“Lennox is right up there with George Foreman and Muhammad Ali and he has proved himself the best heavyweight out there.”

— Lennox Lewis

Joe Frazier, 2002 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/specials/lewis_v_tyson_fight/2036717.stm

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