Three-time world champion, Lennox Lewis, is regarded by many followers as one of many best heavyweights of all-time, having going through a plethora of the division’s high fighters and beating all of them.Lewis is one in every of few fighter’s to have defeated each opponent he ever confronted, retiring with a file of 41-2-1, avenging each of his shock knockout losses to Oliver McCall and Hasim Rahman, in addition to a controversial draw with Evander Holyfield.‘The Lion’ additionally overcame a bunch of infamous power-punchers, together with the legendary Mike Tyson, on high of the likes of David Tua and Vitali Klitschko.Nonetheless, in an interview with ‘The Ring’, Lewis revealed that none of these damaging hard-hitters, or both of the lads that knocked him out, hit as exhausting as Shannon ‘The Cannon‘ Briggs.“He lacked endurance, however Briggs definitely knew find out how to put his body weight behind a punch.Sadly for him, you want the complete bundle once you face me, so energy isn’t sufficient. Followers could count on me to say McCall or Hasim Rahman for punching energy, however I principally set myself up in opposition to each of them.”Lewis defeated Briggs by fifth-round stoppage in 1998 to efficiently defend his WBC title. Nonetheless, Briggs would go on to grow to be a champion himself, knocking out Siarhei Liakhovich in 2006 for the WBO title within the twelfth-round of the competition while behind on all three playing cards.Though, after simply seven months, his reign got here to an finish, dropping out to the undefeated Sultan Ibragimov in his first defence of the belt.
Lennox Lewis Names The Hardest Puncher He Ever Confronted
