Lennox Lewis was the last man to hold all four major belts in the marquee division 24 years ago. Right now we are fast approaching a new king of the division being crowned when Frank Warren promoted Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk meet on February 17 for the WBO, WBA, WBC and IBF titles.
It has been strongly suggested that whoever wins that fight will then be matched up against the winner of Anthony Joshua versus Francis Ngannou on March 8, though Lewis doesn’t think either of those men is deserving of the shot.
He has said that the fight is a ‘spectacle’ that adds nothing to Joshua’s resume and that Ngannou shouldn’t be in a position to challenge for undisputed after just two fights and that the winner of Zhilei Zhang versus Joe Parker would be more fitting.
Speaking to Seconds Out, Frank Warren has now responded to those comments.
Warren was then asked if he fought Anthony Joshua deserved a shot at the undisputed should he beat Ngannou – a contest one fellow UFC star thinks is 50/50.
Fans will certainly agree with that.
