Lennox Lewis
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Name: Lennox Lewis
Alias: The Lion
Birth Name: Lennox Claudius Lewis
Born: 1965-09-02
Birthplace: West Ham, London, United Kingdom
Nationality: United Kingdom
Hometown: London, United Kingdom
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 6′ 5″ / 196cm
Reach: 84″ / 213cm
Boxing Record: click
Trainers: John Davenport, Pepe Correa, and Emanuel Steward
Manager: Adrian Ogun
Cut Man: Al Gavin
Lennox Lewis Gallery
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Amateur Highlights
Lennox Lewis at the '88 Seoul Olympics
Photo: Stan Behal/Toronto Sun
Photo: Stan Behal/Toronto Sun
- Record: 94-11
- 1983 Junior World Super Heavyweight Champion.
- Represented Canada as a Super Heavyweight at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Results:
- Defeated Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan) TKO 3
- Lost to Tyrell Biggs (United States) 0-5
- 1985 Silver Medalist at World Cup competition.
- 1986 Super Heavyweight Gold Medalist at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- 1986 lost his opening round match in the World Amateur Championships to Petar Stoymenov of Bulgaria on a 3-2 decision.
- 1987 Super Heavyweight Silver Medalist at Pan-American Games in Indianapolis. Lost to Jorge Luis Gonzalez of Cuba in the final.
- 1987 North American Super Heavyweight Champion, defeating Jorge Luis Gonzalez.
- Won the Super Heavyweight Gold Medal for Canada at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Results:
- Defeated Chrispine Odera (Kenya) TKO 2
- Defeated Ulli Kaden (East Germany) TKO 1
- Defeated Janusz Zarenkiewicz (Poland) walk-over
- Defeated Riddick Bowe (United States) TKO 2
World Titles
- WBC Heavyweight Champion (1992-1994)
- WBC Heavyweight Champion (1997-2001)
- IBF & WBA Heavyweight Champion (IBF - 1999-2001) (WBA - 1999-2000)
- IBF, WBC & IBO Heavyweight Champion (IBF - 2001-2002) (WBC - 2001-2004) (IBO - 2001-2004)
Regional Titles
- European heavyweight Champion (1990-1992) vacated title when awarded the WBC heavyweight title
- British Heavyweight Champion (1991-1992) vacated title when awarded the WBC heavyweight title)
- Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion (1990-1992) vacated title when awarded the WBC heavyweight title
Other Factoids
- Lewis defeated every professional opponent he faced, one of only three World Heavyweight Champions to do so, with Ingemar Johansson and Rocky Marciano being the other two. Gene Tunney and Riddick Bowe avenged their professional defeats, but had "no contest" fights against fighters they never defeated.
- Lewis won the Londsdale Belt outright after successfully defending his British Heavyweight Championship against Glenn McCrory and Derek Williams.
- Lewis has appeared in a number of television shows and movies: Filmography
- Lewis was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 2008 and into the International Boxing Hall of Fame the following year.
| Preceded by: Riddick Bowe Vacated |
WBC Heavyweight Champion 1992 Dec 14 – 1994 Sep 24 |
Succeeded by: Oliver McCall |
| Preceded by: Mike Tyson Vacated |
WBC Heavyweight Champion 1997 Feb 7 – 2001 Apr 22 |
Succeeded by: Hasim Rahman |
| Preceded by: Evander Holyfield |
WBA Heavyweight Champion 1999 Nov 13 – 2000 Apr 29 Stripped |
Succeeded by: Evander Holyfield |
| Preceded by: Evander Holyfield |
IBF Heavyweight Champion 1999 Nov 13 – 2001 Apr 22 |
Succeeded by: Hasim Rahman |
| Preceded by: Brian Nielsen Stripped |
IBO Heavyweight Champion 1999 Nov 13 – 2001 Apr 22 |
Succeeded by: Hasim Rahman |
| Preceded by: Hasim Rahman |
IBF Heavyweight Champion 2001 Nov 17 – 2002 Sep 5 Vacated |
Succeeded by: Chris Byrd |
| Preceded by: Hasim Rahman |
WBC Heavyweight Champion 2001 Nov 17 – 2004 Feb 6 Retired |
Succeeded by: Vitali Klitschko |
| Preceded by: Hasim Rahman |
IBO Heavyweight Champion 2001 Nov 17 – 2004 Feb 6 Retired |
Succeeded by: Wladimir Klitschko |
