[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUvLo88tEKw[/ame] First time ive seen this, since...... The actual fight, all them years ago...
If Rahman fought as well as he talked, he'd probably still be champ. On a side note, Max Kellerman is an irritating twit.
It kind of shows the greatness of Lewis. All Ramhan managed to do was make him more dangerous. I see the same quality as we see in the Louis of the Schmeling rematch.
I guess hindsight has told us that Rahman was nothing special..... but at the time it did seem like an incredible victory for Lennox. Past his best, against a prime opponent who knocked him spark out a few months earlier. It was probably this fight that cemented him as an ATG - he could quite easily have retired and got his HoF slot, with his position as British P4P #1 secure already.
Funny video, Rahman antics in the press conferences really sold the fight. "Lennox said I woke the lion up in Lennox Lewis well if that right hand in South Africa did'nt wake him up, I don't know what will." Well now that Vitali is on such a roll currently I think in hindsight Lennox win over him while being past his prime and overweight has really cemented his legacy.