Boxing's Heavyweight Championship Lineage
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- Lennox Lewis
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- Vitali Klitschko
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Lennox Lewis
1998-2001; 2001-04
The London-born Canadian Olympic gold medalist finished his professional career with the distinction of having defeated every fighter he faced. At 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds, with a devastating right hand, he was at the forefront of the modern era of super heavyweights.
Lewis won his first world title in 1993 and stopped Shannon Briggs for the lineal crown five years later -- a title he carried into retirement, with the exception of seven months in 2001, after which he avenged an upset loss to Hasim Rahman with a resounding knockout. Along the way, he defeated such luminaries as Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson and Vitali Klitschko.
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