Lennox Lewis vs Michael Grant April 29 2000 1080 60FPS HD HBO Broadcast

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OOOHH!! THAT'S IT!!! THAT'S IT!!! HE BROKE HIS LEGS!!! -George Foreman • Two Big Men • I wonder just who in the hell came up with that amazing promotional title for this main event? Then, who also convinced Mercante Jr of that being a good thing to say when bringing the fighters together for in ring instructions? Just kina weird all the way around for me. Anyway. Total shellacking is put upon the hapless Michael Grant. Grant leaves this fight as just one more cautionary tale in the sport regarding amazing physical specimens who are beyond ridiculously athletically gifted and decide to get into boxing well into adulthood • Lennox Lewis 247 lbs beat Michael Grant 250 lbs by KO at 2:53 in round 2 of 12 • Date: 2000-04-29 • Location: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA • Referee: Arthur Mercante Jr • Promoter: Main Events • Ring Announcer: Michael Buffer • World Boxing Council Heavyweight Title (7th defense by Lewis) • International Boxing Federation Heavyweight Title (1st defense by Lewis) • Notes • 2000-04-29 - Lennox Lewis vs. Michael Grant (Poster).jpg • On November 13, 1999, WBC heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis defeated WBA/IBF heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield by a 12-round unanimous decision to become the first Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion since Riddick Bowe in 1992. When Lewis and Holyfield signed to fight, they agreed that the winner's next bout would be against the WBA's top contender. However, in February 2000, it was announced that Lewis would fight Michael Grant, the No. 5 contender, on April 29. The WBA agreed to sanction the fight on the condition that the winner agree to fight the top contender within 180 days. Don King, the promoter of John Ruiz, the No. 1 contender, filed suit to force the WBA to strip Lewis and allow Ruiz to face Holyfield, the No. 2 contender, for the vacant title. On April 12, 2000, a federal judge ruled that the WBA could not sanction the Lewis-Grant bout and that Lewis must surrender the WBA title if he fought Grant. Lewis went through with the fight against Grant and was stripped of the WBA title. I don't care what they say, Lewis said. I'm still undisputed. • Lewis earned $7.5 million and Grant $2.5 million. • There was a crowd of 17,324. • The fight generated 350,000 pay-per-view buys. • Lewis landed 47 of 80 punches, while Grant connected on 22 of 47. • Grant was knocked down three times in the first round and once in the second round.

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