Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor
WBN Editor
Former champ tells of social network challenge
Lennox Lewis has stated that former rival Riddick Bowe
has been pestering him for a fight in the pro's recently via social networking sites,
although the former undisputed heavyweight king has reiterated the fact that he
is happily retired.
The 46 year-old, who retired in 2003 after winning the sport’s
biggest prize three times, recalled the the pair’s highly-publicised spat in 1992 when the then
WBC champion Bowe threw his belt in the trash rather than face Lewis, who beat him in the 1988 Olympics.
“Riddick really ran from me,” Lewis told Sky Sports’ Ringside
show.
“Rock Newman, his manager, realised that if he boxed me in
the professionals his gravy train would be ended because I definitely wanted to
knock him out.
“It's disappointing we didn't get that fight. I speak to him
on Facebook and Twitter and he says: ‘Let's have that match now’. But we're too
old,” he added.
Bowe is now 43 and has previously announced his intention to
make a comeback in 2012. The American is targeting a challenge against one of
the dominant Klitschko brothers and is rumoured to currently be in training for
his 46th pro contest.
Lewis has been vocal in the past about former greats fighting
on when they clearly can’t perform like they used to and it will be interest to
hear what the Londoner makes of Bowe when he makes his eagerly-anticipated
return this year.