About the title
Lennox Lewis is one of the greatest boxers of modern times. He was born on September 2, 1965, in London, into a family of Jamaican immigrants. In 1983 he won the world junior boxing championship. Competing for Team Canada, he became an Olympic champion in 1988. Among professionals, he became the undisputed world heavyweight champion in 1999. In 2015, Lewis permanently relocated to his ancestral homeland — Jamaica.