Mike Tyson fit the American ideal of a boxer. A fighter who jumps out of his corner and hits out fiercely. Thatยs what heย'll be remembered for. But good boxing doesnยt work like that. Tyson never won on points. It was clear that heย'd come a cropper some day.
Lennox LewisAt first I didnยt give a damn to go down in history. I wanted to win. But the more I won, the more I thought about leaving something behind. Yes, it's as important as hell to me. I want to leave something that people will remember me by. Of course, a lot of boxers want to do that. But it's not easy. Take Larry Holmes, he was the big man after Muhammad Ali, he wanted to emulate him, but for some reason the public didnยt take him like they did to Ali. I think people wonยt fully understand what I contributed to the sport for years.
Lennox Lewis