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  I was rooting hard for Lennox Lewis to knock out Mike Tyson. Tyson is on my list of my least favorite fighters. I never liked his crass or foul mouth, and it was a privilege to see Evander Holyfield stop him in person in Vegas on November 9, 1996. The public wanted so hard […]

The biggest fight in boxing in 2002 was finally set, when Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson signed to meet each other on June 8. Las Vegas rejected the bout because of Tyson’s suspensions in Nevada, and Memphis, Tennessee agreed to host the mega event. A pre-fight press conference announcing the fight was held on January

Lennox Lewis traveled to South Africa on April 21, 2001 to take on Hasim Rahman. Rahman had been a regular on USA’s Tuesday night fights, and was a decent enough fighter, but I really didn’t think Lennox would have any trouble with him. I sat down on my recliner to tune into the action on

  Lennox Lewis made the third defense of his heavyweight crown on November 11, 2000 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas against the top contender available in David Tua. Tua had an impressive record of 37-1, had defeated three future heavyweight champions, and had a huge punch. Lewis had hoped to have the bout

,After his destruction of Michael Grant on April 29, Lennox Lewis traveled back to England to make a title defense in his hometown on July 15, 2000. The bout at the London Arena would be against the 9th ranked heavyweight, Francois Botha of South Africa. Botha had been competitive in his fight with Mike Tyson

After the rematch with Holyfield in November of 1999, Lennox traveled back to New York to take on the challenge of Michael Grant, a 6′ 7″ young contender with a promising future. The April 29 fight had boxing talking again, because as the heavyweight division goes, so goes the sport. The WBA had stripped Lewis

  After the ridiculous draw in the first fight between the two champs, a rematch was set for November 13, 1999 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. The bout would once again unify all three belts, and create one world heavyweight champion. The fight for me came eight days before I was

My brother had come over to watch the fight at my house on my big screen projection tv, and we were both voting for Evander to win. I never for a minute bought into his prophecy nonsense, and knew he would have a very difficult time with the 6′ 5′ talented Lewis. From the opening

On March 13, 1999 Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield met in a unification bout of the heavyweight championship at Madison Square Garden in New York. It was the biggest fight in years in the heavyweight division, and I ordered the pay-per-view card without hesitation. For me, the three weeks prior to the fight had been

 After Lennox’s destruction of Shannon Briggs in March of 1998, a unification bout with Evander Holyfield was the fight the boxing world wanted. Both fighters were scheduled to make defenses in the fall, which would set up the showdown the following spring. Holyfield was to fight Vaughn Bean in Atlanta in September, while Lewis traveled