text: He was the best heavyweight since Ali and he avenged his only two losses and was the first heavyweight to retire as the champion since Rocky Marciano in 1956. After winning the gold medal at Seoul he went pro and won all of this fights before retiring. His only real loss (the loss to Oliver McCall was due to the fight being stopped early for no good reason and Lennox smashed McCall in their re-match) was to Hasim Rahman and after that loss Lennox said that he did not take him seriously before their first fight and then knocked him out in their re-match in four rounds with one of the biggest right hands ever! He was a quiet but confident man who has done a lot of great things outside of boxing and has one of the best records ever for a heavyweight and restored a lot of dignity to the sport after the mess that Tyson left behind. It was good for a change to see a fighter retire before their time passed as so many fighters stay for too long in boxing and suffer for it but not .