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Lennox Lewis

84″ reach · +9.1% reach advantage · 90th percentile

Boxing record

41–2–1

Lennox Lewis has a reach of 84″ against a height of 77″ — a reach advantage of +9.1%, exceptional for heavyweight boxing and the 90th percentile of the 317 compared here.

198019902000win v Greg Gorrell, 1989, kowin v Melvin Epps, 1989win v Steve Garber, 1989, kowin v Andrew Gerrard, 1989, kowin v Bruce Johnson, 1989win v Al Malcolm, 1989win v Jean-Maurice Chanet, 1990, kowin v Mike Acey, 1990, kowin v Ossie Ocasio, 1990win v Dan Murphy, 1990, kowin v Jorge Dascola, 1990, kowin v Michael Simuwelu, 1990, kowin v Calvin Jones, 1990, kowin v Noel Quarless, 1990, kowin v Tyrell Biggs, 1991, kowin v Glenn McCrory, 1991, kowin v Mike Weaver, 1991, kowin v Gary Mason, 1991, kowin v Donovan Ruddock, 1992, kowin v Mike Dixon, 1992, kowin v Derek Williams, 1992, kowin v Levi Billups, 1992, decisionwin v Frank Bruno, 1993, kowin v Tony Tucker, 1993, decisionloss v Oliver McCall, 1994, kowin v Phil Jackson, 1994, kowin v Tommy Morrison, 1995, kowin v Justin Fortune, 1995, kowin v Lionel Butler, 1995, kowin v Ray Mercer, 1996win v Andrew Golota, 1997, kowin v Henry Akinwande, 1997, dqwin v Oliver McCall, 1997, kowin v Željko Mavrović, 1998, decisionwin v Shannon Briggs, 1998, kowin v Evander Holyfield, 1999, decisionwin v David Tua, 2000, decisionwin v Francois Botha, 2000, kowin v Michael Grant, 2000, kowin v Hasim Rahman, 2001, kowin v Mike Tyson, 2002, kowin v Vitali Klitschko, 2003, ko
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1989–2003

SOURCE·Lennox Lewis — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-21

How this record is compiled

  1. Measurements come from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the bout list is parsed from the results table on the same article, read on 2026-07-21. Boxing tables are read by header name and MMA records by the fixed column order of the MMA record template — two different parsers, because reading MMA rows as a boxing table returns a fighter's boxing record in place of their real one.
  2. A bout enters the ledger with whatever fields the source states: result, opponent, method, round, year. Any field the source leaves empty stays empty here. A date that cannot be established is left blank rather than inferred, and the bout is still counted.
  3. A no contest is counted and printed as a no contest. It is never folded into the wins, the losses or the draws, and it never disappears to make a total balance.
  4. Where the article's infobox total disagrees with its own results table, both figures are published and each is labelled with where it came from. Nothing is averaged and nothing is reconciled against a second database.
  5. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 317 heavyweight boxing fighters in the dataset — the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Bout record

Every bout the article's own results table lists, in order. A dash is a field the source leaves empty — it is not a zero and it is not a guess.

Bout-by-bout recordAUG 2026
YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2003 W Vitali Klitschko KO/TKO6
2002 W Mike Tyson KO/TKO8
2001 W Hasim Rahman KO/TKO4
2000 W David Tua Decision12
2000 W Francois Botha KO/TKO2
2000 W Michael Grant KO/TKO2
1999 W Evander Holyfield Decision12
1998 W Željko Mavrović Decision12
1998 W Shannon Briggs KO/TKO5
1997 W Andrew Golota KO/TKO1
1997 W Henry Akinwande DQ5
1997 W Oliver McCall KO/TKO5
1996 W Ray Mercer —10
1995 W Tommy Morrison KO/TKO6
1995 W Justin Fortune KO/TKO4
1995 W Lionel Butler KO/TKO5
1994 L Oliver McCall KO/TKO2
1994 W Phil Jackson KO/TKO8
1993 W Frank Bruno KO/TKO7
1993 W Tony Tucker Decision12
1992 W Donovan Ruddock KO/TKO2
1992 W Mike Dixon KO/TKO4
1992 W Derek Williams KO/TKO3
1992 W Levi Billups Decision10
1991 W Tyrell Biggs KO/TKO3
1991 W Glenn McCrory KO/TKO2
1991 W Mike Weaver KO/TKO6
1991 W Gary Mason KO/TKO7
1990 W Jean-Maurice Chanet KO/TKO6
1990 W Mike Acey KO/TKO2
1990 W Ossie Ocasio —8
1990 W Dan Murphy KO/TKO6
1990 W Jorge Dascola KO/TKO1
1990 W Michael Simuwelu KO/TKO1
1990 W Calvin Jones KO/TKO1
1990 W Noel Quarless KO/TKO2
1989 W Greg Gorrell KO/TKO5
1989 W Melvin Epps —2
1989 W Steve Garber KO/TKO1
1989 W Andrew Gerrard KO/TKO4
1989 W Bruce Johnson —2
1989 W Al Malcolm —2

25 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Lennox Lewis — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-21

Reach in context

Reach advantage

+9.1%

84″ reach on a 77″ frame

Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.

-2.8%heavyweight boxing reach advantage12%
Measurements
Reach84″ (213.4 cm)94th pct
Height77″ (195.6 cm)82nd pct
StanceOrthodox
DivisionHeavyweight Boxing
Most active decade1990s — 30 of 42 dated bouts
CountryCanada

Record

Boxing record

41–2

44 bouts on record

Finish rate

78%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 74th percentile

By knockout: 32 (78%)By decision: 9 (22%)
  • By knockout 78%
  • By decision 22%

The career, bout by bout

42 recorded bouts from 1989 to 2003. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

1990 2000 win vs Greg Gorrell (1989)win vs Melvin Epps (1989)win vs Steve Garber (1989)win vs Andrew Gerrard (1989)win vs Bruce Johnson (1989)win vs Al Malcolm (1989)win vs Jean-Maurice Chanet (1990)win vs Mike Acey (1990)win vs Ossie Ocasio (1990)win vs Dan Murphy (1990)win vs Jorge Dascola (1990)win vs Michael Simuwelu (1990)win vs Calvin Jones (1990)win vs Noel Quarless (1990)win vs Tyrell Biggs (1991)win vs Glenn McCrory (1991)win vs Mike Weaver (1991)win vs Gary Mason (1991)win vs Donovan Ruddock (1992)win vs Mike Dixon (1992)win vs Derek Williams (1992)win vs Levi Billups (1992)win vs Frank Bruno (1993)win vs Tony Tucker (1993)loss vs Oliver McCall (1994)win vs Phil Jackson (1994)win vs Tommy Morrison (1995)win vs Justin Fortune (1995)win vs Lionel Butler (1995)win vs Ray Mercer (1996)win vs Andrew Golota (1997)win vs Henry Akinwande (1997)win vs Oliver McCall (1997)win vs Željko Mavrović (1998)win vs Shannon Briggs (1998)win vs Evander Holyfield (1999)win vs David Tua (2000)win vs Francois Botha (2000)win vs Michael Grant (2000)win vs Hasim Rahman (2001)win vs Mike Tyson (2002)win vs Vitali Klitschko (2003)
winlossdraw / NC1989–2003

Career span

15y

1989–2003

Longest unbeaten run

24

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1990

8 bouts

Recorded bouts

42

42 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Lennox Lewis's record?
41–2–1 in boxing. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 42 bouts individually.
Does a no contest change a record here?
No. A no contest is not a win, a loss or a draw, and it is never folded into one. It is counted and printed separately, so a 20–0 record with two no contests is shown as exactly that rather than as 22–0 or as 20–0 with the no contests dropped. The same applies to a bout overturned after the fact where the source records the change.
What happens when sources disagree about a fight?
This site publishes one source — the fighter's English Wikipedia article, read on the date printed under every table — and it does not silently reconcile that against anyone else's database. Where the article's own infobox total and its own results table disagree, both are shown and the page says which one each figure came from. Nothing is averaged, and no field is filled in from a second source to make a total balance.

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