NEWSFLASH: It's official, Lewis is coming back...sighs

**leff** · 01-23-2005, 07:18 AM

this is to good to be true.

**onikami** · 01-23-2005, 07:25 AM

If this is true, then:

The Brit is Back. Watch out America.

**Cletus Funk** · 01-23-2005, 07:29 AM

It's been on Sky Sports News all morning so it seems genuine.

KJ · 01-23-2005, 07:59 AM

Advisors quiet over Lewis return

BBC SPORT | Boxing | Lewis dismisses comeback report

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/4199637.stm

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From the BBC

Advisors quiet over Lewis return

Lewis lost only two of 44 contests
Lennox Lewis' business advisor has refused to confirm reports Britain's former world heavyweight champion is set for a comeback "later this year".
Lewis told the Sunday Mirror: "The money is up to �21m and I simply can't turn that much cash down."

But Jerome Anderson would not comment on the story to BBC Radio Five Live.

Lewis, 39, retired last January but current heavyweight king Vitali Klitschko is keen to avenge his controversial loss to Lewis in 2003.

Lewis hinted at a return last month after Danny Williams' crushing defeat at the hands of Klitschko.

And the Sunday Mirror quoted Lewis as saying: "I'm going to start training seriously and I'm going back to England to start sorting this out.

"I need the money just like everyone else and it's just too good to be turned down."

Klitschko, the WBC champion, has repeatedly called on Lewis to fight him again since losing a bad-tempered brawl in Los Angeles.

The Ukrainian was well ahead on points before his challenge was ended by cuts.

Klitschko claims the former two-time world champion promised him a rematch after that fight.

**AIR_KENG** · 01-23-2005, 08:09 AM

Originally posted by Kimmy

http://www.boxing-central.com/module...ticle&sid=5668

Site and date yet to be confirmed...

dude, that's �21 million, not dollars... well i guess $39.5 million is a difficult thing to turn down... win or lose...

**SonnyG8R** · 01-23-2005, 08:22 AM

I doubt this fight will even happen. I find it hard to believe Lewis is short on cash and he could have had this fight years earlier for similair money. He quit rather than give Vit the rematch he'd promised him because he knew he would get his ass handed to him. I don't think getting a few years older will help his chances. This is just my opinion. That being said, I hope the fight does happen because it will dispell the myth of "the great Lennox Lewis"

**spinksjinx** · 01-23-2005, 08:28 AM

Originally posted by L8RG8R

I doubt this fight will even happen. I find it hard to believe Lewis is short on cash and he could have had this fight years earlier for similair money. He quit rather than give Vit the rematch he'd promised him because he knew he would get his ass handed to him. I don't think getting a few years older will help his chances. This is just my opinion. That being said, I hope the fight does happen because it will dispell the myth of "the great Lennox Lewis"

My point exactly, I cant imagine Lewis saying he needs money just like everybody else when time in and time out he has stated, he doesnt need the money he is financially set.

I call that article bull****! and cant imagine Lennox making such comments.

**Truth** · 01-23-2005, 09:19 AM

Thats big news, at first I was thinking Lennox shouldn't comeback but for 21 million and a huge fight this year,I think this is a great move by Lewis.

**spinksjinx** · 01-23-2005, 09:24 AM

Originally posted by Mayweatherfan

Thats big news, at first I was thinking Lennox shouldn't comeback but for 21 million and a huge fight this year,I think this is a great move by Lewis.

thats �21 as stated which rounds out to be around $40 million U.S. Dollars, This is the biggest heavyweight fight to be made right now. But I dont think anyone would pony up that kind of dough for it though.

NEWSFLASH: It's official, Lewis is coming back...sighs