Lennox Lewis The greatest Heavyweight of all time #LennoxLewis

[Applause] here is Luis after 24 years as a boxer [Applause] [Music] [Applause] here's now the three-time heavyweight champion [Applause] I'm bigger than I am because he was ready bow didn't want to fight minute so ready bow came to me Tyson didn't fight Lennox he fought me the era he was involved in and I think he even got to showcase the best of his ability and he still managed to dominate riddick bowe threw away a world championship felt rather than the half the fight Lennox Lewis Mike Tyson he's laboring in court right now via his representatives to try to avoid having to fight Lennox Lewis if you don't have to fight someone like that it's best to leave him alone six five two hundred forty seven pounds may be the most dangerous big athlete in the division let me address the strange phenomenon of American heavyweight champions but I think are ducking Lent Lennox Lewis each and every time that they had an opportunity to choose fight Lennox they chose to fight me because they thought I was in love saponin and I always surprise him so out of respect I have to face him and give him the opportunity that he given me to be in the three-time heavyweight champ of the world greatest apart mister Lennox loot the night heavyweight champion of the world that was the time when we used to talk about Jack Dempsey Joe Lewis Muhammad Ali and very seldom another name would come in now you can put lettuce Luis in that mix he's in there with the all-time heavyweight champion of the world we've covered the title dividend I did in a devastating Mountie he's beaten everybody even Evander Holyfield he became a three times world champion and he beat a three-time world champion along the way when it comes to our era we really learnt our error like we went back into training camp we spent a lot of time in training camps and we went to old-time fighters great trainers to help us as well so we got a a lot of knowledge and we brought that back into the ring there's one situation against the rich who I hadn't hurt and I thought he was trying to bait me in and so I kind of took it easy [Music] [Applause] and you heard a manual Stewart's say and later on I asked him yo we heard good yes sir even when he's hurt you know is still persevering and that's one of the most dangerous if you go out there trying to knock him out you might get knocked that difficult that's when you make mistakes just go out there and do what you know how to do and that's the win my only chance to hit me with a left hook you get me come closer and you know he he fought a a smart fight I thought if he gets me a good shot then they rely him to get a lot closer something somebody's shot you in effect this mugsy's yeah and lay it on degrees and try to draw him in but every time you set a trap Linux or just move away from [Applause] I wanted to fight provider that's the only way I'd get a chance for him because I realize that I'll find somebody who's just as good as I and bigger and I told my man ah come on a ferry round almost quit when I did not come out that third round it was like I would have won't got that ring but my son be right here my son was red they're not looking at me so that's the only reason I finished the match he pulled a smart fight and I have to take my hand off to a guy that's fight smart you thought that if he committed to his big shots he'd be off balance so he maintained his balance better than you thought he would through the fight didn't it well not so much that he she did punish do to target sheep are set the target [Applause] now you notice Luis is not putting this bottom right hand yet just kind of swinging them out there for measurement good or bad George I think it's really good because you don't want to throw nothing away you want to make sure I'm making contact what I do cero and I'm gonna go for the pig [Applause] in the background Lewis Lewis Lewis we hit the low range and if I didn't mean the man he called me kids were right up there with an uppercut whether you gonna do is he gonna put it away like this Barrett Oliver fighter he showed us this week's on the books in the simplicity to winning master crosswise the heavyweight championship of the world [Applause] seven years luis buddy' with the Luis adjust stepping back a lotion and just dropping right hands he's got his defense stick acting like a matador he stands there jab jab Gaffigan slides you up and right he doesn't George Foreman declared you were the greatest heavyweight of all time right yeah you know the fact that he said that was a great opportunity I learned a lot off for him watching him fight listen to him commentating on my fights if I would go into a fight and they would say yeah he's not throwing that job and I he's not being authoritative with the job I don't go and train and come back and be authoritative with that job you know because that's what George said he knows he's been rolled that left jab he has the custody move he can't spend Nancy stepped on the half jab step jab step none of the jabs that Lewis is landing are the hardest I've ever seen him Lance does what it has to be has got to be hard he's got to puff you up get into pop go to jam don't move back after this slap ow there's the Japanese now I love Jeff start to double up the Linux Lewis he doesn't do anything after this you got it with Jam comes right back with his jail good left jab you don't have to get into a fight see how they refuse the beats bother you but this is a shot that when a person blind you then you move away from you right inches so do is keep this right hand up and just circle on to his right good is right that's what you want the smaller the shorter still a fighter to do is keep following new region job for everything you get making this by keeping your hands up let me what's controlling the fight is it only to read it was his fight from beginning to end but the way you control it and in the way that collet bill cannot reach you there's no way he can beat you you are a taller man just don't get Lois make sure every punch it down the hole the field cloak is up catch him with your hand [Applause] the plans for [Music] [Applause] not effective want to get caught up on the internal punches and not get flesh so just keep your eyes he fight good Paul he picks the hook away from me very well because he laid back he doll gives you a daze when he punches we call it in the bucket he [Applause] this is a much better last round from lanex rulers using this pot boxing skills moving about picking out the jabs in the right hands blasted combinations boxing helical Lennox previously in boxing in history of boxing probably the greatest heavyweight charitable fund perfect balance of our time I'm a five-dimensional fighter and that means I'm a boxer puncher movies and allergy I'm into theory about the I'm a true heavyweight to the specialist [Applause] you know he showed us the rope-a-dope as well I move around or try new things if you can't move on your legs you're gonna be standing like you're standing in quicksand or something and the guy's just gonna be pounding on you this is the 12th round isn't it it's a tremendous amount of jabs and touches him with his hand and we went to it looks up he's too far away generally when a guy hits you he's close this time just got jammed here and he's as far away as can be Linux news took the heavyweight champ of the world for the next 10 years if he's so children go he only gets better got it all he's got the package we still earn your money and when he stands up Paul uses his stature moves on his feet and fires his jab who's gonna beat him no one give me an aspect of it and you push it in danger out of danger so you got to be fast on your toes so skipping really helps I'm training my husband said make sure that you can box on the outside make sure you come back home and inside I've always said from the day that I first saw Linux it was the best heavyweight that I ever saw he was around with 211 she kept in there you'd be everybody they put in front and can't argue with friendly you can argue about what I believe anybody the greatest of all postmodern heavyweight champions the green Lennox Lewis absolute champion Daisy could be to everybody we have Lennox Lewis so as you know is one of the greatest heavyweight champions of all time unbelievable heart and you know fairness unbelievable balance he won the Olympics carved his way through his early opponents and rose to the top of the heavyweight world with his annihilation of razor develop lady Linda Lewis face full of squats and a lot of people interest at the two best fighters are fighting each other the bow and my bow in our fight and the best men come out on top I'm just saving all my talent for the world champion that's Hannah Hollifield right now I'm knocking out the door and I'm waiting for him to answer the father instruction now try to get as many J up them to the champ of rock paper with this is the first of three fights that will either validate evander holyfield as a heavyweight champion or give us a new heavyweight champion and when you stick to the rules of the contract as they are written and fight Lennox Lewis next if you beat both of course I will fight Lennox Lewis you know I'm the heavyweight champ in the world and and léa by the rules and regulation is two-room stimulates me to fight him next then I will fight him in the last decade of the 19th century as an english-born fighter held the heavyweight crown as Lennox Lewis about to take a step toward wiping out that century of frustration or uncrown champion of the sport we are about to find out which punch will dominate the belt will it be Louis's jab smacking what if Lewis can continue to establish his dominant gerra to make us an even fight and back to wage he's going to just bar victim to a while ahead perfect accuracy by [Applause] razor ruddock it also makes this big is the willingness of Lewis and Roddick to fight each other rather than duck each other and merely wait for a guaranteed shot at the title for bigger money than they're going to make tonight that says something about them as a business proposition this fight well it's like a polar bear needing snowshoes it doesn't make any sense when you look back in the history books or getting remembers what I've achieved not how much money I've made so the money thing is not really a big thing for me finally what makes this fight big is the probability that the winner tonight will be favored to be the winner of Holyfield versus bones and what excitement we'll have here if Lewis does in fact that's the contract he does a wonderful day it's gonna be a wonderful day for the whole world because like I said the world market down you go so international champion from another country challenging and probably winning a heavyweight championship of the world well that's interesting you just picked him to win the heavyweight championship which opponent would have the best style to stand them in good stead against Louis would it be Holyfield they're both Riddick Bowe stands up tall he could get knocked out easily if he's not properly prepared I think you found a hold of field because these law can hide for a few more rounds but eventually he'd even get caught with that sneak right hand these prove that he's a world-class fighter he can become a heavyweight champ of the world and keep the title for a long time the Holyfield's people have said that if Holyfield beats Bo they're willing to come fight Louis here I'm not sure that's a great idea I don't think they really want to fight Louis anyway if you ask me this guy's got such a Down on my right hand he's some you gotta let age a little bit like a piece for me he's looking practice to try out his farm [Applause] see [Applause] one of the greatest heavyweight fighters ever in any era I mean the man beat everybody face he went been to Olympic Games won gold medal his career speaks for itself [Applause] right hand over the top [Applause] what he's doing is working at [Applause] yes [Applause] my opinion he probably was the best every we have you know undisputed heavyweight champion in lost understood every time gonna be packed I've rarely the referee compliment fighter and I always had the great deal of respect for Linux man legs has been friends ironically since we were both 15 and 16 years old I was known legs before anybody in boxing known Linux this guy's there's no way I could ever be he's just too big and too strong Mike Tyson gave the day adult and four million dollars rather than fight now Mike Tyson stands Square to you when you push him back he's got nothing to hold him back right so you push him back and then he has to read readjust and then come back at you so that's one of the things that really worked with Mike Tyson [Applause] is no doubt the best heavyweight of all time what he's done quit sitting on top of the heap Lewis cleaned up domestically and became the first man since Bob Fitzsimmons to hold the world unified crown in my lifetime we've seen it but our children ain't gonna sit over there grand or our grandchildren they can see it's gonna be a long time before we produce another undisputed heavyweight champion in the world you know so let's enjoy it while we live but will he be remembered alongside John L Sullivan who knocked out almost 500 men the formidable jacks Johnson and Dempsey the brown bomber Joe Lewis the unbeaten Rocky Marciano and the one and only Muhammad Ali that was law public where will Lewis end up on the list finally extremely hard just put somebody here in India old-time our late MC Marciano everybody that's too small just too small friends beaten every fight of his I never got anyone and when you look back at him as I've said before his history records want to be phenomenal he's proven himself to be the dominant heavyweight in boxing now for the last 10 years Lennox Lewis fights everybody they put in front of him and he has fought the best in his division as Emanuel Steward said and he deserves a claim now as heavyweight champion once it's a mom dog is that he said I used to be great yeah you're the greatest there you are as the man who takes a quiet look under the feet of heavyweight champion into the next century how do you do what you have achieved in the public it's a great honor just to be along the same lines of Muhammad Ali achieving what he's achieved but he can punch as hard as anyone in the history of boxing with that right hand including Foreman shavers Mike Tyson anybody's in tremendous puncher got to power there's no hype about this guy he was found with a job this guy is totally cleaned out this division he's beating the Evander Holyfield twice now he just totally dominated Mike Tyson Riddick Bowe in the amateurs three rounds and that will always be over his head the young guys like grant and David Tua and Hasim Rahman in the past they're almost 10 years ago guys like Ray Mercer and razor ruddock and recently Andrew Golota I've been there done that I touched the other error which is the clips goes what did I need to do I didn't need to do anything more do you beat everyone they put in front of him a great heavyweight champion that way that's when when we say we said to ourselves or the ones that guy you know all of a sudden I thought you're the best wasn't quite all comers so that's the way [Music] [Applause] Luke occasionally passed me after destroying the best America has to offer in Michael grant Lewis was given the highest compliment from the losing corner he's a great guy and he's a good champion and he's a very good fighter who's probably by him being a champion on a given night would beat anybody in the history of the division I don't want to compare myself against people who I looked up to you know I would say you know I would love to walk in the same footsteps as them but I've got bigger shoes so you know you really what you're doing is comparing here I'm just the best boxer heavyweight champion of the world this is a great man [Applause] I am very appreciative sing about Alex let's do it give me chance to prove my boxing skills against wrongs' champion of the history of boxing the Charlie Fox the great quiet is a great opponent every great fighter as once to box another great planet after this fight they're all boxing fans confidence our commanders appreciate and respect my boxing skills trying to really do my job you see one more one more step one more right that one just wow here we go cheers is fun oh fight see that I was given in the pressure I was really sticking in with my job what I did to kids go I brought them in the deep end you know after five rounds that was it same words Franklin after five rounds you know this is way down [Music] at my worst at my worst recorded to his face as he intends to be patient that he'll move in at the opportunity presents itself something else he told us was very important back them up keep you going backwards don't let his weight come into both six-foot-five they will nullify [Applause] I realized that hard work to make you he arranges to losses Binaca I mean wolf LTC what more can you hook up this he did it by long-range that's the most important he didn't try to close in everything without finials he takes you up here instead of tab and right hand it was cooking right hand you know what the old saying never follow a sponge you harassing and Rockland did she beat everybody in his errand beat iced tea be Holyfield you'll be crystal [Music] [Applause] yes the Java guy [Music] good shots of little beautiful job it's just upping the place up and he's done that twice in this round I wanted a job to knock you out so it's coming strains coming straight something if it hits you you know your face and your whole body moves with it many jab is powerful my were said Larry Holmes have a great job you know but it was a jab to somebody you know I feel the best job out there Lennox Lewis has done just about everything that finish the job Harry's put together combinations his rep applause look good these folks well behind the left jab round two begins with Lewis sticking the jab sticking the death ticking the dead as Lewis keeps the left - in his face that is 1/5 yeah to continue to connect for Louis on another one I believe that Lennox Lewis has the ability to become the best all-around superior weight boxer of all time interesting chance here to see a young man who some people say could become the first English for world heavyweight champion since Bob Fitzsimmons at the end of the last century I think Laura's hairs were the best right hands in the heavyweight division [Music] you can see right off the bat Lennox was does want a box he wants to keep him on the end of his punches here sleeping guru said he doesn't want a boxing he's just too big for that [Applause] we drop against the oh that a terrific right-hand shot by Lois that landed flush on Morrison's chin you might hurt Morrison say to the doctor I've still got my left hook by way of saying listen don't stop this thing too fast I'm dangerous but the left hook has not been a factor so far now he comes back to the jab popping it and bringing it back the way your spoke to before Emanuel Steward has been saying for the past few months there isn't a heavyweight on the planet who could last eight rounds with Lennox Lewis [Applause] a totally confident Lennox first if I'm gonna become a champion uh you know I'm not gonna duck and drive anybody he's trying to go about the right way of being the world champion by being the best fighter actually in the world you know and ami not avoids anyone who takes me with either connected coffee the European particle and the invented civil I want the rest of the world and I'm not thinking any any easy route to that Island come pick in the heart [Applause] Louis he's falling let's go [Applause] hard cutter pounce away after watching Lewis in this round I'm beginning to think maybe you can't turn a soprano into a tenor because he is really brawling we haven't seen that Mercer turns it back around and before the end of his round Lewis had turned it around once again [Applause] he's a puncher he doesn't mind picking up relievers [Applause] Louis a bit of bravado that as I look I can take those was on the news when the going gets tough the tough get going and I'm tougher than him setting a trap born that's something we gotta know I think he wanted to [ __ ] back now he's got it I will get that [Music] Spencer now that's heavyweight action and Tuckers holding on be ready to go is Tony Tucker [Applause] [Applause] neat [Applause] Albanian fights were of gone than the man's hit me on the chin first couple minutes and it's likely this blanked off my chin eyes like I ate it up ate the punch up and it didn't hurt me I was like what happened to our punches so hard the hitch on the chin everybody's saying oh just see that punching them and fell tell me when I look at tape of it [Music] - hold it no puns to play murder part took my pack a punch and we present David's little Esther and Lewis took the plunge you might be thinking hello it should have been flat on his back man [Applause] and there's a right to follow part of the point in for their that good left to purchase call [Applause] Liyana by 2/10 school but he's walked this goes penal were big right hands like that we walked no one likes to look those up under percent we had a great linen thesis our disciplines I mean he was a very focused fighted [Applause] I'm trying to end this right here Lennox Lewis is looking a little pond as it's as you say Foom your hands reach the target they speed and become speed you got a thing what you do with fights where if they've got their favorite punch you don't want to get hit with for the whole fighter right absolutely so I used different defenses different offenses that I'm gonna need to to contend with that was [Applause] [Music] he doesn't care NUI places there you have a genuine champion and a genuine contender for a world trial it doesn't matter who they put in front of him he will take them out there are other fighters out they were very possible they fight because they're not sure themselves there's a man that's a hundred percent sure sure he's got the power that muster worry took a noise Lennox Lewis lays claim to an entire era Lennox Lewis never had that unification match up with Riddick Bowe but he did beat Evander Holyfield really twice he's a great historically great heavyweight champion he proved it again tonight he was too big and and too good Lennox Lewis the heavyweight champion of the world of the modern greats Lewis dismantled Riddick Bowe and Evander Holyfield really cool he beaten the amateurs I told you to father I'm gonna knock him out again I've beaten before him that feeling again he has to fear me bit of a setback [Music] good question now we have the standing challenge oh really I was gonna wake up or else [Music] very close with the gold medal he was being thrashed pretty good he did take a pounding Neely was good a good piece out I got that man well you know to go by hand badly are you hurt here well I was taking up pretty much he said that need to go anywhere anytime get back get on man I think one really boat wakes up and looks in the mirror and all of a sudden it'll see me staring at it you know he realized that I'm the one is gonna make the most money against and you know he'll get he'll get ridiculed by a lot of his friends because they'll be going look why don't you box Lewis you've been doing all this talking you said that you wanna box and why don't you box and why are you ducking him they ducked us all the way to the championship they said wait until one of us becomes a champion then we should both meet one of us is a champion you hear him talking on TV what what's coming out of his mouth ain't reality he's talking a lot of fallacy they signed an agreement to step for us to fight ready to fight razor ruddock so they could take an easy part of the world title they've renamed on that guilt and they made an offer that no one would accept 90 team he's not an offer yeah you know I wanted to take that offer I did want to take him because it doesn't matter to me how much money will box for it or how much money I'll get it you know the main thing for me was getting the three belts we have a contract that guarantees is 30% and we're willing to drop five percent on that contract that we already have signed would be [Music] I know you like to bust that other guy in the mouth don't see it bring it on cause more about physical person [Music] today Lennox is recognized outside the ring at the gentlemen gracious and reserved as a child from a broken home he was often violent and angry at the world it was a junior high student with a very short fuse his size and cockney accent set him apart if any of the other kids will bother me I was like the strongest kid you know I throw it [Music] [ __ ] aside hopefully it doesn't don't let me call them chicken both bring it on book what do you think about them fighting heavy hi you know like I said they talk a lot of hypocrisy policy on TV and they try and they trying to fool the public I think for most people out there that know about boxing we realize you know these guys are a bunch of jokers you know let's let's get the real fight that the people who talking about together let's put the fight on the box for no money and send all the money to Africa I bucks the most feared man out there the one that we take both didn't want to face you know they put me against him so I went mad took him out now they realized that how easily I took out him they get scared and what happens they don't want to fight that's what that's the true story it's gonna make sure that the winner of Holyfield both fight Lennox Lewis you said on stage that you basically listen to your handler what was the conversation right when you gave up the WBC go Newman had both toss his WBC championship belt into a trash can scrapping an understanding that he would fight Lennox Lewis Oh didn't wanna find me both and I will always get here but that would end three rounds and that will always be over his head he should if he's a true worry of the game he would obviously want a rematch obviously he's talking tough on TBS it's all companies world champion but I know that I have sought a no-brainer and a lot of people wanted to see what would happen in the professional so I was waiting for that to happen but it never did happen I'm pretty hurt about that because I really wanted to enjoy the stage the Lennox Lewis he remains the last heavy way to hold the undisputed tiles the extraordinary thing is you guys used to be in the same amateur team didn't you for North America is that right yes at that point I played with Lennox and what happened without along pretty well but again as ollie one service dinosaurs can't be friends not a thought any of them at any time how many of you would have fought anybody in your champion is raise your hand did you do with people around you commanded in three epic bouts with holy view the Brownsville Brooklyn native was to become a giant among Giants I bet some great ones Joe Frazier 10 Norton Larry Holmes and I said you have potential to become the greatest said great I've ever had and that's saying a whole lot bow was matched with an underestimated opponent Andrew Golota for a homecoming tuna [Music] [Applause] when they're in close doesn't give them a good shot [Applause] [Music] [Applause] he seems to be winning big against the guy called by many the best heavyweight active in the division [Applause] power punches from Galina second time in his career that both [Applause] doesn't know where he models [Applause] and he doesn't have to do it like this yes then you know you have a control always wasted that's a knockdown who Lennox Lewis have spread it when he could make a opponent for his finalists the path of least resistance which is so much contested today he took the path of most resistance endlessly notorious fighter colliding with everything he had done to Riddick flow medications given from Jersey [Applause] who will land the first heavy punch between these two power punches Louis starting off with a jab Emanuel Steward blaming his fighters jab is quicker and better than ever before [Applause] a little bit more tentative at the outset then he appeared to be against critical lewis lands the right hand over the top and they spin back out in the center a over the top early start [Applause] copilot [Applause] only the second time in his career that in he is a cleveland wobbling at Lennox Lewis has a tremendous awkward right I was better hisses oh boy he's firing over Oh [Applause] Lennox Lewis pigs paper tremendous table he's waiting for years finally happen there's nothing more definitive than what we just saw it's certainly the most definitive defining knock out of a heavyweight division since Mike Tyson was a young fighter since June of 1988 when Tyson here knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 second that's the last time you saw this definitive the statement in the heavyweight division first knockdown coming here a lot adjust with no defense against Louis's power shot shot together here like I said earlier that he stopped doing he throws the one-two came back with another one - it came back with even another one - that's how little it feels got to be what Linda Lewis was but through it all not too many guys wanted to fight him not too many guys were stepping up and saying well let me have a shot at Lennox Lewis and here's the reason why yeah because they knew to tell him that Linda's possessed business that he was hurt badly by the mishap on the Riddick Cole situation when he didn't but he didn't get a chance to prove himself against Riddick quote that hurt Lily flew and every American critic presumed that Riddick Bowe was the better fighter than Lennox Lewis but dalila's whole reputation was based on his two trips with beau and off for this you have to say well how much was that how good was both well there goes to show you that I'll think of what that poll was bad either it's just that Bolger they didn't take this fight says because he too cheated himself when he didn't find in exclude from the fight with their primetime well there's a statement if you're a wondering if the winner of tonights fight can make a definitive statement that would put him in line as the obvious public challenger to the winner of all then it wants to be today and the only way to prove that is by far in anybody and being a skillful enough to take a leaf from Jesus [Music] the heavyweight division who are asleep Meg as the result of that in particular they was right nice use his legs jab sometimes you have to concede I'm not gonna get a knockout daddy's out the box [Music] to the valley again since up has only been in the 12th round one time so if in fact this round completes [Applause] [Music] he's always rubbery my challenge it must have a pretty good chin he has one against a big big heavyweights to take this kind of stuff and Stewart told Lewis that he could knock him out right hands [Applause] [Music] here is the undefeated former WBO world heavyweight champion in wall after being touched by two of boxing's the biggest name Lewis got a shot at greatness the great Shortbus times [Applause] rich as well who's been caught by that great getting caught by those right hands of Lewis at the start of the run Lewis he looks as if he just moved up again [Music] [Music] jeez anybody ever get to keep himself up for a moment there right Africa then went to the body Louis here in Top Gear very menacing Briggs's really stack up our right hand is let's tip and he's all over the place the end could be near here Lewis is just looking here now to flick the punches Biggs's trying to fight back could be dangerous what he's heard but Lewis just has to keep himself what bright keep his hands up to lose puns and toast and keep the pressure on [ __ ] jumping right on Shannon boots I don't think we'll get through this round three-punch combination now though jumping right swaying around like a tree in the wind to keep the momentum on this is a great topic here from jr. grapes Oh Jewish start in front of him Sassy's he never the second term in the round break [Applause] from this one counts at six [Applause] pricks lips the start bar stirring up on the jab and finding the right hand [Applause] Morris clinically looking touches not waste anything probably to his reputation good left to the right hand good merge again Shannon Briggs is at Logan and steady he might here [Applause] bus driving his time yes like a live waiting in the long grass Oh [Applause] because for shannon briggs lewis retains the WBC heavyweight championship in a memorable fight and was Evander Holyfield watching that I always thought it'd be something special because that we've got 12 Murphy was like the same size as me we basically older as a team we Frank panel myself then it one person doesn't make a decision making collectively but I'm the captain if the [ __ ] faint will sink never seen roll it together although I've won a lot I've become a great champion of the world and I've also had a mishap and lost it but you know I can see the rest of the road as a straight road and the hills I can deal with me it's not about money it's about Lori Madison Square Garden stepped into the ring with three time world champion Evander Holyfield at stake the undisputed heavyweight title he just destroyed my type into fight I think [Music] arrival at only way I'd get a chance the end when he get the boat playing tennis me if I did he know that he got kids were to write up hook up cups but when he gonna do is you know put it to wait on like this so he they're not even he was to posted on to a fighter that I have a fault cause he fought his right when does enacted do to get him back to we tonight we have want to fight that our half of that so then to some person that that way everybody else I was a and you heard Emanuel Steward say [Applause] we feel reaching but not finding anything mimics the only person that I ever let get on my skin he said that he was gonna knock down a third round I was like okay you better live up to this because everybody's watching around the world that he's gonna knock me on it's a third round so yeah you know in a room for a fight you gotta be careful what you say because you got it you gotta come back and live up to everything that you say exactly what you doing don't get careless I feel that I did say I'm gonna knock you out so I said that I should have said it because they said you will not come out well so I'm telling somebody then I might mark them out and 3-valve and they just as good as me but bigger and they won't let me do not you know show you do you stop so what I did I try to knock ya [Applause] the Lewises around [Applause] it is right crash-landed and when I didn't knock my third round it was like all the air just went out of it and I were actually getting really quick the only reason why I didn't quit my son was that then he just had his head down and I didn't want my bad to kill myself he just like their dad went treasurer he quit if it wasn't for my son I will get out that ring here but he busts me gets wrong true he busts went wrong and all this and I'm like man that's it for me so that's the reason why I quit God Doug Howard that much from [Applause] acting like a metal door he's standing still jam jam again right hand stop together the bluest [Applause] Evander Holyfield's has been pantsed eight rounds ten times in his career now then when he drops his handle to his right before his right reach out for everything you get making this by keeping your hands up for crisp landed again he continues to pound the jab with accuracy which is simply out of skill it's because of that left jab No [Applause] if after home leads desperately [Applause] to hit stairs [Applause] [Applause] maybe the biggest but it was twins it will be the biggest news the British Isles [Applause] definitely Bob Fitzsimmons in 1897 as a citizen of Great Britain held an undisputed heavyweight title we may be minutes away from you look very beat up for you feeling your age Wow but you're not gonna get insane - no but you know Hawaii is the person that takes the bump good luck and always I think I couldn't get in my position because he'd beat me to division which is good I'm condensed with fighting called about Linux tears then then it's had a great fight and you can't take that away from it the fact is I went in there and was Lennox that was able to hold me off and I can't do nothing but sit well you're the man fought a good fight - maybe next time [Applause] he knows it too and says he will times in the past 15 seconds he/she Lewis has got homer they've had a good laugh listen stance positively it's a classy start from land expend it's a good start he's getting the center ring he's using his jab or if you don't have to try it by the way every time holy book tries to get close Lewis is looking to hit it with Huff's Biggers a right uppercut very cold so he was surprised by Louis's skills and recently the first time I think at the moment he will be impressed again by what is in front of him Louis dominant early here as he was in the first by pouch three-punch combination this time when Lewis continues to lose the confidence he Sharon intelligently using his natural advantages as a great job at one spot that's a very classy punch hold it both have a bit trying to lure Lewis all we lose into standing Dragon Ball [Applause] a bit better Louis has established the early advantage when you went into a shot now I ran into a couple of yours and like this and I'm like and I'm like I'm quick enough to grab when you get hit with something to grab grab the guy yes it with legs he was a big guy and he can hit but you never know when he goes play and buddy take his time or is likely somehow so I was going forward you know [Applause] the response being shared [Applause] some heavier looking perches owns a really big one - Louis by touching [Applause] luis dominating early well do very well indeed to get back to working for hire that left leader is this that took a dip really simay Louis [Applause] but this girl really took despite superbunny show from Louisville by two this one is he's extraordinary he seems to just dip [Applause] as of nice right up against the Japs what is so good [Applause] it's a simple practice detection [Applause] [Music] [Applause] in the shop [Applause] this is such a better fight than the last one forget the sweet science they said a real pleasure to be here look at that avocado not that all along these don't back to that fight of your life it's thought a good thing finish the strongest the undisputed champion it's dr. Gary's 30 ferrets age just begin to catch up in a river in the light rafts correctly are the dynamics that well condition India's the Lewis with the left workplace time hostages busy starting to use the job again just temporary Holyfield from Long Branch back to his boxing it's a sensible strategy as a good combination the lowest it plus she would appeal by he's still gotta go then and try not a fake that's a good right answer many babies over [Applause] judges say that judges ringside Jerry Roth scores at 115 to 113 judge Chuck Champa scores at 116 to 112 judging ringside Bill Graham sees at 117 to 111 all three in favor of the winner and the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world your unified heavyweight champion from Britain in a century what do you think this will do for your legacy as a fighter for the respect you have tried to win over the last decade I think you know I went through some trials and tribulations and you know know people were trying to stop me you know I'm just gonna realize the moment thank you very much we relish this fight now for the final name Mike Tyson's last notch on my belt the icing on my cake I'm in 1984 they met for the first time in the Catskills a skinny beanpole Lennox Lewis shared a ring with a short stocky Mike Tyson and I always had the great deal of respect for Lennox my legs has been friends ironically since we were both 15 and 15 years old I've known legs before anybody in boxing known Lennox Lennox and he get along very well they ran together eight around the same table would cost here are the whole bunch of stories brought me up to this room and sheet up he was explaining about all these different boxes and he was really educational for me how long into the week did you guys spark first day the second day second day we we sparred and that was that was an eye opening for my run the bell rang for the first round everything changed this guy was you know my cousin came across the ring he was trying to trying to hit me and he was actually hitting me like wow you know this is almost like a fight you know am I trying to said yeah well you know you're coming through this guy's house you know he's to be showing you that you know if it's not where you're promised where you're at so I understood that very very early in my career he came to the corner and I came up and I said look we don't have to do this today yes we can leave it blue for a few days or if you want to go home you know I know what to do now and he came back and everything to try to kill me so from there on the start of uses ability and frames and eventually got the Mint's a custom auto believed in the pay would one day meet again with a kid we both know the rugby Champions after that gold that's all we ever talk right came to what about this guy right there guys okay we're gonna love the way you probably never worked and I think their work with him I suspect [Music] champion before we became campy we lost an 84 offended remember we love area Linux is grill 26 585 16 and my mom Mike Tyson grew up in Brooklyn New York hanging out with his homeboys it was tough getting getting into some petty crime which led to a stint at reform school but Tyson's bad luck was about to change a warder introduced Mike to legendary boxing manager cus D'Amato who immediately saw the potential of his new raw recruit the adopted Mikan tucked him out of the ghetto to his country boxing stadium it was the closest Tyson ever came to having a normal family born in the East End of London like Tyson Lennox didn't really know his dad violet struggled to make ends meet she moved to Canada in search of golden pavements leaving her two sons behind in London with family Lennox got a reputation as a rowdy rebellious boy and he got expelled from primary school in East Ham Lewis ended up in a couple of council run boarding schools for difficult kids but after a few years getting settled his mum brought 12 year old Lennox out to Ontario I suggested that maybe should give some thought to joining the Kitchener police boxing boys boxing club the experience would transform him but it wasn't the boxing that day he met the man who would become the greatest influence of his life about 25 years ago he came into the gym with a couple of buddies to learn how to fight so I basically told him that begins learn how to fight get out of my gym don't come back but if you want to be a boxer it came to the right place I guess I appeared to be father figure that you wanna put on e-beam would start Lenox down to glory boxing and given Lenox of brand-new identity in 1986 with on 'edit side Lenox won gold at the prestigious Commonwealth Games in Great Britain Lenox sought out his biological father and met him on the streets of London we spoke for a little while as a normal person late connects what was what was wrong in 2010 years recently lashes only that man could never be the father to me that you had em what gears to manage the two boys born on the wrong side of the street have come a long way since their sparring days Lewis and Tyson may both be products of the mean streets but although they used were lived in similar circumstance they've taken very different routes to get to their bout in Memphis in 1996 iron mike was fresh out of prison he crushed Frank Bruno for the WBC felt the news British was next in line - John came to go she ate at a deal to prevent a title bout between Tyson and Louis the WBC ordered Tyson and give up his belt and pay Louis 4 million dollars if I would have retired without boxing Mike Tyson it would have been a situation where everybody was saying well Mike Tyson's best you know you never boxed in do you think the result could have been different would have been different if Ed of many different period of their careers well sure man Island I believe this bar I believe limits got the best of them there I just believe Lily's got the tools there no matter what Mike would have did it wouldn't help them we have to reach up and try and box he's got shorter arms and me so the only thing he can do is basically try and get on the inside and that's no easy task generally when a guy hit you eat oh this damn this got-damn feeling that far away as can be for Tyson to come in when Tyson comes in nelem before he can get into your punching range better put before he can get into his puncher Nate lytx needs to jump right on in right off the top we get some respect from him I think that he should draw a line in the campus there's no doubt about it Lennox Lewis is face just before choose 12 morrison ramos line with what luck these face guys will come in with the intention to knock him out with a big left hook maybe Louise will land something on Tyson and if he lands something on Tyson early Tyson is the kind of guy mentally that might never get the fight he might get himself so bad track where he'll be so timid about slowing then the danger will not exist [Applause] Linux jab is powerful and Mike would have had to get past that I storms you hey we got past and there are two good jab great Jam he could only keep it up Lennox Lewis has done just about everything but finished the job here is put together combinations his repertoire look good these box well behind the left jab round 2 begins with Lewis sticking the jab sticking the - sticking the jab sticking the dead stick it stick it sticking as Lewis keeps the left - in his face that is one tip yeah continue to connect forward sorry sounds Christmas Mike I'm sorry this fight didn't take place years ago it wasn't meant to be I've known little fairies into at 16 15 years old I'm a bee sting we always been friends he knew me ever since that friend Bernie and council together here was Lennox who basically had now beaten Evander riddick bowe in the amateurs and now Tyson this would be a clean sweep of he mated and be I think a defining piece of history in his legacy he's gonna come on me and I'm thinking I'm not gonna give her my crown rock your home in my mind that's the ego aspect of it she is for the wonderful fight disguise it no way I could ever be he's just too big and too strong he'd beaten everyone of this earth but Mike Tyson remembers in 88 when Lennox both Mike Tyson Lennox were in 84 amateur program and so Linux stayed another four more years so when he wins the gold medal Olympics in 88 Mike Tyson is like above the god he's on top of the world so when he turned profession was always Mike Tyson Mike Tyson even with the loss is Mike Tyson's tearless and is still Mike Tyson 15 years before that fight happened how do you think it would have fared the problem was Mike always had trouble with bigger men anyway fighters like what dream fighters like Bonecrusher yet trouble with what we won or not you ever had great trouble particularly since might even maximized his shortness by crouching and he couldn't fight inside so the guy would pick him apart witness Buster Douglas Mike what ahead drop you know I just wanted to show him that I wasn't scared of them he was trying to intimidate me and trying a goal for the early not come I just wanted to go under and hit him first the Linux wanted this so badly and I explained to him this is like parens and limit whatever happens in this fight you're gonna live with the rest of your life I'll do the rest of the victories and losses don't mean anything your legacy would pretty much be defined that this fight here there's no one in the world can take that to Linux Lewis now here's no doubt the best heavyweight of all time what he's done clearly put some on top of the heat where do you go now you basically proven everything everybody say good night yes possibly anything is possible here Elias looking forward to how is that being in his career so you can really you know they become a person I know and a father it's one of the things he wants more than anything your life nice is assess every young man's dreams to settle back in married have kids that they'll be my my happy life you know I think I'm getting closer to that what are we gonna do are you gonna hang up your gloves or do we take on Vladimir Klitschko and have a year or two more glad America let's go he's not tough enough he's not ready for me yet you know I mean I would be a waste of my time to go find him I would knock him out that was unknown about Amir coming into this fight was what would happen if he got tagged by a legitimate is there anyone you want to fight I've already done everything that I really wanted to do in the sport of boxing so you know I'm gonna keep him guessing for a little while longer coming out to white Quincy he's been at the top for a decade only Muhammad Ali Joe Louis at Larry Holmes at four type of whites this map is a good star this one good smoke Luis Kelly's job Joe no emotionalism two weeks ago right Lewis bar is [Applause] to me a fight is not a fight into this resistance - there's something to overcome something to overcome otherwise it's just an athletic venture it's an exhibition I think life is that I think you don't know if the lawyer is a lawyer and to introduce something to overcome in the courtroom something goes wrong okay he ate that until everything goes wrong the judge throws crap out and and he figures that he still handles [Applause] they spit who is looking wonder if there this might happen when we saw the way that there's a left jab of several authority by Louis and that rocked [ __ ] go momentarily stopped him in his tracks it was a heavy heavy shot [Applause] Rookwood would star in really focus was my news pipe up port he wanted to talk sports in the ring and he got it looking fungus along to discuss it let's go who looks the boss at the moment this is the kind of fight where one might return you're not in a fight and to this pressure resistance overcoming something [Applause] Luis is trying to gamble with and he's naming himself he just looks a shadow in itself it's actually allowed it's what you were to the floor in this woman beside he caught me with a good punch spear and as you can see I hold on to him and he was shocked because he couldn't let who's innocent all great fighters when the fight came to them they found the way to do what they had to do doctor iron fist [Applause] Lois stands for is he going to show championship quality here with an all-out attack all those should have got more than ever known so he's got to try and do something special here and this a cut now bike which goes left as he turns around [ __ ] go is cut by the left eye [Applause] they'll be tremendous excitement in the city we're having a hundred thousand paper were planning to gather to Russia but Lewis isn't done with yet got quite he's got a real problem with that Kaplan [Applause] he's injured now Louis starts to find the range with that jab his [ __ ] go gonna be [Applause] there's the Java game is there a tally of the time in this round he walked into a right hand lose but walk straight through it surprisingly to oak trees will be the last standing in the forest [Applause] but I think that could is worried it's gone it's a really bad guy to miss a shame and sport too with jabs and once it got the jab going you've got some other punches going to lose that sword that rain hat never look like that where the cut was caused that you saw the blood there [Applause] with nose he's falling Klitschko just looking for the big rain man doesn't look quite so bad at the moment and I say they got work in the Bourne I didn't look the most sophisticated [Applause] a moment sir they both looked ready to go nobody's ever doubted lose his heart another big right hand [Applause] Emanuel Steward a trainer Lewis predicted a finisher look at the the octopus famous Africa of them experience it was really sweet of the life-giving community their turn the fudge cleverly got at least nine rounds with Laurie nope no politics [Applause] this fixture prepared to go through the pain barrier with boxing ability off which case this Portland buyer right hat good job for Maddox there [Applause] let's go for the last 20 seconds of the round breathes heavily as he goes back the corner his face is a mess he's Eric got on the cheek as well or is that just a flood from the I evicted sheeps gutters William another gap all around the left eye is swollen and cuts internally walks the great quiet it was a great upon every great fighter once the box another great fighter he studied him fought the fight a thousand times in his head excellent page let's go tuck that to take advantage that was the knockout punch I didn't know he had such a big net everyone isn't for any of us for sure [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] honest I am saying about whether give me chance the blue wire boxing skills against wrongs' challenger of instead of crossing thanks thank you buddy the time you don't have great play and I want to talk you my hardest opponents congratulation you better come for me and with great boxer even though he lost it was really the big night of Batali's career like when people said oh this guy's it he can hang with the cream of the crop you said of course it was not your best night listen um he had a lot of woods you didn't do a lot of wood and now he's fighting another guy that and this is what I wanted to go out with him with Linux Vitaly you know he's been gone to all these fight he had his range and I was this guy that he's just focused on you and he put all the energies all the chemicals on anything whatever I'm talk about emotional come round no fake chemical everything is how I always just beat this guy and that's a lot of energy to overcome yeah no definitely he was the young guy he definitely wanted the title he prepared for me for two years I didn't know you know I'm sitting back I'm at the top of the scream top of the crop he's basically you know watching me because I'm the man at the top he's preparing for me and son like oh it's adage you know I'm gonna retire soon so okay I'll take it wasn't prepared how I should have been I wanted to actually take him at the end of the year so have it like a warm up quiet first but that didn't happen so we went into the fight this guy is six nine so when I was in the fire I had to adapt to this guy's size and his weight when I heard him he basically clumped on means they don't - move it - yeah this is why he's this fight the winner was the boxing we need this fight this fight 15 years long [ __ ] cheaper suspense heavyweight title fight upstream and he has made everybody of as Ella and Lennox Lewis is a great heavyweight and one that should be abbreviate there is nothing left for Lennox Lewis to prove all that remains is a record of his glory and a debate about it legacy I would love for history to just be kid the way it is reality I mean I'm basically making my history my problem is will they write it down correctly I realized that when I first went into boxing I was a man on a mission and you could say my mission is complete I've already being everybody and for me to continue boxing I'll just be boxing for the money I want to be one of these boxes that when I say I retired retired and when you look back in the history books are you getting remembers what I've achieved not how much money I ever made so the money thing is not really a big thing for me so I'm saying being there done that I touched the other error which is the clips goes what did I need to do I didn't need to do anything more so it was time for me to retire you know now cover family because I've actually [Music] before I started boxing so I always wanted to box get that weight focused on my box and now the family Venice to us doesn't want to be a boxer all his life I don't want to just think about boxing all the time there's other things other goals that I want to accomplish what happened was a great lesson and I was a great learning experience for him you know you don't want one of the greatest heavyweight champion of all time he is one of the few fighters in boxing history to have defeated every opponent he has ever faced occasionally listen folks not hate you feel we should camp and that's real promoters getting the money and Freddy's good opinion but that's how it goes in the beginning Oh [Music] dude I meant a chance in the world to get one job now when you have an opponent like bridge [Applause] will not get up [Music] [Applause] [Music] he went in at [Applause] to finish this [Applause] Louis and finish the job undisputed heavyweight champion of the world [Applause] [Music] [Applause] this job the three-time heavyweight champion every chick goes by is a chicken Shannon Briggs fake yeah but that wasn't intended for each sector that was more than a chick though the top circus I was trying to gather and suck my friends and come back to the zone brother writer [Applause] I've always said from the date of that persona she was the best giveaway to that I ever saw [Music] he is for the wonderful fight disguise it's nowhere could ever be a very confident fighter he's already done so much in a distinguished career popular as a person has basically done it with dignity honor did it myself did it my way and got out at the right time you know somebody else went through trials and tribulation and with everything against him he was able to be successful too many to fight him not too many guys were stepping up and saying well let me loose and here's the reason why looks like he's not only beating down Galata he's beating down everybody who ever doubted him in the ring he says he's the best fighter in the world he'd get the opinion is the best every weight that ever walked the planet well he goes to prove that right here you know if I have two losses in my life and both losses you know Philip happened for a reason and without these losses I don't think I could have ever been as great as I am today because it really put me in a place were at two states in myself do I want to can I can I do it again do I really wanted am i a true champion and that's what I run into the conservatory well a true champion and again losing is a big trial and tribulation lot a lot of us can't really come back and fight back from a loss [Applause] [Music] I threw a right hand and McCall threw a right hand and his right hand got through first that's the plungers that get you in trouble the bunch you don't shake and I went down and the referee counted really fast and you know I'm heavyweight champ in the world the referee counts you out I'm up on my feet ready to go he counts you I'm like what are you doing you know it's not like I got beat up for five rounds or six rounds you know it was a great shot I got up from it let me go on but it wasn't that situation so I felt that a loss really helped me I think I learned a great deal it really helped me because if I would have went through that fight and be all of them Nicole I think you know I may have gone down another bad road somewhere so in a sense this was like a teaching process for me making the right decisions and and know correcting they the world around an exclusive actually why you had the bill is like really creamy inside it is just a fight you know boxing you never know when you're gonna lose but you have to accept the winning and the losing I think there's one major thing that you said after the fight was really stressing on mine was you guys got realized you know I knew this this could happen one day and I was first started boxing we never really you know we just look there's no Linux and people it was like a weight was lifted off my shoulder you know burden you know okay I slipped I'm not perfect you never know what happens in life the only best thing you can do is basically make sure that you do your best no one can always look back and say well at least we did it correct then you know we did as a team and there's trust and Brotherhood and everything else that goes along with it there be losses in life in the sense that all you lose a job or you lost your paycheck or something happens negatively in your life that you have to be able to come back from so from from me you know when I lost the first time I knew my mistake straightaway at that time my body is way in front of me of my way of myself than one middle of myself I'm a balance is way ahead of myself and he just caught me crying the blood is like I helped him to not move you know and I knew that that wouldn't happen to me again it happened to me again but it was a different mistake and I knew that mistake wouldn't happen to me again but it was being able to come back from it you know I had people saying oh so what are you gonna do with the rest of your career I'm like what are you talking about rest of my career Muhammad Ali great hero of mine he lost three times he came back three times was the trainer for Oliver McCall back in 1994 now he's in the corner of Lennox Lewis all while I've been cleaning the other heavy weights arrived here to Michael Moore that had the whole the feel I always you know let it be known to everyone that my favorite ever lives in the world with all this things Louis the fact that you're stupid tease me about it and Oliver called included I believe that medics would witness had to ship again and it would be a chance for me to go on and Vitter to take one major project and see if I can they can become the best hologram period in history boxes over sudden reaching and get into the manuals to it it seemed like who made for he took because he had such a knowledge of the game such experience out there and he was one of the he's he's a trainer that he would speak and all of a sudden I would listen and I could understand and actually do what he was want or what he what he was telling me to do communication in the corner between a boxer and his trainer is often the difference between winning and losing in close fights but finding the right chemistry is no exact science more Lennox Lewis and Emanuel Steward their connection is a work in rapid progress it's like when you walk into a place and you meet somebody and you start speaking to that person but it's like you've known this person all your life that's the chemistry between me and I believe that the chemistry between Linux and I was gonna make a big difference and that's something that is so important but how has that chemistry developed why have Lennox Lewis and Emanuel Steward responded to each other I felt that he made it a real good strong person that he could respect because he's a strong man that individual himself and it's a normal week person would not be able to handle any stuff a very very strong man and very opinionated that if he respects someone asked it makes a big difference the former heavyweight champions respect for his new trainer was evident a year ago when first they began working together Stewart who had been an Oliver McCall's corner the night Lewis lost his title to McCall didn't wait to begin criticizing his new pupil at that stage and always very still emotionally not completely stable personally no it's less fight he allows he's too conservative and too intelligent and too analytical in the ring it's like a chess game in a sense and it's a game where you have to use your strategy and in some situations he will become more aggressive and yet on another night the real true Linux were dominated he would become more conservative even in situations when it's not even necessary and that is what has stopped him from becoming the fighter that he is capable of being I think one of the biggest weakness was his balance and that his stiffness and he said I do and I do this what can we do to change it so that was that was one of the first things that really impressed me about his willingness to to learn and to change and accept his reforms that I think that was the biggest factor he and I are really I would say mentally on the same wavelength as far as things are boxing right there I see something that's wrong whatever I use it would have stopped in his room candy I'll say right away say I know what you want to talk about cuz there's been bothering me too especially when a man who's not there and I'm working out by myself I still visualize him training me and some of the things that he would say I needed to be to be doing mentally I would look at myself from a third from the outside and see what I'm doing wrong [Music] Louis to this day and many around him feel that it was just too quick of a stoppage Louis in control here in round two ain't about how hard you hit it's about how hard you can get hit they keep moving forward how much can you take they keep moving forward that's how we didn't start no noise at all he was not talked out by an axis mundi it doesn't touch in the close vote they've been at at fight so smelling what he saw was that Lewis would jab and he would leave you should never leave your head on him on the right side who was light went on one world title joke is champion Lewis yeah what do we not yet just won the title yes that's why I beat that back smiling tried to catch him with that same right hand he had knocked him out two years earlier go back they just missed it but he changed he stepped out he changed his distance this time instead of laying his head on the right like he did the first fight he changed his range and he made that right hand miss [Applause] and the supposed Lennox Lewis is alert and aware enough to build the Brockman is right [Applause] all right hand by Lilith every to the rouse off manage get [Applause] the right [Applause] this is indeed a very aggressive damping performance by Lewis on the starting to get him to go in the rope they're doing a good job [Music] he seems for the moment George I think Lennox is one of the greatest heavyweights she ever live awesome yeah but one thing that lives in igloos here yep to the other one [Applause] connoisseurs say with vive le to me float like a butterfly sting like a lion [Music] [Applause] and service for what you know to the box a little bit differently it has a sweet science the magical dance so we understand that and for me and Bailey boxing I just want to live oaks just like today of it and live nuts panky back moccasins a good sport not everybody is gonna be a footballer everybody's gonna be basketball players everybody's gonna be a boxer but at least you can come to one of my camps and learn how to conflict resolution you can learn how to be a winner you can learn how to lose correctly and you know set set goals for yourself I can show you how to box correctly because you know I find that a lot of boxes are not boxing there's a lot of mistakes that they're making and you know come to one of my camps even even some of the trainers which are boxers they said oh they've learnt a lot even come into the camps because you know they used to hold their right hand a certain way now I teach him to hold it the proper way and so how the boss is going to lace Luis League champion make sure you dedicate yourself to the sport make sure you stay humbled and make sure you listen he's a great man I got my job from him I took a little bit from him and made it my own way so I know what I'm talking about trust me that was years ago so and decades ahead what are you gonna say is why didn't I think of this a long time ago or why didn't the other heavyweights come and get me cuz I got so much knowledge giving back and making a difference is important with the fortune he's made for boxing Lennox's decided to fund the college his way of giving something back to the community I still have a cup of gold I'm obviously the main one which is the last one but other one bringing up the youth [Music] the positive thing basically is their world we're helping to KO it to a certain way you seen some of the students at the school and seeing the keenness and you know all of a sudden they have a music room or they have computers there and you can see the eyes light up and and you see them say yeah this is what I want to take I want to do this that's what gives me the satisfaction that's what makes me feel good oh what a role model what it what a way to say it's worth the work it's worth the discipline it's worth the physical difficulties you you need somebody like a Lennox Lewis to give them real real vision kids are the future so I'm building minds to the future and you know hopefully one day there can be some Mike Tyson's out there some Lennox Lewis is out there Obama's out there you know our presidents doctors you know anything they want to become they can become just you know realizes a sacrifice to put in the work find out how do I get there and go do it Lennox wanted to put something back into his local community and the idea came basically from his own experience because he'd been an early gun basically and he felt that there he was given another chance but he was given another chance by somebody who said if you don't start you out then basically than have be a criminal are you going to be dead and so the idea developed from there really that there should be somewhere where young people can come where they haven't conformed to conventional education you know if there wasn't people and things for me to do and people to step in there and and and correct me when I was going wrong or even showing me some kind of attention I don't know what I would be or where I would be today it's really giving back an investment in and young people this is what we love to do man we love the kids and we got we give one to the kids and we see it coming back kids like these they're gonna be definitely successful then let's get the big muscle so long as it's for kids long as it's something positive we're in it Lennox Lewis League of Champions foundation you know when when I leave this earth I wanna I want people say this is what you've done this is what you've contributed to life you'll be happy be very happy I'm happy now [Music] there's other things other goals that I want to accomplish so you know I feel good that I've accomplished my boxing goal that was on two other goals you know being a great father a great great husband leave that legacy to my son and he wants to come grow up and become a great boxer I'll be I'll be a stranded because I know how it's done I know what he needs to do and he can take the glory once again thanks the last undisputed heavyweight champion of the world [Applause] [Music]

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Views: 432,759

Rating: 4.4993296 out of 5

Keywords: Lennox Lewis, Anthony Joshua

Id: ETd4mBdfXFQ

Length: 114min 4sec (6844 seconds)

Published: Wed Dec 18 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/nostrilrolls]

But how does he fare against pRImE MiKE TYsoN?

[u/Shagrrotten]

I can see an argument for Lewis being top 3, but I am not putting him above Ali or Louis.

[u/SugarShow37]

In my opinion, it's Ali. But Lennox is up there

[u/Lord_Mozes]

😆. Not this time I guess. I usually am. No 1 is 💯% always Boxing is my favorite. I get defensive. My bad.

[u/Lord_Mozes]

Foreman in the 70's would have smashed him.

[u/Thewhiterise]

No he isn’t. When I think of “greatest”, I shouldn’t have images in my head of him on the canvas with his head on the moon because a crackhead an overachiever put him there. The greatest also shouldn’t have struggled against Ray Mercer and others middle tier heavyweights.

There is no other boxer right now that has such a myth built around him than Lewis does. So much so this freakin sub puts him over Holmes. Really? Spare me.

[u/Phobos214]

To me he's definitely the best heavyweight other than Louis and Ali