Lennox Lewis Leads Boxing Hall Class

[Patrick]

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3757347

Three-time heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis says he's proud that enshrinement in the International Boxing Hall of Fame will secure his place in the sport's history. ...

Lewis headlined the 2009 induction class announced Tuesday and will enter in the modern-era category, along with American bantamweight champion Orlando Canizales and South African junior lightweight champion Brian Mitchell.

Posthumous honorees included middleweight champion William "Gorilla" Jones, welterweight champion "Mysterious" Billy Smith and middleweight champion Billy Soose in the Old-Timer Category. Nineteenth-century American heavyweight champion Tom Hyer was recognized in the Pioneer Category.

[joesteph]

It looks like Lewis was champ three times. First he won the title by TKO, then he reclaimed his lost title by another TKO, and finally he regained the title he had again lost by knocking out his opponent.

A fighter's fighter.

[bushido_man96]

Congrats to Lewis. Well-deserved.

[Bushido58266]

never a big fan of lewis but a great boxer