Lennox Lewis

Lennox Lewis
Data
Birth Name	Lennox Claudius Lewis
Fight name	The Lion
Weight class	Heavyweight
nationality	British Canadian
birthday	September 2, 1965
place of birth	West Ham
style	Left delivery
size	1.96 m
Range	2.13 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	44
Victories	41
Knockout victories	32
Defeats	2
draw	1
Profile in the BoxRec database

Lennox Claudius Lewis (born September 2, 1965 in West Ham , England ) is a retired Canadian-British boxer . Along with Muhammad Ali, he is one of two boxers who have won the world heavyweight championship three times in their career (only Evander Holyfield was four times world champion in this weight class). He was also the last so-called undisputed heavyweight boxing world champion .

Amateur career

Lennox Lewis was born in Great Britain to Jamaican parents and grew up in difficult social circumstances. However, he moved to Canada with his mother at the age of twelve, which is why he started his amateur career under the Canadian flag. As an amateur, he won 94 fights with eleven defeats. In 1983 he won the Junior World Super Heavyweight Championship in Santo Domingo . He was also Canadian champion five times in a row from 1984 to 1988.

1984 Lennox Lewis won the Stockholm Box Open tournament and took part for Canada at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles , but lost in the quarterfinals to the later gold medalist Tyrell Biggs .

He finished the World Cup tournament in Seoul in 1985 with second place, losing in the final battle against Vyacheslav Jakowljew from the Soviet Union . In 1986 he failed in his participation in the amateur world championships in Reno in the first tournament round at the Bulgarian Petar Stojmenow , but then won the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh .

In 1987 he won the Felix Stamm Tournament in Warsaw and finished second at the Pan American Games in Indianapolis after losing to Jorge Luis González in the final , but then defeated the Cuban in the final when he won the title at the North American Championships in Toronto . In the World Cup in Belgrade he lost in the first fight against Ulli Kaden .

His greatest success as an amateur boxer came in 1988 at the Olympic Games in Seoul , he won the gold medal in the super heavyweight division for his adopted home Canada. In the final, he beat the American Riddick Bowe prematurely.

Professional career

Lewis was trained by John Davenport in his first 19 fights .

At the beginning of his professional career, Lewis moved back to England. He won his first fight as a professional on June 27, 1989 against Al Malcolm by classic knockout in round 2.

In his 12th fight he beat the former WBA cruiserweight world champion Ossie Ocasio . In his 14th fight he was European champion when he beat Frenchman Jean-Maurice Chanet in the sixth round by TKO . In the next fight he inflicted his first and only defeat on the strong Gary Mason , defended his European title and became English champion. Many boxing experts thought it was far too early to box against a strong man like Mason, who had fought 35 fights (including James "Quick" Tillis and the amateur world and Olympic champion Tyrell Biggs , both of whom he knocked out) and won them all without any problems could. In addition, Mason was very powerful and had an impressive knockout rate. In the same year he beat the former (but already 40-year-old) WBA world champion Mike Weaver by knockout in round 6, defended his belt against Glenn McCrory and left Tyrell Biggs, who was considered a very good technician and very fast, no chance and defeated him by technical knockout in round 3.

He has held several heavyweight titles during his career , including the WBC (which he was awarded the first time and did not win in a fight), the WBA , the IBF , The Ring , the IBO, the IBC . He also held the title of European, Commonwealth and English Master (BBBofC) .

In 1992 Lewis changed coach: The former coach of boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Durán Pepe Correa replaced John Davenport and coached him from now on. In the same year he defended his two belts against his compatriot Derek Williams , took the Commonwealth Championship from him and boxed against the slightly favored Canadian Razor Ruddock . That fight was a WBC eliminator and a Commonwealth title defense. Lewis knocked Ruddock hard in the second round. o. and thus qualified as a mandatory challenger for his Olympic opponent Riddick Bowe , who was now the undisputed professional world champion. However, Bowe declined to face Lewis and threw the WBC belt in a garbage can, whereupon Lewis was declared WBC world champion without a fight. From now on, for the first time since the titles were unified by Mike Tyson in 1987, there were several heavyweight world champions again, the newly founded WBO was not taken seriously in the USA in the early 1990s. He then contested his first victorious title fight on May 8, 1993, when he defeated the former IBF world champion and Douglas conqueror Tony Tucker clearly on points. Tucker, who until then had fought 49 fights and lost only once (he suffered this defeat against Mike Tyson), had to go down twice (in the third and ninth round).

After two successful title defenses, against the extremely strong puncher Frank Bruno and Phil Jackson , Lewis surprisingly and somewhat controversially lost on September 24, 1994 against Oliver McCall , who caught him coldly with a right in the second round and knocked him to the ground. Although Lewis was able to get up in time on shaky feet and signal the referee that he was ready to fight, the referee broke off because he was of the opinion that Lewis would not have been in the condition to continue the fight.

In May 1995 he fought his way back to the top of the WBC rankings with a knockout against Lionel Butler (then top 10). The WBC granted, although Lewis was number one on their list, Mike Tyson the fight against the reigning title holder Frank Bruno , who had previously defeated McCall. In the meantime, Lewis voluntarily fought more fights and boxed against the two world-class puncher Tommy Morrison and Ray Mercer . Morrison held the IBC title, which was also at stake. Morrison, who was known not only for his enormous punching power but also for his speed, had knocked out Razor Ruddock four months earlier. However, he had no chance against the form strong Lewis, had to go down several times and lost the fight by TKO in round 6. The fight against Ray Mercer was scheduled for 10 rounds. Mercer, who became Olympic heavyweight champion in 1988 , was at his best and put in an extremely strong performance. It was a very close and even fight that went on. Lewis eventually won by majority vote. Judge George Colon scored 96:94, judge Luis Rivera scored 96:95 and judge Melvina Lathan scored 95:95.

Tyson defeated Bruno but eventually put down the WBC title and only held the WBA title. Lewis then got back on February 7, 1997 in a rematch against McCall with a demolition win in the fifth round, the vacant title of the WBC. McCall suffered a nervous breakdown in the process. He began to cry in the fifth round, turned his back on his opponent and no longer defended himself against the attacks, so that the fight was finally broken off.

After a disqualification win (because of constant holding) against the clearly inferior Henry Akinwande (32-0), Lewis met the bronze medalist in the heavyweight division of 1988 Andrzej Gołota , who had previously lost two tough fights against Bowe only through disqualifications (because of low blows). Lewis, perhaps in the best shape of his entire professional career, knocked Golota hard in the opening rounds. o. Five months later he beat the later WBO world champion Shannon Briggs , who was then considered to be strong, in the fifth round k. o. and defeated the WBC mandatory challenger and undefeated, reigning European champion Željko Mavrović (record 27-0) clearly on points. Mavrović, who was seen as a white hope, did his work “with the precision of a surgeon” and u. a. was avoided by Herbie Hide ( Hide avoided him twice at the last minute), had little chance of winning against Lewis. In the seventh round, Mavrović was able to land a few good hits and put Lewis on the ropes, which was also his best lap. Mavrović, who was never on the ground, showed very good taker qualities in this, his last fight, and took all the hard punches from Lewis.

Association of titles against Holyfield I

In March 1999, Lewis met in the long-awaited unification fight against Evander Holyfield, who at that time held the titles of the WBA and IBF. Lewis won the first two rounds on the scorecards. In the second round, Lewis made 87 strokes and hit 42 times, while Holyfield only made 24 strokes and hit 8 times. Holyfield, who for his part had predicted a knockout win in Round 3, remained unimpressed and came in much more aggressively in Round 3 too, hitting Lewis with various combinations in the first two minutes. Because of a swing that Lewis could hardly avoid, Holyfield was called " Haymaker ". However, he ultimately missed his knockout prediction. The fourth round won Lewis again for himself, which brought him a 3-1 round lead. He further extended his lead by dominating the fifth round and taking 75% of his 57 strokes to the finish, while Holyfield only scored 11 times. Lewis started the sixth round arrogantly, which Holyfield immediately took advantage of and hit him with a right-left combination. Lewis also scored some good hits, became more active and was suddenly the determining man, so the round should go to him, but two of the three judges scored the round in Holyfield's favor. In the seventh round Lewis landed 33 strokes, while Holyfield only scored 8 strokes, so Lewis won this round. Lewis was way ahead up to this point. Holyfield won rounds eight through eleven. Almost all boxing experts and boxing fans had Lewis in front and were firmly convinced that there is finally an undisputed heavyweight world champion again (since 1992) who has united the three most important titles. But it looked different on the judges' papers. Judge Stanley Christoudoulou scored the match 116: 113 for Lewis, referee Eugenia Williams scored the match 113: 115 for Holyfield and referee Larry O'Connell scored the match 115: 115 a draw.

Title association against Holyfield II

The rematch took place on November 13, 1999. This time the IBO title was also at stake. As in the first fight, it was Lewis who won the first two rounds. Lewis started the third round strong too, Holyfield only landing some good hits in the last 30 seconds - including a remarkably strong right hand on Lewis' head - and won the round on the scorecards. Holyfield eventually won rounds four through seven. The seventh round was pretty spectacular, as both boxers scored well. Lewis then gained control of the fight and won rounds eight through eleven. The twelfth round, which was very close, was scored for Lewis by two of the three judges. All three judges had Lewis in front at the end, the verdict was: 115: 113, 116: 112, 117: 111. That same year, Lewis was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year , UK Sportsman of the Year.

Fight Michael Grant and David Tua

Lewis beat the undefeated Michael Grant (31-0) and Francois Botha , who was considered the second best heavyweight at the time . o. and was able to defeat David Tua, who had moved up to the second best heavyweight after the defeat of Grant, by points, while Tyson provoked him again and again in 2000 and challenged him to a duel.

Because he wanted to bridge the time to the lucrative Tyson fight, Lewis boxed on April 21, 2001 in South Africa against Hasim Rahman , whom he apparently underestimated. He worked during the preparation phase for the filming of the film Ocean's Eleven . In the fight against Rahman he went completely surprisingly in the fifth round k. o. He had to cite Rahman, who had signed a rematch clause, in court to force the rematch. In this, Lewis Rahman beat k in the fourth round. o. The fighting was preceded by verbal arguments; before the second duel, they ended with a fight between the two in front of the cameras.

Fight against Mike Tyson

On January 22, 2002, at the press conference for the fight "Lewis-Tyson", a mass brawl started by Tyson with an attack on Lewis. Tyson bit Lewis on the thigh at the press conference. Previously, Tyson Lewis had repeatedly publicly insulted and announced, among other things, at the Savarese fight, Lewis' "to eat children and tear his heart out".

In the fight on June 8, 2002 in the suburbs of Memphis (Nevada refused Tyson the boxing license) Tyson in the eighth round k. o. Apart from the first round, he dominated this fight with ease. Although the fight, which had been delayed for years, was not sold out because of the horrific prices, it was by far the most lucrative duel in boxing history. There was no contractually stipulated rematch because Tyson declared his bankruptcy and thus the contract was null and void under US law.

Fight against Vitali Klitschko

Lewis met Vitali Klitschko in his last fight on June 21, 2003 . He won by abandoning the fight due to multiple lacerations Klitschko. At the time of the cancellation, Klitschko was on the slips of all three judges with two rounds in the lead. Klitschko landed some clear hits in the first two rounds; Thanks to his great experience, Lewis was able to survive the early stages of the fight. It was not until the third round that Lewis got involved, after he had given Klitschko a deep laceration over his left eye with an impact hit. From this lap he deliberately aimed at Klitschko's injury, so that there was a second cut under the left eye. Both injuries continued to bleed profusely, and despite intensive treatment during the breaks in the fight, the bleeding could not be stopped. Lewis landed more good hits, which led to further lacerations in Vitali's face. In the sixth round Lewis was able to land some hard uppercut. After this round, the referee broke off the fight on the advice of the ring doctor because of several severely bleeding lacerations, so that Lewis remained world champion. After the fight, Lewis explained his strategy of boxing Klitschko aggressively and constantly putting pressure on him because he was not used to this from his previous fights. The decision to break off the fight was sharply criticized by Klitschko and his trainer Fritz Sdunek . The American audience reacted angrily to the termination of the fight and celebrated Vitali Klitschko.

The WBC announced at the end of January 2004 that it would revoke his title from Lennox Lewis if he did not defend his WBC belt in a revenge match against Vitali Klitschko by March 15, 2004. Lewis then announced the end of his career. Even after his resignation, Vitali Klitschko asked him several times to repeat his controversial last fight and repeatedly pointed out that Lewis had promised him a rematch back then in the ring.

List of professional fights

41 wins (32 knockout wins), 2 defeats , 1 draw
year	Day	place	opponent	Result for Lewis
1989	June 27th	Royal Albert Hall , London, United Kingdom	Al Malcolm professional debut	Victory / KO 2nd round
	21 July	Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Bruce Johnson	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	25th of September	Crystal Palace National Sports Center , London, United Kingdom	Andrew Gerrard	Victory / TKO 4th round
	October 10th	City Hall, Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom	Steve Garber	Victory / KO 1st round
	November 5th	Royal Albert Hall , London, United Kingdom	Melvin Epps	Victory / Disqualification 2nd round
	December 18th	Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada	Greg Gorrell	Victory / TKO 5th round
1990	31 January	York Hall, London, United Kingdom	Noel Quarless	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	March 22	Leisure Center, Gateshead, United Kingdom	Calvin Jones	Victory / KO 1st round
	April 14th	Royal Albert Hall , London, United Kingdom	Michael Simuwelu	Victory / TKO 1st round
	May 9	Royal Albert Hall , London, United Kingdom	Jorgé Dascola	Victory / KO 1st round
	May 20th	City Hall, Sheffield, United Kingdom	Dan Murphy	Victory / TKO 6th round
	June 27th	Royal Albert Hall , London, United Kingdom	Ossie Ocasio	Points win / 8 rounds
	July 11th	Superstars Nite Club, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada	Mike Acey	Victory / KO 2nd round
	October 31	Crystal Palace National Sports Center , London, United Kingdom	Jean-Maurice Chanet EBU European Heavyweight Championship	Victory / TKO 6th round
1991	6th March	Wembley Arena , London, United Kingdom	Gary Mason EBU Heavyweight Title Defense BBBofC Heavyweight Championship	Victory / TKO 7th round
	July 12	Caesars Tahoe, Stateline, United States	Mike Weaver	Victory / KO 6th round
	30. September	Royal Albert Hall , London, United Kingdom	Glenn McCrory EBU Heavyweight Title Defense BBBofC Heavyweight Title Defense	Victory / KO 2nd round
	November 23	The Omni , Atlanta, United States	Tyrell Biggs	Victory / TKO 3rd round
1992	February 1st	Caesars Palace , Las Vegas, United States	Levi Billups	Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds
	April, 30th	Royal Albert Hall , London, United Kingdom	Derek Williams EBU Heavyweight Title Defense Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship BBBofC Heavyweight Title Defense	Victory / TKO 3rd round
	August 11th	Harrah's Marina Hotel Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Mike Dixon	Victory / TKO 4th round
	October 31	Earls Court Exhibition Hall , London, United Kingdom	Donovan Ruddock Commonwealth Heavyweight Title Defense	Victory / TKO 2nd round
1993	8th of May	Thomas & Mack Center , Las Vegas, United States	Tony Tucker WBC heavyweight title defense	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
	October 1	National Stadium , Cardiff, United Kingdom	Frank Bruno WBC heavyweight title defense	Victory / TKO 7th round
1994	May 6th	Boardwalk Convention Center , Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Phil Jackson WBC heavyweight title defense	Victory / TKO 8th round
	September 24th	Wembley Arena , London, United Kingdom	Oliver McCall WBC heavyweight title defense	Defeat / TKO 2nd round
1995	May 13th	ARCO Arena , Sacramento, United States	Lionel Butler	Victory / TKO 5th round
	2nd July	The Point , Dublin, Ireland	Justin Fortune	Victory / TKO 4th round
	October 7th	Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Tommy Morrison	Victory / TKO 6th round
1996	10th of May	Madison Square Garden , New York City, United States	Ray Mercer	Points victory (majority decision) / 10 rounds
1997	February 7th	Hilton Hotel , Las Vegas, United States	Oliver McCall vacant WBC world heavyweight championship	Victory / TKO 5th round
	July 12	Caesars Tahoe, Stateline, United States	Henry Akinwande WBC Heavyweight Title Defense	Victory / disqualification 5th round
	4th of October	Caesars Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Andrzej Gołota WBC heavyweight title defense	Victory / KO 1st round
1998	28th March	Boardwalk Convention Center , Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Shannon Briggs WBC heavyweight title defense	Victory / TKO 5th round
	September 26th	Mohegan Sun Casino, Connecticut, United States	Željko Mavrović WBC heavyweight title defense	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
1999	March 13th	Madison Square Garden , New York City, United States	Evander Holyfield IBF / WBA / WBC Heavyweight Title Association	Tie (split decision) / 12 rounds
	November 13th	Thomas & Mack Center , Las Vegas, United States	Evander Holyfield IBF / WBA / WBC Heavyweight Title Association vacant IBO World Heavyweight Championship	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
2000	April 29	Madison Square Garden , New York City, United States	Michael Grant IBF / IBO / WBC Heavyweight Title Defense	Victory / KO 2nd round
	15th of July	New London Arena, London, United Kingdom	Francois Botha IBF / IBO / WBC heavyweight title defense	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	November 11th	Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino , Las Vegas, United States	David Tua IBF / IBO / WBC Heavyweight Title Defense	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
2001	April 22	Carnival City, Brakpan, South Africa	Hasim Rahman IBF / IBO / WBC Heavyweight Title Defense	Loss / KO 5th round
	November 17th	Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino , Las Vegas, United States	Hasim Rahman IBF / IBO / WBC World Heavyweight Championship	Victory / KO 4th round
2002	8th June	The Pyramid, Memphis, Tennessee, United States	Mike Tyson IBF / IBO / WBC Heavyweight Title Defense	Victory / KO 8th round
2003	June 21st	Staples Center , Los Angeles, United States	Vitali Klitschko IBO / WBC heavyweight title defense	Victory / TKO 6th round
Source: Lennox Lewis in the BoxRec database

Dates and achievements

Professional data

Trainer:	John Davenport (1989–1992), Pepe Correa (1992–1994), Emanuel Steward (1995–2003)
Manager:	Frank Maloney , Adrian Ogun
Promoter:	Frank Maloney
Cutman:	Al Gavin
Alias:	The Lion
Size:	1.96 m
Range:	2.13 m
Knockout rate:	73%
Fights:	44
Victories:	41
Knockout victories:	32
Defeats:	2
Draw:	1
Number of laps:	225

Success as an amateur

• Junior World Championships : 1983 super heavyweight winner
• Stockholm Box Open Tournament : Super heavyweight winners in 1984 and 1987 respectively
• Canadian Championships : Super Heavyweight Winner 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988 respectively
• Olympic Games : Participants in 1984 and winners in 1988 in the super heavyweight division
• Albena Tournament : 1985 super heavyweight winner
• World Cup : Second in 1985 and quarter-finalist in 1987 in the super heavyweight division
• North American Championships : Super Heavyweight Winner 1985 and 1987 respectively
• TSC boxing tournament : 1986 super heavyweight winner
• World Championships : Participant 1986 in super heavyweight
• Commonwealth Games : 1986 Super Heavyweight Winner
• Quebec Cup : 1986 Super Heavyweight Winner
• Feliks Stamm Tournament : Super heavyweight winner 1987
• Pan American Games : Super heavyweight runner-up in 1987
• French Open : 1987 super heavyweight winner
• Intercup : Second in super heavyweight in 1988
• Canada Cup : 1988 super heavyweight winner

Amateur match record: 105 fights, 94 wins, 11 losses

Success as a professional

• Undisputed world heavyweight champion: 1999–2000
• Linear heavyweight world champion: 1998–2001 (6 title defenses), 2001–2004 (2 title defenses)
• Ring Magazine -World heavyweight champion: 2002–2004 (1 title defense)
• WBC heavyweight world champion: 1992–1994 (3 title defenses), 1997–2001 (9 title defenses), 2001–2004 (2 title defenses)
• WBA heavyweight world champion: 1999–2000
• IBF heavyweight world champion: 1999–2001 (3 title defenses), 2001–2002 (1 title defense)
• IBO heavyweight world champion: 1999–2001 (3 title defenses), 2001–2004 (2 title defenses)
• IBC heavyweight world champion: 1995
• EBU European heavyweight champion: 1990–1992 (3 defenses)
• BBBofC heavyweight champion: 1991–1992 (2 defenses)
• Commonwealth heavyweight champions: 1990-1992 (1 title defense)

Awards

• Britain's Sportsman of the Year : 1999
• BWAA Boxer of the Year : 1999
• Ring Magazine Knockout of the Year : 2001 (against Mike Tyson ), 2002 (against Hasim Rahman )

Admission to halls of fame

• World Boxing Hall of Fame : 2008
• International Boxing Hall of Fame : 2009

After the career

Lennox Lewis married his girlfriend Violet Chang, who is twelve years his junior and with whom he has two children, son Landon (* 2004) and a daughter (* 19 May 2006). He also occasionally works as a commentator on the box broadcasts on HBO . In 2006 he played the role of "Ras" in the Irish / British feature film Johnny Was . In February 2007, Bob Arum spread rumors that he was planning a comeback against Vitali Klitschko, but he gave them a categorical refusal. In 2008, Lewis was a candidate on Donald Trump's television reality show The Apprentice , placing him fourth out of 14 candidates.

In 2009, Lewis was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame .

Web links

Commons : Lennox Lewis  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lennox Lewis website
• Lennox Lewis in the BoxRec database
• Dates and successes ( memento from October 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
• "Vitali is the better Klitschko" Interview in the evening newspaper on February 18, 2012.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Junior Champs 1983. In: amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved January 7, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Sweden. In: amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved January 7, 2017 (English). 
3. ↑ North American Championships - Toronto, Canada - 1987. In: amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved January 7, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Feliks Stamm 1987. In: amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved January 7, 2017 . 
5. ↑ John Davenport. In: boxrec.com. June 29, 2008, accessed January 7, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Everything about Lennox Lewis. (No longer available online.) In: boxen.com. Archived from the original on January 9, 2017 ; accessed on January 7, 2017 . 
7. ^ Zeljko Mavrovic - Munzinger biography. In: munzinger.de. Retrieved January 7, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Box photo series: "Klitschko is the hero". In: Spiegel Online . June 22, 2003, accessed January 7, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Rematch required: Klitschko celebrated like a world champion. In: rp-online.de. June 22, 2003, accessed January 7, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Heavyweight world champion is under time pressure: Lennox Lewis boxing against Witali Klitschko? In: rp-online.de. January 26, 2004, accessed January 7, 2017 . 
11. ↑ Boxing: Klitschko hopes to get revenge against Lewis. In: Spiegel Online . November 20, 2008, accessed January 7, 2017 . 
12. ↑ Vitali: "My next fight will be in Germany". In: bz-berlin.de. April 27, 2004, accessed January 7, 2017 . 
13. ↑ Matthias Brzezinski: Boxing: Klitschko may hope - Lewis is thinking of a comeback. In: welt.de . November 11, 2010, accessed January 7, 2017 . 

predecessor	title	successor
vacant Riddick Bowe	Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( WBC ) December 14, 1992–24. September 1994	Oliver McCall
vacant Mike Tyson	Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( WBC ) February 7, 1997-22. April 2001	Hasim Rahman
Evander Holyfield	Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( WBA ) November 13, 1999–29. April 2000	vacant Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield	Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( IBF ) November 13, 1999–22. April 2001	Hasim Rahman
Evander Holyfield	Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( IBO ) November 13, 1999-22. April 2001	Hasim Rahman
Hasim Rahman	Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( WBC ) November 17, 2001–6. February 2004	vacant Vitali Klitschko
Hasim Rahman	Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( IBF ) November 17, 2001–5. September 2002	vacant Chris Byrd
Hasim Rahman	Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( IBO ) November 17, 2001–6. February 2004	vacant Wladimir Klitschko