The RIVALRY Between Anthony Joshua and Lennox Lewis!

yeah i mean i don't think he he'll come over here quite quite now i think he's too happy in england being protected fight fans welcome back oh he's running he's doing it when the legendary linux lewis retired british boxing lost a standard bearer and a void appeared across the heavyweight division to become britain's first world heavyweight champion since bob fitzsimmons in 1897. as a young olympic gold medalist with a chiseled physique anthony joshua seemed the perfect fit to fill lewis's superstar role but the former king was unconvinced uh you know he's got plenty of time he's still young forged in an era when the best fought the best lewis scrutinized joshua's career choices and picked against him i don't respect limits a cold reality check or legacy preserving bitterness like a butterfly he stings like a wasp another b we take a look at the implicit rivalry between two british boxing icons anthony joshua and lennox lewis welcome to a motiv media presentation as i say you poke me poke me sooner that you're going to hear what you said because on saturday night these two gentlemen will face each other for the greatest title in sports the heavyweight championship of the world with some accusing anthony joshua of being a manufactured persona content with the comforts of home soil promoter eddie hearn took his prized asset across the water to conquer the american market this is another fight where the country here will stop the world will stop to watch this and it's going to go down in history just like those other two in the summer of 2019 as his best best-laid plans were torn apart by unheralded andy ruiz jr joshua received another verbal assault from lewis and a social media spar ensued anthony joshua made it easy for andy ruiz because he wasn't fully there i think if they don't fix what's wrong with anthony joshua andrew ruiz wins that fight hands down having built a staunch following off his family-friendly personality joshua's patience had been tested and he fired back at the former undisputed ruler i've seen joshua you know i've had enough he's fired back this is two men having an opinion on each other why was the big deal giving a young man advice when i need it i felt like he was almost in a way yeah i did feel like that yeah linux is a clown i don't respect him creating legacy though so am i my legacy is to sit back and enjoy the younger generation coming up lennox isn't like that me and then it's a cut from a different club people always kind of talk talk talk talk then as soon as i say something boom it explodes joshua unsure as to why his compatriot would drop so-called harsh truths remained classy as always and swiftly retreated from the social battleground he um he said a couple of things the other day but nobody asked him more why did he say it what what was the reason he didn't really give a good account though the touch paper had been lit and inevitable comparisons between the two british bangers gathered momentum he was very very clever i was very smart he could double up in his job he would have beaten today's annie joshua this is not disrespecting atlantic's lures all day they don't make heavyweights like that no more opening the question as to whether joshua was at this stage on the same level as lewis in his heyday look at people like lenox lewis's comments who knows lewis farther 22 fights i think his 21st file is 22nd part was razer rudder for the commonwealth titles but as good as it got having previously predicted that klitschko would beat joshua in their 2017 clash and later scrutinizing hearn in his charge for not chasing the wilder fight because i don't see what he learns by going out there and knocking people out deliberately or not linux had forcibly taken aim at his supposedly protected uk counterpart anthony joshua can wait he doesn't want he doesn't want any of those guys you know he's too happy in england being protected and and uh you know boxing in front of the british crowd [Applause] as he approaches 32 joshua holds a 24-1 slate with 22 knockouts whereas just before his 32nd birthday lewis dealt with the tangling tentacles of henry akin one day to go 31-1 with 27 early finishes this is a last chance for hacking one day if he holds on again mills lane will find a second successive disqualification on his record has been disqualified bill has done it again three years earlier linux was stunned in front of his home crowd by the unfancied oliver mccall all this walked into her right hand and that was the sucker punch that they worried about much like joshua after his shocking loss to ruiz lewis returned in style [Applause] oh no he actually caught me on a first round with a good shot and that kind of woke me up so i started to start third round in my punches the old saying is the right hand can take you around the block but a good job will take you around the world and that secured another world championship belt with little between lewis and joshua in terms of size dimensions the jab and uppercut are common punches in the arsenal of these ferocious finishers as is the nature of boxing's big men their respective weights steadily rose and fluctuated in line with opposition and necessity atlantic's weight by the way is interesting 17 stone a lot more than he used to weigh in the days of his razor run at wins people don't think that heavyweights have to make weight but me i make sure that i have to make a certain way it keeps me disciplined both warriors have had their chins questioned [Music] working behind the scenes under the intense scrutiny of his experienced team joshua is an ever-improving imposing specimen who has shown resilience and tactical adaptability since his 2013 debut quite as many as he had on this stage in the garden by joshua at times he has battled back from adversity such as in the vladimir klitschko fight but had it been lewis in the ring that night landing those powerful right hands as aj teetered on the brink the ending would likely have been much different [Music] how do you think history will look back at your story you know as a as a fighter in in in the years to come how do you think lennox lewis is going to be remembered a good athlete good gentleman you know you tell me trained for so long by the masterful emmanuel steward lewis was a quality ring technician who dominated off the jab knew when to hold and knew when to finish off an opponent there's the cautious lennox lewis who went in and fought a self-protective fight and then there's the attacking lennox lewis winning in blue people like galata and grant and rockman in the second fight away lewis and joshua may carry question marks over their punch resistance and supposed vulnerability but never their heart certainly this will increase his popularity in america where fans like punchers still as mentally adaptable as in his prime ring years while lewis considers tyson fury to be britain's number one heavyweight his view of joshua has gradually mellowed reluctant to write the current unified champion off so soon as aj's style has changed so has lewis's tone yeah i'm looking forward to these challenges because at least i'll find out who i am as a fighter i think once again i think tyson fury wants it the most in a new trend fueled by influencers and old legends who refuse to admit their days are over ubc world champions is a draw a proposed return to the ring for the former king should be attributed to the rise of novelty boxing i'm gonna fight lennox lewis lewis go i can't wait to see that what's the december thing nothing pushing me in the ring right now so it's not you know people would love to see that fight but uh i don't know with limited recent exchanges the sometimes frosty relationship between lewis and joshua simmers in an undeclared truce like me i'm i've done you know i'm retired i'm the last i'm disputed and you know i don't i don't have no problem but if aj puts pen to paper against his biggest rivals then any bubbles of animosity may quickly resurface i'd love to compete with him if that let it is types of fury their paths to the top have been different and comparisons remain premature one man has already secured his legacy as a hall of fame resident and all-time legend [Applause] for the other the biggest names now lie in wait in time i will say tell you what you judge for yourself anthony joshua's critical years are upon him as he looks to silence the ghost of a historical rival and write his own name into the book of the great those guys have paved the way for us to do it better and that's what i'm saying up there what's my what's my uh dream as a boxer is to sit back when i'm done and watch the next heavyweights break records i did better [Music] you are not alone paul you're being stalked by abood sanchez and watched by all the fans who turn into every motivation presentation

Channel: Motivedia - Boxing

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Id: Ud2mVooiXWc

Length: 10min 43sec (643 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 24 2021