Editing Lennox Lewis (section)

====Lewis vs. Holyfield II====
{{Main|Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis II}}
The sanctioning bodies ordered a rematch.<ref name="The New York Times 1999-03-15">{{cite news | title=A Rematch For Holyfield And Lewis Is Ordered| first=Ira |last=Berkow| date=15 March 1999| url =https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/15/sports/boxing-a-rematch-for-holyfield-and-lewis-is-ordered.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/H/Holyfield,%20Evander| work =The New York Times| access-date = 22 May 2009}}</ref> Eight months later in Las Vegas (13 November 1999), the two men fought again in a more open and entertaining contest than the original fight, with the two boxers having some heavy exchanges from rounds six to nine. The punch stats however still clearly favoured Lewis, who landed 195 punches to Holyfield's 137, although Lewis landed 119 power shots and 76 jabs, showing a definite shift in his tactics from the first fight, when he focused more on the jab. This time the three judges scored the fight unanimously (115–113, 116–112 and 117–111) in favour of Lewis, who became [[List of undisputed boxing champions|undisputed heavyweight champion of the World]]. The British public voted Lewis the 1999 [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award|BBC Sports Personality of the Year]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-personality/19587151 "Sports Personality Roll of Honour"]. BBC. Retrieve 26 December 2013</ref>

Lewis did not view either bout with [[Evander Holyfield]] as among his most difficult, but conceded Holyfield tested his limits more than any other boxer. {{Blockquote|"People seem to be genuinely surprised when I tell them Holyfield was my toughest opponent, not to be confused with my toughest fight, which was [[Ray Mercer]], but when you really dive into why that is, it actually makes a lot of sense."<ref>{{cite web |title=Lewis on Holyfield fights|url=https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/691204/lennox-lewis-evander-holyfield-mike-tyson-boxing-news/ |website=talksport |last=Coleman |first=Joe |access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>}}
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