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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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Lennox Lewis
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: September 2
Boxer
Professional Boxer
Lennox Claudius Lewis
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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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If the media didn't know I played chess, there'd be no angle on me at all.
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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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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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How can you trust a man who can talk for 5 minutes and you cant understand a sentence of it!
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You can just fight one man at a time.
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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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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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