Al-Ahram Weekly | Sports | Right-hand man

		Al-Ahram Weekly Online 22 - 28 November 2001 Issue No.561
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875		Current issue \| Previous issue \| Site map

Right-hand man

LENNOX LEWIS kept his anger bottled up until it exploded with a tremendous right-hand punch that made him world boxing heavyweight champion again. That fury came out with a crashing blow that knocked out Hasim Rahman in the fourth round Saturday night -- one that was even better than the right hand Rahman used to knock out Lewis (right) in the fifth round to win the title on 22 April in South Africa. The right hand, set up by a short left hook, dropped American Rahman flat on his back. He struggled up at the count of nine, but then fell to the canvas. While Rahman's instincts were to get up, his legs never got the message. Referee Joe Cortez signalled the fight was over at 1:29 of the round. "He hit me with a good shot and I couldn't recover," the 29-year-old Rahman said. "I'm no quitter, and getting knocked out is something that happens in boxing." Briton Lewis did a victory dance in the ring at Mandalay Bay in Nevada and pounded his chest as he became the fourth fighter to regain the title from the man who beat him. The other three were Floyd Patterson, Mohamed Ali and Evander Holyfield. Lewis couldn't resist gloating and shouted that Rahman should change his name from Hasim to "Has Been"

Recommend this page

© Copyright Al-Ahram Weekly. All rights reserved

Send a letter to the Editor

ARCHIVES
Letter from the Editor
Editorial Board
Subscription
Advertise!

WEEKLY ONLINE: www.ahram.org.eg/weekly
Updated every Saturday at 11.00 GMT, 2pm local time
weeklyweb@ahram.org.eg

Al-Ahram Organisation

Right-hand man
LENNOX LEWIS kept his anger bottled up until it exploded with a tremendous right-hand punch that made him world boxing heavyweight champion again. That fury came out with a crashing blow that knocked out Hasim Rahman in the fourth round Saturday night -- one that was even better than the right hand Rahman used to knock out Lewis (right) in the fifth round to win the title on 22 April in South Africa. The right hand, set up by a short left hook, dropped American Rahman flat on his back. He struggled up at the count of nine, but then fell to the canvas. While Rahman's instincts were to get up, his legs never got the message. Referee Joe Cortez signalled the fight was over at 1:29 of the round. "He hit me with a good shot and I couldn't recover," the 29-year-old Rahman said. "I'm no quitter, and getting knocked out is something that happens in boxing." Briton Lewis did a victory dance in the ring at Mandalay Bay in Nevada and pounded his chest as he became the fourth fighter to regain the title from the man who beat him. The other three were Floyd Patterson, Mohamed Ali and Evander Holyfield. Lewis couldn't resist gloating and shouted that Rahman should change his name from Hasim to "Has Been"