It has been 25 years since the heavyweight champion of the world unified all the belts and titles – that was Lennox Lewis in 1999.
A night he outpointed Evander Holyfield to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
Now he’s in Saudi Arabia this week for sporting history to see who out of Fury and Usyk will do what he did:
Great to be back in #Riyhadh for the #RingofFire Undisputed Bout! There can only be one… and for the first time in 25 years, we’ll declare a new UNDISPUTED Heavyweight Champion. 👊🏾💥 Looking forward to a crackin’ fight! https://t.co/ctGufDcd5k
— Lennox Lewis, CBE, CM (@LennoxLewis) May 16, 2024
Indeed.
A fight for the ages.
A fight that transcends boxing.
Alas, a fight much bigger than boxing and professional sport.
All time heavyweight boxing great and former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis reacts to the big Usyk vs Tyson Fury 2 fight in Saudi Arabia. Speaking to TNT after the fight Lewis said: "I thought it was a good fight. I would have liked to see Tyson be a little bit…
Two boxing legends meet the two pugilists looking to emulate them this weekend in 'The Kingdom' Saudi Arabia. It is hard to think it has been 25 years already since Lennox Lewis outpointed Evander Holyfield in their rematch that year in 1999. That was the last time boxing had an…
An all-time great of the sport of boxing has popped into a current all-time great as readies for a fight for the ages. It was not long ago that Lennox Lewis was undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Now Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine is and Lewis popped in to observe…
