The media can make boxers, controls who makes it big and who doesnยt. They can build up fighters or knock them down.
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 LewisThere are still a lot of Mike Tyson fans out there, and a lot of disbelievers in the first fight, and they want to see us fight again. I am the emperor. If he wants to fight, I am here. If he does not, I understand.
Lennox Lewis