Editing Lennox Lewis (section)

===British, Commonwealth and European champion===
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After he signed with American promoter Main Events,{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}} he won the European heavyweight title in 1990 against Frenchman Jean Maurice Chanet. In his next fight in March 1991, Lewis won the British title against undefeated, world-ranked [[Gary Mason (boxer)|Gary Mason]], and in April 1992 won the [[List of Commonwealth Boxing Council Champions#Heavyweight|Commonwealth title]] against [[Derek Williams (boxer)|Derek Williams]]. Lewis was a top-five world heavyweight, and during this period he also defeated former WBA heavyweight champion [[Mike Weaver (boxer)|Mike Weaver]], 1984 Olympic Gold medalist [[Tyrell Biggs]], former world [[Cruiserweight (boxing)|cruiserweight]] title holders [[Glenn McCrory]] and trial horses Levi Billups and Mike Dixon.

On 31 October 1992, Lewis knocked out Canadian [[Donovan Ruddock|Donovan "Razor" Ruddock]] in two rounds for the number one contender's position in the [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] rankings. It was Lewis's most impressive win to date and established him as one of the world's best heavyweights. Sportscaster [[Larry Merchant]] declared, "We have a great new heavyweight."