Lennox speaks on Which was his Defining Fight: Not Tyson, Not Holyfield...

Lennox speaks on Which was his Defining Fight: Not Tyson, Not Holyfield...

DHB (June 5, 2006)

Lennox

In a recent interview conducted by Owen Slot for Times Online UK, Lennox discussed his defining bout of his career. Lennox Lewis says the defining moment did not come against Holyfield, Tyson, Oliver McCall or even Frank Bruno. The fight that made him was 10 years ago against Ray Mercer in Madison Square Garden.

Lewis tells The Times Online: “I couldn’t have got where I did unless I had got past Mercer. I had to really fight for the judges to give me the decision. They put me in a 15ft-ring, so when I took two steps back, my back was hitting the ropes. All he had to do, then, was pile in and make it look kind of close.

Lennox added: “And he hit hard. He was testing my heart. In boxing, you have to prove a lot of things. They said once I had no heart but that day I proved I had the heart."

Source of Quotes: Owen Slot, Times Online UK