Happy Birthday Lennox Lewis

[taansend]

42 years old today.

Whether you rate him highly or not, he was a great ambassador for the sport and I'm well chuffed that I was at his first and final pro fights.

Also, its 12 years ago today that Frank Bruno won the WBC Heavyweight Title from Oliver McCall at Wembley. I remember him desperately hanging on for the last couple of rounds, then the fireworks going off at the final bell and Nigel Benn nearly breaking his back trying to pick Frank up.

[smashup]

Wow is it 12 years ago already
Remember loads of us watching that one in the pub.
Happy Birthday Lennox...great fighter

[BIG H]

CC Taansend

Whatever anybody thinks about LL his record stands up against anybodies in history

He beat every man he ever fought - can't argue with that

[Tam Seddon]

i just sent him a happy birthday comment on myspace

[:::PSL:::]

Happy birthday "chess boxer"

[taansend]

i just sent him a happy birthday comment on myspace

Good idea. I just did the same.

I saw your comment right next to Vanessa Williams

[taansend]

i just sent him a happy birthday comment on myspace

Good idea. I just did the same.

I saw your comment right next to Vanessa Williams

[WelshDevilRob]

Happy Birthday Big Len. Thanks for the memories and great fights. You are the Greatest!

[brucelee]

Happy Birthday Big Len. Thanks for the memories and great fights. You are the Greatest!

Happy birthday. You are so underrated during your time and you may not be remembered as one of the greatest boxers of all time but you have Welsh who considers you greatest. lol

[littlebif]

Great heavyweight never ducked anyone the division hasnt been the same since he retired.Happy Birthday big man.

[The_One77]

I always admired Lennox Lewis, certainly a class act throughout his career and a great champion with diginity. Although Lennox is almost seen as an enigma in a sport where personalities sometimes can become overwhelming, i respect the fact that he kept his personal life away from the public.
Tyson in comparison is like an open book and its come to the point where people start to feel sorry for the guy. However, having said all that i still think Lennox Lewis is a raging homosexual lol

[Gandalf]

Lennox was the best of the recent modern heavyweights. Where that puts him in the pantheon of all time heavyweights I do not know.

But happy birthday is all that is called for here.

[superheavyrhun]

Lennox was the best of the recent modern heavyweights. Where that puts him in the pantheon of all time heavyweights I do not know.

But happy birthday is all that is called for here.

When we think about LL, surely he has to be put in there with the all time greats, because, like every other sport things progress with every generation, (with the exception of the current crop) and LL would have matched the best ever in the ring.