Words of inspiration from Lennox Lewis

23/04/2020

Words of inspiration from Lennox Lewis

Nineteen years ago, one of the more shocking upsets in heavyweight history occurred.  The loser that night, Lennox Lewis, reflected back with a few words of wisdom years later: "In 2001, I lost my the WBC, IBF, IBO and lineal titles to Hasim Rahman by stoppage in the fifth round in South Africa. I realized in that moment that it’s never a failure if you learn from a defeat." Lewis would fight three more times after that loss: he regained his world championship in an immediate rematch vs. Rahman, defeated future hall of famers Mike Tyson and Vitali Klitschko and then retired as a true world champion.