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Lennox Lewis Boxing Glove Autograph
An Everlast Boxing Glove Autograph from the
future hall of famer and undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World - Lennox Lewis. Comes with a photo of
him signing and our own lifetime guarantee of authenticity.
Lennox Lewis
£99.00
LIMITED NUMBER AVAILABLE !
Lennox Lewis was born in London, on 2nd September
1965. At the age of 12 he moved with his family to Kitchenet
Ontario, Canada. At High School, Lennox excelled at many
sports including basketball, soccer and of course boxing.
Despite attractive offers to play college basketball and
football, Lennox focused on developing a career in amateur
boxing. Five years after taking up boxing, he became World
Junior Champion at the age of 17.
At 18, Lennox represented Canada in the 1984
Olympic Games held in Los Angeles he reached the quarter
finals of the but eventually lost to Tyrell Biggs of the
USA. Gold came four years later at the Seoul Olympic Games
boxing final in 1988 with the 2nd round knockout Lennox
of Riddick Bowe of the USA..
Lennox returned to England in 1989 turned
pro and then went on to win the British Heavyweight, Commonwealth
and European Titles. On October 31st 1992, in only two rounds
and in front of a full house at London's Earl's Court, Lennox
knocked out Razor Ruddock, who was widely recognised as
the most dangerous heavyweight in the world ratings after
Mike Tyson. Lennox was crowned WBC Heavyweight Champion
of the World on 14th January 1993 when he also became the
first British Heavyweight World Champion this Century!
Lennox successfully defended his title against
the American No. 1 challenger 'Tony Tucker' in Las Vegas
and stopped the Briton 'Frank Bruno' in seven rounds at
Cardiff Arms Park, Wales.
In September 1994 Lennox unexpectedly lost
his WBC Title to what many experts have called a lucky punch
thrown by Oliver McCall of the USA at Wembley Stadium in
London. On 7th February 1997, Lennox Lewis regained the
world title by defeating Oliver McCall in Las Vegas Nevada,
before a television audience of 80 million viewers.
He then went on to win matches against Henry
Akinwande and destroy Andrew Golota. Golota was decked twice
in 95 seconds.
March 1999 proved to be a defining moment
in Lennox's career. After a 3 title unification bout with
Evander Holyfield watched by 150 million viewers worldwide
was called a draw. On November 13 Lennox beat Holyfield,
in 13 rounds, winning on points.
In December, 8th 1999, Lennox Lewis, MBE was
awarded a honorary doctorate by the University of North
London. Lennox opened and funded the Lennox Lewis college
based in Hackney in 1995 as a three year pioneering education
pilot to support disaffected youngsters at risk from slipping
through the 'net'.
On June 8th of 2002 Lennox faced perhaps the
most challenging fights of his career against Mike Tyson.
The challenge consisting largely of the pre-fight hype from
Tyson's bad boy reputation threats of eating Lewis's unborn
children. Each fighter was to recieve $20 million for the
widely publicized bout. In a Janurary press conference Tyson
also bit Lewis on the leg. Lewis knocked Tyson out in the
8th round cementing his legacy as the greatest fighter of
his time.
