Lennox Lewis versus Current Crop of Heavyweights

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  1. MVC!

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    Already explained.

    He did it because of the lack of infrastructure/scene here in Canada. We already have evidence that he only moved to the UK because of this reason.

    There's a reason he's still in Canada today trying to help the scene, the scene that made him who he is.

    He lives in CA/US.

    Calls this his home/mother etc etc
     
  2. C.J.

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    Second only to The Greatest MUHAMMAD ALI !! Ali is Lennox idol too BTW
     
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  3. Kloppbjs

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    He fought the Majority of his fights in the US you idiot.Why not get the Canadian Flag,why not appeal to the Canadians who supported him in the Olympics.It would've meant extra revenue for him.He says out of his own mouth,'I was always British,ever since those Canadian boys bullied me for having a East London Cockney accent'.
     
  4. MVC!

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    It was already confirmed that it was because it was for money, there's no market here in Canada, none.

    He wouldn't get a big market even if he fought out of Canada. He got so much money fighting out of Britain, that's a fact.

    The fact is, he already admitted himself that he ONLY moved to the UK because there's no infrastructure in Canada. Even after he retired, he still refuses to go to the UK, he stays in Canada/US. End of.
     
  5. Birmingham

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    Sounds like Lennox is confused then. He's on record saying both quite often it seems. Probably why no one really took to him personally as a fighter !
     
  6. Kloppbjs

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    Then Lennox wonders why he is the forgetten man and he dosent get enough credit.He had no real fanbase to push him.Tyson,Holyfield,Rahman had US Behind him.Bruno had UK.Klitschko Bro's had Europe.Lennox would've had the UK but because he had to move to Canada and not his Brother Unfortunately it resulted in this mess.
     
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  7. Kloppbjs

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    You're talking as if the UK Scene was Amazing and booming it really wasn't.He has also admitted his British Passport comes first and he was always 'British'.I dont get what the big problem is,quite simply a British Born Jamacian with Canadian Citizenship.
     
  8. MVC!

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    UK had a good of decent fighters around that time, end of.

    Canada had 0 fighters LOL and no scene to speak of. That's the difference.

    Lennox even said himself he had to go the UK to make money.

    He only said that because he was trying to appeal to the UK fans during that time, as he was getting ready/training David Price.

    He uses his CA passport to get around Canada and of course around the US.
     
  9. Birmingham

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    I think if he represented Canada in the Olympics he kinda should've stuck with that as his base really. Bit weird representing them at the highest level as an amateur then trying to sell himself as British as a pro. A Canadian accent didn't help matters either. It just didn't feel right to most I think !
     
  10. On The Money

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    Not on boxrec he aint, #13 the cowardly Lion.
     
  11. MVC!

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    He couldn't, Canada has no boxing scene. Not even today outside of a small place in Montreal. Even Curling has a bigger scene here ffs.
     
  12. Kloppbjs

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    Hang on,so Canadians bullied him for having a East London Accent,and Brits argue that he has a Canadian Accent.Lennox should've just stayed in London with his Brother,represented Great Britain and would've been a Massive Star,the Joshua of the 90's.I bet he regrets massively moving Abroad should've stayed with his Bro in London in his teens
     
  13. C.J.

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    BoxRec <= :jaja-no::jaja-no::jaja-no:
     
  14. On The Money

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    I know it hurts, your Lion at #13 on the bible of boxing. Suck it up.
     
  15. dinovelvet

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    how much for a score swanny? dropped anybody off at intensive care recently , mother superior ? you'd know all about drukqs... lolololol