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Lennox Lewis disses the top weight-class: For 100 million, I’d come back!

Phil D. Jay 
WBN Editor
Briton pines for another wave of greats

Former undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis has admitted that boxing’s top division is in a catatonic state whilst the Klitschko brothers run their rule over all the major title belts.

The 46 year-old, who reigned as champion for ten years between 1993 and 2003 before retiring on the back of a victory over Vitali Klitschko, is hoping that a spark comes through that ignites the heavyweight scene after years of dull fights involving the Ukrainian brothers.

"Right now, the heavyweight division is dead," Lewis told German magazine Stern.

"The Klitschko brothers and their opponents are just filling their (money) bags. Their opponents will not improve, they wouldn't have even made sparring partners for me.

"(Always) At some point, the referee steps in and stops the fight. They are boring.

"If you are looking to find the best boxer in the world it must be decided by an epic fight. Not this circus."

Lewis, who called himself ‘The Pugilist Specialist, has been goaded into returning to challenge the Klitschko’s since his first day of retirement and has continuously stated that he will never return, until a tongue-in-cheek remark in the interview.

"For 100 million, I'd come back. For that I would take off my pyjamas and go to the gym,” he joked.

The Klitschko’s currently hold the WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO titles and have been pummelling challenger after challenger as they continue to dominate the sport’s biggest prizes.

Boxing needs a rude awakening in Mike Tyson’s ilk to return to a semi-healthy state, as long gone are days of the 1970’s when Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and George Foreman were kings.

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