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Lennox Lewis

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  • Birth Name: Lennox Claudius Lewis
  • Birth Place: London, England
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 09/02/1965, Virgo
  • Profession: Boxer; actor
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Lennox Lewis Fast Facts:
  • Took home his first boxing gold medal at the 1983 World Junior Championship.
  • Knocked out Riddick Bowe to win a gold medal for Team Canada at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
  • Made his professional boxing debut in 1989; became the world heavyweight champion three years later.
  • In the mid-1990s, established the now-shuttered Lennox Lewis College to help underprivileged students in London.
  • Jamaica, Lewis' mother's birthplace, issued stamps featuring his picture in 2000.
  • Named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2002.
  • Officially retired from boxing on February 6, 2004; still works occasionally as a commentator on the sport for HBO.
  • Has acted in a number of films, including the crime dramas Ocean's Eleven (2001), Shottas (2002) and Johnny Was (2006).
  • Appeared on Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice competition in 2008.
  • Lennox Lewis Relationships:
  • Carlton Brooks - Father
  • Dennis Lewis - Half Brother
  • Landon Lewis - Son
  • Violet Chang Lewis - Wife
  • Violet Lewis - Mother
sean combs, russell simmons, lennox lewis, ll cool j, rev al sharpton courtesy Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage.com
Celebrity Apprentice, Marilu Henner, Piers Morgan, Nely Galan, Trace Adkins, Gene Simmons, Carol Alt, Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Jennie Finch, Lennox Lewis, Tito Ortiz, Vincent Pastore, Omarosa, Stephen Baldwin, Tiffany Fallon, Nadia Comaneci courtesy Justin Stephens/NBC Photo
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