Lennox Lewis (41-2-1, 32 KO’s). Both Lewis and Wladimir are tall heavyweights, with long arms and massive power.
Haye doesn’t think he’ll match Lennox Lewis’ legacy, even if he beats both Klitschko brothers – News
By Scott Gilfoid: World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) wisely admits that he doesn’t think he can match the great legacy of former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis (41-2-1, 32 KOs), even if Haye beats Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko in the future. In an article at the Daily mail, Haye says “He [Lewis] had that many more years to and much more experience. He was an Olympic Gold Medalist, so it would be tough.” You think? It’s good that Haye is admitting this because it’s pretty clear that Haye won’t be able to come close to accomplishing what Lewis did in his career at heavyweight. The problem Haye is that he just doesn’t enough time, and still hasn’t fought anyone worth mentioning.