76+ Lennox Lewis Quotes On Boxing, Fighting And Heaven

Lennox Lewis is an English former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2003. He is a three-time world heavyweight champion, a two-time lineal champion, and remains the last heavyweight to hold the undisputed title. He is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Lennox Lewis on boxing, life, fighting.

Top 10 Lennox Lewis Quotes

1. In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess.
2. Sometimes success needs interruption to regain focus and shake off complacency.
3. Adversity is something that makes reaching your goals so much more rewarding than if it didn't exist.
4. I've got a new life now, a new future, there's a lot more to Lennox Lewis than just being a boxer.
5. You can consider me like fine wine. I just get better with age.
6. You can't spend 110 percent on something if you don't have that same hunger and drive. I have achieved all my goals - my mission is complete.
7. The danger of a closed mind is that it can also leave good things like love, compassion and reason on its outside.
8. I've found that taking shortcuts will get you to the place you don't want to be much quicker than they get u to the place u want to be.
9. Whatever I do, I always want to get better.
10. There is just one rule about boxing: never bet on the white guy.

Lennox Lewis Short Quotes

• I always ask myself why old heavyweights come back, but I plan to stay out of the ring.
• I'm undisputed and there's no disputing that.
• For me, there's never any bad blood - unless you do something to me.
• I don't have anything else to prove.
• I have always said I am a five-dimensional fighter.
• Action is what separates the do-ers from the dreamers.
• Now I am ready to set new goals and start a new career for myself outside of the ring.
• I've worked hard and accomplished what I've accomplished in the heavyweight scene.
• If the media didn't know I played chess, there'd be no angle on me at all.
• I wanted to prove I was the best fighter in the world.

Lennox Lewis Quotes About Boxing

I am definitely not scared of Mike Tyson. I am at the top of the food chain and he is looking to knock me off. Mike's an arrogant imbecile. He sounds like a cartoon character. — Lennox Lewis

In boxing, if you think you will lose... you're already halfway there. — Lennox Lewis

[Wladimir] Klitschko has got the experience, so if Tyson [Fury] waits on him, Klitschko will out-box him. But if he uses his speed and reach it will be a great chance for him to win. — Lennox Lewis

I have always been English, ever since I emigrated from England and since the kids in Canada beat me up at the age of twelve for having an East London Cockney accent. I thank them for the cockney taunts because the beatings turned me on to boxing. But on a serious note Canada has been kind to me. — Lennox Lewis

Thomas Hauser respects boxing and boxers. He gives readers insight into what happens in and out of the ring. Everything he writes is fair-minded and reality-based with a human touch. — Lennox Lewis

If I don't feel the same hunger as I once did then I definitely shouldn't box any more. — Lennox Lewis

Boxing isn't just about brute strength; it's about skill and outwitting your opponent. — Lennox Lewis

How can you trust a man who can talk for 5 minutes and you cant understand a sentence of it! — Lennox Lewis

A boxer should quit at the top, as they say. But that’s complicated. There are plenty of people in boxing who make money out off you. And they tell you that you’ve still got it, that it’s still getting better. — Lennox Lewis

Boxing involves the possibility of defeat, I accepted that very early on. After all, there are only two men and one of them wins. — Lennox Lewis

Lennox Lewis Quotes About Fighting

The Tyson fight was like the hardest I ever trained for a fight in my entire career. — Lennox Lewis

When I was fighting Tyrell Biggs, Tyson was telling me at ringside to hit him to the ribs. We always had a mutual respect for each other since we sparred those early times. We got that over with. — Lennox Lewis

I was very aggressive as a child. At primary school in London my attitude was 'If you don't do what I say, I'll knowk you out', and I was eventually expelled for fighting. — Lennox Lewis

I am just taking the top fights out there for me. People will get bored seeing me every day knock someone out. — Lennox Lewis

There are still a lot of Mike Tyson fans out there, and a lot of disbelievers in the first fight, and they want to see us fight again. I am the emperor. If he wants to fight, I am here. If he does not, I understand. — Lennox Lewis

Vitali [Klitschko] does want to fight me, but his promoter wants to be bigger than him. This is another situation of politics in the sport. — Lennox Lewis

[Kirk] Johnson throws some heavy punches and is a knockout fighter. This is what people want to see. They want to see a fight, they want to see punches and they want to see action. — Lennox Lewis

There is not too much left for me to do, but I am sure there are a couple of great fights out there for me. I have basically achieved my goals. There are a few fights the public wants to see, and that is really what is left for me. — Lennox Lewis

After about 25 fights you don't always have to keep going to the bathroom before the fight. — Lennox Lewis

You can just fight one man at a time. — Lennox Lewis

Lennox Lewis Quotes About Tyson

Mike Tyson fit the American ideal of a boxer. A fighter who jumps out of his corner and hits out fiercely. That’s what he’'ll be remembered for. But good boxing doesn’t work like that. Tyson never won on points. It was clear that he’'d come a cropper some day. — Lennox Lewis

There were different heroes with different images. There was Mike Tyson, the animal, there was Evander Holyfield, the devout, the priest. And there was me, the thinker, the intellectual boxer. So there was something for every fan, if you like. The public could always identify with one of us. — Lennox Lewis

I am the heavyweight champion of the world, and the greatest heavyweight you have seen for a long while. With Tyson on the card, it is definitely an added bonus because Lewis-Tyson on the same card would be a great doubleheader. This is what the fans want to see. — Lennox Lewis

I don't see where Tyson Fury has boxed anybody of Wladimir's [ Klitschko] calibre to be able to get in the ring with Wladimir and do well. — Lennox Lewis

The fact is that Mike Tyson bit through my trousers and took a significant piece of flesh out of my thigh. — Lennox Lewis

When I saw Tyson knocking everybody out on TV, I thought, He's goooood. But when I saw him in person, he didn't look as awesome. — Lennox Lewis

Lennox Lewis Quotes About Champion

People know I was the last true champion. — Lennox Lewis

The mission I set out on in the beginning - to become heavyweight champion of the world, undisputed, lineal champion - you could say that mission is complete. — Lennox Lewis

If you’ve got physical weaknesses, you’ll lose. Nobody who gets cut easily can be a champion, however strong and talented he is. Boxers are trained to see and exploit their opponents’ weaknesses, they hit you on your wounds. Only the strongest survive in this sport. — Lennox Lewis

Lennox Lewis Famous Quotes And Sayings

I think Kirk Johnson is a more exciting fighter than Chris Byrd. A lot of people agree with me when it comes to that. — Lennox Lewis

People are still crying out for Lennox Lewis. They still want to see Lennox Lewis. That motivated me. I am still young. I have a couple fights left in me. — Lennox Lewis

A great champion needs a background in amateur boxing, I’'m convinced of that. There you learn everything that you’ll need later as a pro. Someone who’s got more than 400 amateur fights behind him no longer gets nervous before going into the ring and doesn’t lose his nerve during a fight. You know all the boxing styles, you’re prepared for anything, you’ve got the pedigree that you need to be a successful pro. — Lennox Lewis

Boxing and chess are similar. It’s about the choice of means. Sometimes I need a pawn, a bishop or a knight to defeat my opponent. It’s about finding the best way. A good boxer has to be variable. He doesn’t just need to know how to punch. He must also know how to protect himself, how to defend, how to avoid the opponent’s punches. Only a complete fighter can become champion. — Lennox Lewis

I am proud to be in Los Angeles. I have a lot of fans that love me here. When you talk about the Meccas of boxing - Las Vegas, New York - now you have to talk about Los Angeles. — Lennox Lewis

Fighters used to be afraid of the Russians, Cubans but then I'd figure them out and figure out how to beat them. — Lennox Lewis

During the past twenty-three years, I have set a number of goals for myself and I’m proud to say that these goals have been achieved. — Lennox Lewis

I come across famous people all the time. It's the respect factor I appreciate. They respect me, they respect what I've achieved and the manner I've done it. It's street credibility. They know where I'm coming from, they know my reputation. — Lennox Lewis

As a boxer I took the liberty of using not only my fists, but also my head. — Lennox Lewis

The fight will last as long as I allow it to last, and then I will knock him out. — Lennox Lewis

People want to see me back in the ring. I think it is more of a drag lying around on the beach. — Lennox Lewis

The fight will last as long as I allow it to last. — Lennox Lewis

I have been in there with all of them and there is nothing left for me to prove. — Lennox Lewis

Patience is a part of boxing. After I had missed out on the Olympic gold medal in 1984, a lot of people tried to talk me into turning professional quickly to make money. They told me that the next Olympics in Seoul would be boycotted again, that I was wasting my life, blah blah. But I still had unfinished business. I wanted the gold medal, and I got it in ‘88. Only then was I ready to turn professional. — Lennox Lewis

You’'ve got to understand that everything has its time. I had wonderful years as a boxer, I achieved everything. I don’t miss anything. — Lennox Lewis

I cannot fight everyone at once. I have to take one at a time. — Lennox Lewis

Different fights bring out different things. I consider myself a seasoned professional. I have done things in the gym that have not come out yet. People would be amazed if they saw me train. — Lennox Lewis

Sometimes the image of the intellectual boxer did for me more harm than good. If a boxer has a reputation as an intellectual, some people no longer respect him as a fighter. With me it was always ‘Lennox should react, not think’. But that’s nonsense. Only the guy who controls his opponent wins. — Lennox Lewis

I just want to complete my legacy. — Lennox Lewis

I am going to have one Klitschko for breakfast and one Klitschko for lunch. — Lennox Lewis

I play chess about four hours a day in training camp. You have to decide what move to use, or what combination of moves. I think less when I box because the reaction time is a lot quicker, but some people call me the chess boxer because they say I think too much in the ring. I take my time and they don't see the action they want. Some boxers just go in there and just throw punches and hope to win. — Lennox Lewis

If the money's right, I'm happy to bust up the other side of his face... No problem. — Lennox Lewis

It's a very interesting fight [Klitchko vs Tyson Fury] because this is the first time [Wladimir] Klitschko is fighting someone as big as him and with longer arms. He will have to be a little bit more aggressive, otherwise the younger guy will have more speed and more energy and I think that may be the difference. — Lennox Lewis

The media can make boxers, controls who makes it big and who doesn’t. They can build up fighters or knock them down. — Lennox Lewis

It's not rage that drives me, it's competition. — Lennox Lewis

Every era that comes along has a superstar that emerges. Once we are out of the game, there will be a superstar who will emerge that everyone will notice. — Lennox Lewis

I could never stand big-mouthed types. I had problems with that at high school. I’ve still got the scars on my fists from the teeth of the guys I hit so that they’d finally shut up. I came from England to Canada, of course, and was often ridiculed because I had a strange accent. I was expelled from school and it was a long time before I could control myself. But the impulse remained: a punch in the mouth to get some peace and quiet. — Lennox Lewis

Life Lessons by Lennox Lewis

1. Lennox Lewis' career demonstrates the importance of hard work and dedication in achieving success.
2. His success also serves as a reminder that anything is possible with a combination of talent, focus, and determination.
3. Finally, his story is a testament to the power of resilience and the ability to overcome adversity.