British former world heavyweight champion claims he could be ready to fight one of the Klitschko brothers in six months
Lennox Lewis has offered to get back in the ring and fight one of the Klitschkos brothers – for a world record £63million.
The 48-year-old Brit met Russian promoters last weekend at Wladimir Klitschko’s successful defence of his world titles against Alexander Povetikin.
Former undisputed world heavyweight champion Lewis was offered £31.5million for the comeback – but told the Russians they will have to double that bid.
Lewis said: “That is my price tag and it is under discussion.
“I have told them I can be ready in six months and I am in provisional training.”
Lewis has been running in Hyde Park every morning and has got his weight down to under 300lb.
If he gets the cash he wants, it would eclipse the £41.2m pocketed by Floyd Mayweather for last month’s fight with Canelo Alvarez.
The promoters’ preference is thought to be a rematch of Lewis’ 2003 battle against Vitali Klitschko in Los Angeles, which Lewis won on cuts.
Vitali is now 42 and it would be his last hurrah before retiring to run for president of Ukraine.
Lewis, though, would prefer to take on Wladimir, 37.
He said: “I beat Vitali so I would like to fight the other brother but we’ll see how it works out. I want to bring back the Sweet Science to heavyweight boxing.”
Here’s Lewis’ (gruesome) fight with Klitschko:
