Lennox Lewis Net Worth - Pulptastic

Lennox Lewis, the former professional boxer and three-time heavyweight champion, has a net worth of $140 million. He is widely regarded as the greatest British boxer of all time. His 2002 fight against Mike Tyson set a then-record of 1.95 million Pay Per View buys, earning him hundreds of millions of dollars from guaranteed purses

What is Lennox Lewis’

Lennox Lewis, the former professional boxer and three-time heavyweight champion, has a net worth of $140 million. He is widely regarded as the greatest British boxer of all time.

His 2002 fight against Mike Tyson set a then-record of 1.95 million Pay Per View buys, earning him hundreds of millions of dollars from guaranteed purses and PPV bonuses. Notably, he took home roughly $50 million from that one Tyson fight alone.

Early Life and Amateur Career

Lennox Claudius Lewis was born on September 2nd, 1965 in West Ham, London, England. His parents were originally from Jamaica. When he was born, he weighed over 10 lbs. When he was twelve, he moved to Ontario, Canada with his mother. He attended Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute, a public school located in Kitchener, Ontario.

At school, he was heavily involved in sports, playing Canadian football, soccer, and basketball. When he was thirteen, he decided that his favorite sport was boxing, and he began training and quickly became a successful amateur boxer.

In 1983, he won a gold medal at the Junior World Championship, and at age eighteen, he was asked to represent Canada in the Super-Heavyweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. At the time, he was named the 6th best heavyweight boxer in the world by the International Boxing Association. He advanced to the quarterfinals at the Olympics but lost to Tyrell Biggs of the United States who went on to win the gold medal. Following the Olympics, he decided to continue boxing as an amateur in order to be able to compete in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He lost to Petar Stoimenov of Bulgaria in the 1986 World Championships, but he won a gold medal later that year at the Commonwealth Games.

In 1987, he lost by decision at the 1987 Pan American Games with the South American judges favoring his Cuban opponent and the US judges favoring Lewis. He continued as an amateur and won several more titles prior to traveling to Seoul, South Korea for the 1988 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal for Canada in the super-heavyweight class and was the first Canadian boxer to win gold in fifty-six years.

Lennox Lewis’ Boxing Career

Lennox Lewis began his professional boxing career in 1989 in England and was undefeated for his first twenty-two fights. He became the World Boxing Championship titleholder, the first from Britain in the 20th century, in December 1992. He successfully defended the title three times before losing it controversially in September 1994.

After losing the title, Lewis hired Emmanuel Steward as his new trainer and won a comeback fight against Lionel Butler. However, the World Boxing Commission gave Mike Tyson the opportunity for the title instead, leading to a lawsuit from Lewis. He later won the title in a rematch against Evander Holyfield in 1999.

In 2002, Lewis defended his title against Mike Tyson and retired in 2004 with a record of forty-one wins, two losses, and one draw. He served as a boxing analyst on HBO’s “Boxing After Dark” from 2006 to 2010.

In 2008, Lewis expressed his willingness to come out of retirement for a matchup with Riddick Bowe.

Early Career and Various Appearances

Lennox Lewis appeared on the American hip-hop duo Reflection Eternal’s debut album titled “Train of Thought,” released in 2000. The following year he had a minor role in “Ocean’s Eleven” which featured George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Julia Roberts. He appeared as himself in the comedy sports show “The Jersey” in 2002, and he made a cameo appearance in the music video for the Jennifer Lopez and LL Cool J song “All I Have” in 2003. He played in the World Series of Poker in 2006 and 2007 but did not win any money. He was on NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice in 2008 and finished fourth out of fourteen.

Philanthropy and Personal Life

Lewis is an avid chess player and funded an after school program to help teach underserved kids how to play chess. Also in 2008, he made a public service announcement for the domestic violence awareness campaign Do Something. Lewis is married to Violet Chang, a former Miss Jamaica runner-up, and the two live in Miami Beach. They have three children together.

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