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Not all fighters are partial to bling-bling. Lennox Lewis, 'I have some nice ***ellery: two sets of matching necklaces and bracelets,' says the retired world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis. 'And two watches: a Vacheron for its antiquity and a gold-and-silver Rolex for status. But where appearance is concerned, my thing is my suits.'
As for his colleagues' motivation for wearing bling-bling, Lennox hypothesises: 'People wear it for different reasons. Don King wears it because it's part of his message. If he's seen to have millions, it makes you think that he can make millions for you, too. As for Mike Tyson, well, I'm not a psychiatrist, but I have to think that, as a child, Mike never had toys to play with and now he's trying to fill that void. With Mike, it's all for the moment: I want this one and that one. But whatever he buys, as soon as he has it, he stops caring about it and it's gone.'
'For Floyd Mayweather,' Lewis continues, 'bling is part of the image he's chosen for himself. It's his way of answering the question, "How do I let people know I've got all this money?" That's true of a lot of guys. In that respect, it's no different from the private plane, the big house, the Bentley. It might not be as useful as those things, but the advantage to it is that you can take it everywhere with you to show off. They aren't wearing it for themselves. They're after a reaction from other people.'
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As for his colleagues' motivation for wearing bling-bling, Lennox hypothesises: 'People wear it for different reasons. Don King wears it because it's part of his message. If he's seen to have millions, it makes you think that he can make millions for you, too. As for Mike Tyson, well, I'm not a psychiatrist, but I have to think that, as a child, Mike never had toys to play with and now he's trying to fill that void. With Mike, it's all for the moment: I want this one and that one. But whatever he buys, as soon as he has it, he stops caring about it and it's gone.'
'For Floyd Mayweather,' Lewis continues, 'bling is part of the image he's chosen for himself. It's his way of answering the question, "How do I let people know I've got all this money?" That's true of a lot of guys. In that respect, it's no different from the private plane, the big house, the Bentley. It might not be as useful as those things, but the advantage to it is that you can take it everywhere with you to show off. They aren't wearing it for themselves. They're after a reaction from other people.'
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in the ring and I want to keep that image going. Shine in the ring; shine out of it. Right now, I've got a lot of gold. But as the money comes in, you'll see platinum and the diamonds will be real.'
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