Lennox is proud of his record
LENNOX LEWIS insists there will not be a hint of sadness when he loses the crown of being the last undisputed heavyweight champion.
The plan is for the British star to present the WBA, IBF, WBO and WBC belts to the winner of Tyson Fury against Oleksandr
Usyk in Saudi Arabia next weekend.
It will be a symbolic moment because, for the first time in 25 years, one man will be taking over from Lewis as the last to be considered the best fighter in the sport’s glamour division.
“I would be delighted that there is another one because records are there to be broken,” said Lewis.
“I’m going to be happy that I’ve held it for this length of time.
“Now I challenge the other heavyweight to hold his for the length of time I did.
Satisfy
“Being undisputed champion is so difficult. By the time you sit down and are enjoying it, there’s three (now four) people that are saying, ‘I can beat you’ and there’s three (now four) belts saying, ‘You have to box this guy or that guy’.
“There’s a whole bunch of confusion and in order to satisfy all the belts you have to talk to them and arrange it, you have to make sure they’re feeling happy about you representing their belt for a long time.”
He adds: “Everything I did was leading up to this point, I wanted to be Olympic champion, so I went back twice to the Olympics.
“I wanted to be
British champion, I wanted to be European champion, I wanted to be world champion, and my last thing was undisputed champion.
“Once I won undisputed champion, I could rest.”