The last, until now, absolute champion of the world in the super heavyweight division remembered who was the hardest to fight in the ring.
Evander Holyfield is the best and toughest opponent Lennox Lewis has ever faced. The British boxer himself spoke about it.
According to the last undisputed world super heavyweight champion, the American is talented and has a good defense.
“Evander is very talented, although I was disappointed that he used headbutts in those fights. They say he’s the greatest heavyweight of our time, but nobody could say that until he fought Lennox Lewis. In the first fight he was very confident, he sang. when he entered the ring, so I followed him and he was very surprised when he drew, the second time he knew what to expect so the fight was tougher, but I still won by a comfortable margin.
Holyfield has a good, varied defense. He can cross his arms like George Foreman, but is also well-versed in the traditional defense taught to rookies. Evander is a real challenge and I have to work hard to overcome him. I couldn’t just throw one or two punches and be happy, it had to be threes, fours and fives,” Lewis was quoted as saying by Boxing Social.
Note that the first battle between Lewis and Hollyfield took place in March 1999 and ended in a draw. However, already in the rematch, the judges gave victory to the Briton.
Let’s remember that earlier Holyfield named his favorite in the fight between Usik and Fury.
Source: korrespondent
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