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Sometimes success needs interruption to regain focus and shake off complacency.

Lennox Lewis

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Lennox Lewis
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: September 2
Boxer
Professional Boxer
Lennox Claudius Lewis
Interruptions
Complacency
Shake
Shakes
Focus
Success
Sometimes
Interruption
Needs
Regain

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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.
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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.
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Adversity is something that makes reaching your goals so much more rewarding than if it didn't exist.
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Boxing isn't just about brute strength it's about skill and outwitting your opponent.
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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.
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I'm undisputed and there's no disputing that.
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If the media didn't know I played chess, there'd be no angle on me at all.
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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.
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After about 25 fights you don't always have to keep going to the bathroom before the fight.
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The fact is that Mike Tyson bit through my trousers and took a significant piece of flesh out of my thigh.
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As a boxer I took the liberty of using not only my fists, but also my head.
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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.
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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.
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I am just taking the top fights out there for me. People will get bored seeing me every day knock someone out.
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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.
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You can just fight one man at a time.
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There is just one rule about boxing: never bet on the white guy.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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