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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

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Lennox Lewis
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: September 2
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Lennox Claudius Lewis
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