Lennox Lewis
Awards And Accomplishments
| 1983 | Canada Winter Games, gold medal; World Junior Championships, gold medal; Named Athlete of the Year in Canada |
| 1984 | Stockholm Box-Open International Tournament, gold medal; National Senior Championships, gold medal; Canada Super Heavyweight champion |
| 1985 | National Senior Championships, gold medal; Albena Tournament, gold medal; World Cup, silver; Canada Super Heavyweight champion |
| 1986 | National Senior Championships, gold medal; Commonwealth Games, gold; Quebec Cup, gold medal; Canada Super Heavyweight champion |
| 1987 | Box Open Tournament, gold medal; National Senior Championships, gold medal; French International Tournament, gold medal; Pan Am Games, gold medal; North American Championships, gold medal; Felix Stamm Tournament, gold medal; Canada Super Heavyweight champion |
| 1988 | Won gold medal in the Olympics in boxing in super heavyweight division; Intercup, silver medal; Canada Cup, gold medal; Canada Super Heavyweight champion |
| 1989 | Won first professional fight against Al Malcolm on June 27 |
| 1990 | Became European heavyweight champion defeating Jean Chanet |
| 1991 | Won British heavyweight title, defeating Gary Mason; retained European heavyweight champion |
| 1992 | Defeated Donovan "Razor" Ruddock; in December, awarded World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight championship when Riddick Bowe refused to fight him |
| 1993 | Defended WBC title by defeating Tony Tucker and Frank Bruno; named British Boxer of the Year, British Boxing Board of Control |
| 1994 | Defended WBC title by defeating Phil Jackson; lost WBC title to Oliver McCall |
| 1996 | Defeated Ray Mercer; regained WBC title by defeating Oliver McCall |
| 1997 | Defended WBC title by beating Andrew Golota |
| 1998 | Defended WBC title by defeating Shannon Briggs and Zelijko Mavrovic; awarded the MBE |
| 1999 | Fought to a draw with Evander Holyfield (the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Association (WBA) champion), then defeated him later in the year to become undisputed heavyweight champion; named BBC Sports Personality of the Year; awarded honorary doctorate by University of North London |
| 2000 | Defended undisputed title by defeating Michael Grant, Francois Botha, and David Tua |
| 2001 | Lost undisputed title by losing to Hasam Rahman; regained title later that year by defeating Rahman |
| 2002 | Defended title by defeating Mike Tyson; awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) |
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