And Now a Few Words From World of Boxing

Thank you, Lennox Lewis, for finally retiring. Hopefully, someone with heart and skill will take your place.

Never has the world seen a fighter parlay plodding speed, a tentative defensive style and fear of getting hit into a career at the top of the heavyweight heap. Lewis avoided every top heavyweight, i.e. Tyson, Holyfield and Bowe, when in their prime, with an assortment of excuses. He lost to two journeymen, McCall and Rahman, while supposedly in his prime. Klitschko, a bigger, slower man, beat the stuffing out of him.

Thank you, Lennox. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

Ben Coats

Ventura

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Mike Tyson left with only $5,553 in cash gives a whole new meaning to “chump change.”

Bob Arranaga

Los Angeles