‘I ain’t no fool’: Lennox Lewis on Fury-Usyk and offers of returns to boxing

The last undisputed world heavyweight champion recalls his battles for the title – and predicts who will win the unifier

Lennox Lewis pauses thoughtfully when he considers whether his achievement in becoming the last undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, after he beat Evander Holyfield in 1999, means he should be bracketed alongside great names of the past from Jack Johnson and Joe Louis to Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali. His answer, when it comes, is emphatic: “Yes, absolutely. I truly believe I belong in the same room as them.”

The 58-year-old Lewis’s reflections on the once glorious but now fractured history of boxing feel fresh just a week away from next Saturday night’s fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk. Unless there is a draw in Saudi Arabia, either Fury or Usyk will become boxing’s first undisputed world heavyweight champion this century.

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Ruthless Lomachenko stops Kambosos to win IBF lightweight title in Perth

  • Lomachenko stops Kambosos in 11th to win IBF title at 135lbs
  • Ukrainian star, 36, targets unification of lightweight belts

Vasiliy Lomachenko has stopped George Kambosos Jr in the 11th round to win the IBF lightweight title at the RAC Arena in Perth, becoming a four-time world champion across three different weight classes.

The two-time Olympic gold medalist from Ukraine returned from a year-long layoff following a controversial loss to Devin Haney to punish his opponent over 10 rounds before dropping him early in the 11th. Kambosos beat the count but Lomachenko quickly closed it and dropped Kambosos again with a pair of body shots, which prompted his corner to throw in the towel.

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