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前重量级拳王伦诺克斯刘易斯近日出现在米歇尔健身房，协助WBC轻重量级拳王阿多尼斯.史蒂文森备战九月十一日面对Tommy Karpency 的卫冕战。并参与一些拳击推广及重振加拿大拳击的事务。
Tommy Karpency 在WBC轻重量级排名第九。刘易斯曾经在1998年奥运会上代表加拿大获得一枚拳击金牌。
刘易斯说；我很自豪能够建立一个全国性的拳击平台，在健身房和协同MLSE一起工作，以重振拳击在多伦多和加拿大各地的最高水平。例如世界轻重量级冠军阿多尼斯史蒂文森，希望他在家乡能展示出自己的才能，并得到应有的支持。
Lennox
NEWS6, August, 2015
Lennox Lewis wants to revive boxing in Canada
The heavyweight legend is working on the Adonis Stevenson-Tommy Karpency show
LENNOX LEWIS hopes to bring big fights back to Canada, starting with Adonis Stevenson’s WBC world light-heavyweight title defence against Tommy Karpency in Toronto on September 11.
The former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, who won gold for Canada at the 1998 Olympics, is working with Global Legacy Boxing (GLB) alongside Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) and Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) on the promotion for the bout.
Stevenson will face Karpency, ranked ninth by the WBC, at the Ricoh Coliseum and Lewis hopes the Premier Boxing Champions show will rebuild support for boxing in Canada.
“It’s wonderful to be a part of GLB, working in conjunction with GYM and MLSE, to revive boxing in Toronto and across Canada to the highest level,” he said.
“I am proud to be building a nationwide platform where boxers, such as world light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson, can showcase their talents at home and receive the support they deserve.”
Canada has hosted some of boxing’s greatest fighters, including Harry Greb, Archie Moore and Muhammad Ali, who beat George Chuvalo in Toronto in 1966.
Haiti-born Stevenson, who will be ** the sixth defence of his title since emphatically dethroning Chad Dawson in 2013, is excited to be boxing in his adopted home country.
“I’m excited to announce my next fight on September 11 in Toronto against Tommy Karpency. I’m ready to put the hurt on. I work hard and stay focused”, he said.
Karpency also holds a win over Dawson when he outpointed him last year but has lost to Karo Murat, Nathan Cleverly, Andrzej Fonfara and the unheralded Rayco Saunders and is considered by some to be an unworthy challenger.
Regardless, the American is determined to upset the odds and win his first world title.
“I beat the same guy Stevenson beat to become world champion. I beat him [Dawson] just over a year after Stevenson beat him. After that win, I said that the sky was the limit and that I wanted the best in the world. The win [over Dawson] proved that I belong amongst the elite at light heavyweight. Now it is my job to win this fight”, he said.
Former Lewis foe Donovan ‘Razor’ Ruddock, at the age of 51, also features on the bill against Canada’s Dillon Carman. |
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