Sport

Thunder In Africa factfile

13 April 2012

As Lennox Lewis prepares to defend his world championship against American Hasim Rahman in South Africa, we compare to two and see how they measure up.

The Champion The Challenger
Name Lennox 'The Lion' Lewis Hasim 'The Rock' Rahman
Status WBO, IBF and IBO Heavyweight champion of the World former US national and WBU champion
Born 2 September 1965, London 7 November 1972, Baltimore, USA
Age 35 28
Height 6ft 5ins 6ft 2 ins
Weight around 18st just under 16st
Reach 84ins 75ins
Record won 38 (29 KOs) lost 1 drawn 1 34 wins (28 KOs) two defeats
Strengths outstanding jab, uppercut and power-packed right; tactical awareness; big fight experience jab and body-punch; fitness; chin; motivation
Weaknesses overly cautious; lingering doubts about his chin; lack of acclimatisation lack of size; lack of reach; lack of experience at the highest level

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