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Lennox Lewis vs. Tony Tucker, billed as Star Spangled Glory, was a heavyweight professional boxing match contested between WBC champion Lennox Lewis and the WBC's number one ranked contender Tony Tucker. [1] The bout took place on May 8, 1993 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada, U.S. Lewis retained his WBC title via unanimous decision.
Tucker had run his record up to 48–1 and challenged Lennox Lewis for the WBC world heavyweight title in May 1993. Lewis won a 12-round unanimous decision, knocking the challenger down twice in the process. The 34-year-old Tucker had never been off his feet in his pro career until this bout.
Lewis defended the belt three times, defeating Tony Tucker, whom he knocked down for the first time in Tucker's career, and Frank Bruno and Phil Jackson by knockout. The Lennox Lewis vs. Frank Bruno fight was the first time two British-born boxers fought for a version of the world heavyweight title in the modern era. [31]
Lennox Lewis vs. Shannon Briggs; Lennox Lewis vs. Frank Bruno; Lennox Lewis vs. Andrew Golota; Lennox Lewis vs. Michael Grant; Lennox Lewis vs. Phil Jackson; Lennox Lewis vs. Vitali Klitschko; Lennox Lewis vs. Željko Mavrović; Lennox Lewis vs. Oliver McCall; Lennox Lewis vs. Oliver McCall II; Lennox Lewis vs. Hasim Rahman; Lennox Lewis vs ...
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Lennox Lewis vs. Donovan Ruddock, billed as "The Fight for the Right" was a professional boxing match contested on 31 October 1992. [3] The fight was a WBC heavyweight title "eliminator", with the winner scheduled to challenge the winner of the Evander Holyfield–Riddick Bowe championship bout held two weeks later.
After being awarded the WBC title in December 1992, Lennox Lewis would go on to make two successful defenses. First, Lewis took on WBC's number one ranked heavyweight Tony Tucker and defeated him by a lopsided unanimous decision. Then, Lewis met countryman Frank Bruno. Bruno gave Lewis trouble through the first six rounds and two judge's had ...
May 8, 1993 - Lennox Lewis vs. Tony Tucker (for the WBC heavyweight title) June 13, 1993 - George Foreman vs. Tommy Morrison (for the WBO heavyweight title) April 12, 1997 - Pernell Whitaker vs. Oscar De La Hoya (for the WBC and lineal welterweight titles)