Lewis, Lennox Claudius
Lewis, Lennox Claudius
CM 1988; CBE 2002 (MBE 1998)
Born 2 Sept. 1965; s of Violet Blake; m 2005, Violet Chang; one s two d
professional boxer, 1989–2004
Career
World jun. heavyweight champion, 1983; Olympic heavyweight champion (rep. Canada), 1988; European heavyweight champion, 1990; British heavyweight champion, 1991; WBC world heavyweight champion, 1993, 1997, 2002–04; undisputed world heavyweight champion, 1999, 2001–02; world heavyweight champion, 2000. Boxing commentator, HBO, 2006–10. Founder: Lennox Lewis Coll., Hackney, London, 1994; Lennox Lewis Family Foundn; Co-Founder, Lennox Lewis League of Champions Foundn. DUniv N London, 1999. Inducted into Internat. Boxing Hall of Fame, NY, 2009
Publications
Lennox Lewis (autobiog.), 1993, 2nd edn 1997; (jtly) Lennox (autobiog.), 2002
Recreations
chess, golf, reading, listening to music
